The Coaching Cycle: Prepare, Engage, and Act

  Having coached people for over 30 years, I’ve learned that much of coaching really boils down to three things: preparing for the session in advance, interacting during the session, then determining next steps at the end of the session. I’ve designed MyCoachLog...

Introducing MyCoachLog!

Are you a coach with a messy desk filled with post-it note reminders and handwritten notes? Let us help you organize your coaching. You’ll be amazed at how easy and streamlined it is to track your coaching relationships. Benefits include:   Confidential...

Coaching breakthroughs

I’ve loved being a coach for the 20+ years I’ve been doing it, but lately I really love being a coach. It means having a front row seat to seeing some amazing breakthroughs with the people I’m working with. Because I honor confidentiality I can’t share specifics, but...

On spiritual direction and coaching

I was recently asked this question in an email:  “Bob – are you familiar enough with spiritual direction to be able to articulate the general differences between that and coaching?” As it happens, my wife Janet is a spiritual director, so I am familiar with the...
Meet Dave

Meet Dave

  I want to introduce you to Dave DeVries. Dave is a contributor on my soon-to-be-released book, The Missional Journey, sharing his wisdom and learnings from his own ministry experience. I’ve always been a big believer in collaborative projects because I find the...