Going for a swim

Coaching

Learning new ministry roles is like learning to swim: there are various skills we need to learn and then we need to coordinate them together. First we watch someone swim. Then we start working on individual skills:  we learn to blow bubbles, put our head underwater,...

How to fail at coach training

Coaching, Leadership, Training

Here’s a fool-proof way to fail in your coach training endeavors:  Train everybody, right now, in big groups. In so doing, you’re denying the very methodology that makes coaching powerful. You can’t produce coaches on a factory assembly line. Good coaches are more...

Train in a way that’s consistent with your philosophy

Coaching

Here’s a case study for you:  A ministry that focused on training people in doing relational ministry started with coaching, a hands-on learning process, and focused attention on individuals. Its popularity grew. As the ministry gained more and more people to process...
The great unveiling: Logan Leadership website

The great unveiling: Logan Leadership website

Coaching, Leadership

This blog is now integrated into the Logan Leadership website– take a few minutes today and check out the rest of the site. And in case you aren’t yet familiar with what Logan Leadership is all about, here’s the mission: Logan Leadership provides coaching and...

There is such a thing as a stupid question

Coaching

You’ve heard teachers tell their students, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” That might be true for students—students might get a pass—but it’s definitely not true for coaches. Here are a few of my favorite stupid question categories. Whenever these types...