A coaching moment

  Lately I’ve been thinking about the difference between a coaching relationship and a coaching moment. A coaching relationship is a formalized coaching arrangement with a beginning and ending and appointments and clear goals. A coaching moment is one of those...

Mr. Whiskers

A man I know was a preschool teacher for years. He had a stuffed mouse in his classroom called Mr. Whiskers. At the end of every lesson, the class discovered that Mr. Whiskers had fallen asleep and they had to tell him what he missed. I’ve found that Mr. Whiskers...

What we can learn from liturgical churches?

  By guest blogger Gary Reinecke, www.infocusnet.org Part 2 of a 3-part series on liturgical churches Liturgical churches are increasingly leveraging their unique strengths to reach people who are far from God. Through new church planting efforts, young church...

End with the beginning in mind

  In his book The Leadership Rock, Garris Elkins inverts the famous Stephen Covey phrase “begin with the end in mind” to “end with the beginning in mind.” The basic concept is that in order to end well, we must recapture the beginning– the original vision....