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Coaching can double or triple your ministry effectiveness
Coaching gives you the follow through you need to accomplish the goals you’ve set for yourself and your ministry.
How can you best equip your people for ministry?
What kind of training do you need? We design interactive training systems geared toward coaches, church planters, disciplers, pastors and key leaders.
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We can enter your ministry situation to help you find contextualized solutions.
Which side of the desk are you more comfortable on?
When I was speaking recently in the masters program at Life Pacific College, a student told me it was transforming for him to realize that he was always expecting others to make space in their life for him, but he wasn’t willing to do the same. He was always the...
Can we questions
I first learned about the use of “can we” questions when I was doing a few days of speaking in Australia. I was working with a gathering of leaders on developing multiplication movements. One group brought their entire team from across the country-- 15 leaders from...
The other side of coaching
I recently spoke at Life Pacific College to a class on the personal development of the leader through coaching. I’ve done a lot of teaching on how to coach, but I think this was the first time I’ve done a focused presentation on how to get the most out of being...
Don’t try to change the person—change the approach
I was recently coaching a guy who was an ADHD-type, all over the map, and he was trying to get organized. Giving him a big grocery list of organizational tasks to engage in would have buried him. Instead, I asked “What is one thing you can do that will maximize your...
Every year, a new challenge
Whenever I have overseen people, I have tried to manage them in such a way that not only benefits the organization but also develops the person. When I was a senior pastor, I would think of a new challenge every year for each person I oversaw. I’d think, “What do they...
Walk before you run
Here’s something I’ve learned: When you’re doing coach training, don’t try to train them in an application area (e.g. coaching for church planting, coaching for discipling) at the same time you’re training them in basic coaching skills. If you try to have people...
Coaching: Keep yourself out of it
A woman at a conference asked me one time what my position was on women in leadership. I responded, “I believe that leaders ought to be in leadership,” to which she responded, “Well said.” But in a coaching setting, if I am serving as the coach, my opinion on issues...
Seven principles for training your team members
The process of training is one of your most important challenges. What is the most effective way to train team members? How do you impart skills as well as deal with the broader issues of discipling? Here are seven principles to bear in mind: Mentoring: Successful...
Pre-empting your mid-life crisis
Everyone knows about the cultural phenomenon known as the mid-life crisis. It can result in anything from a sports car to an affair to a sudden career change. What is a mid-life crisis? It’s a forced evaluation—usually the result of circumstances beyond one’s control...
Don’t dump the whole truckload at once
I was field-testing a training process recently. As I reflected on it, I realized we were answering questions that the people at the training event wouldn’t even be asking for at least two more years. Sure, I might know they would be asking it in two more years, so...