Coaching: Keep yourself out of it

Coaching

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...

A tool for coaching church planters

New Church Planting

I received this text recently from my friend and colleague Gary Reinecke: “Quick note to tell you how helpful the Journey Together Now pathway has been with the church planters I am coaching. The genius is in the simplicity, conceptual road-map and coach-friendly...
Coach the people who get it

Coach the people who get it

Missional

Among people who indicate receptivity to missional living, some will be willing to go the extra mile in living it out. Look for those who “get” missional living and are willing to take risks, even if they’re not great at it. These are the people you need to be...
Solidify the change

Solidify the change

Coaching

The team I worked with in Mexico, after experiencing the power of the “Barnabas questions,” quickly recognized that they could use these questions in their work with community organizing. They regularly come alongside people to help them with community...

Model the change

Coaching

We need to model the change we want others to embrace. Use the questions I listed in yesterdays’ blog entry as you engage with others in the relationships you already have. Let people experience coaching conversations so they can capture the emotions and the benefits....

6 questions to create a coaching culture

Coaching

I like to call these The Barnabas Questions: How are you? What are you celebrating? What challenges are you experiencing What do you plan to do about these challenges? How can I help you? How can I pray for you? I introduced these six questions, originally used by...

Paul and Barnabas

Coaching

Quite a while back I was asked to work with multiple denominational groups in Germany on a church leadership initiative they wanted to put together. I told them I’d do it as long as Christoph would work with me. Christoph was a young emerging German leader. They...

A staff meeting of Barnabases

Coaching

When I was in Mexico recently, I attended the staff meeting at Comunidad Mosaico, a ministry that works toward transformation among the urban poor. They had a time of worship, and due to my poor Spanish skills, I understood very little that was going on. But I felt...