My newest book is out: Becoming Barnabas

My newest book is out: Becoming Barnabas

Coaching, Leadership

I have a new book out that’s especially geared toward laypeople. Short and readable, Becoming Barnabas zeros in how listening well and asking good questions can help them in all areas of their lives:  relationships, groups, and ministries. Imagine what a difference it...

Creating a supervision/coaching rhythm

Coaching, Leadership, Teambuilding

Part of the challenge within many churches that implement coaching for their staff is that they often don’t have the luxury of separating the coaching and the supervision functions. In many churches the supervisor is the one who is providing the coaching. That...

How to have that tough conversation with a client

Coaching

Yesterday I wrote about working with clients that aren’t motivated. There’s no reason to keep working with a person who doesn’t want to change or is for some reason not able to change. Sometimes the person is overwhelmed or distracted for legitimate...

Visual processors

Coaching

I’ve been writing a series on my blog about how different people process their thoughts differently. So far I’ve covered audio processors– who process through talking and listening– and what I call artistic/experiential processers– who...

From ideas to action – different ways people process

Coaching

Every person you coach is different. One important difference is how they process ideas. Some are audio processors. They think best out loud, and talking is the way they process their ideas. As they talk, they gain greater clarity and insight, which then results in...

Organizing for results

Leadership, Training

I had a great coaching conversation recently with a ministry leader in which we strategically organized his time and energy to get the specific results he was looking for. Q: What do you want to see happen? A: I want to start a movement– something that is...

Formalizing coaching across an organization

Coaching, Leadership, Training

As coaching catches on in an organic way throughout an organization, the benefits begin to speak for themselves. People start experiencing more and more of the power of coaching, tell others, and more people want to get in on it. Demand begins to exceed capacity. Now...

How organic change leads to organizational change

Coaching

So we know from yesterday’s blog entry that trying to institute coaching from the top down most often doesn’t work. Implementation is spotty. You have some key people who won’t participate. Leaders don’t model the behavior. Quality suffers. People start...