The organized coach

A new coach recently asked me, “What if you’re just not that organized?” She expanded on her dilemma: “I can ask good questions and be intuitive in the moment. I just don’t know how to keep the whole coaching relationship on track in the bigger picture. I’m not...

Making the best use of your coaching sessions

Do you want to double or triple your coaching effectiveness? Here’s an important concept I’ve learned while coaching a lot of ministry leaders over the years. Sometimes I used to spend 75% of the coaching session trying to help the leader identify the key issues to...

Act

Wouldn’t it be great if you never forgot anything? We can’t help you with that in all areas of your life, but we can in your coaching relationships. MyCoachLog has a built-in system for recording and tracking action items. You can send notes and reminders to your...

Engage

My new online coaching system, MyCoachLog, not only helps you prepare before coaching sessions, it provides you with the optimal tools during your coaching session. Take a look at some of these features: A designated place to take notes during that session that...

Prepare

If you’re a coach, how long would it take you to gather all of your session notes for a client, all of the files you’ve sent them, all of the email communications you’ve had with them, and all of the action items they’ve been assigned? How long would...

The tea or the cell phone? Prioritization by necessity

When you are suddenly faced with limitations, such as my leg being in a post-surgical cast, it’s amazing how fast you can reprioritize what’s really important. My first priority is to be able to walk again and to perform the basic functions of day-to-day life. My...