One of the biggest complaints that I hear from pastors and ministry leaders is that they have too many meetings to attend. How many of you can relate to this true story? Several years ago, while I was a pastor, I remember triple booking meetings one evening. I actually floated between three simultaneous meetings. What [...]

This is a fair question. The answer is YES! While our typical students are pastors, ministry leaders or non-ordained church leaders, our students are all learning the Core Coaching Competencies. The Coaching Competencies are transferable and apply equally when coaching business owners, non-profit leaders or ministry leaders. In addition, our faculty is comprised of ministry [...]

Whether you are a pastor, a coach or a church leader, we all understand that life change usually happens outside of our comfort zone. We get this! The real question is how do we help people step out of their comfort zone? Jesus was a Master at inviting people to step out of their comfort [...]

A lot of my time and energy over the past several weeks has been helping others to coach “the Elephant in the Room.” The elephant-in-the-room is the deeper, core issue that is right there, plain as day. Yet nobody wants to deal with it. Why? Figuratively speaking, elephants are big, and dangerous and hard to [...]

What are the typical mistakes that new coaches make? Here’s the short list: • Trying to fix the other person. • Diagnosing problems vs. Tapping into the greatness in the other person • Working harder than the person you are coaching. • Worry about what you are going to say when the person you are [...]

When I lead a coach training workshop one of the participants will usually asks me:  Can anyone learn how to coach? The REAL question–The question behind this question is usually….Will I be able to learn how to coach? At first glance, coaching seems so easy. Anyone can do it! Yet, very quickly new coaches discover [...]

One of my favorite things about Jesus is the questions that he asked.  Repeatedly in scripture, Jesus asks a question that changes everything – including people’s lives.  Here is a sample of questions that  Jesus asked: When the  disciples were in a boat  in a terrible storm, Jesus asked,  “Why are you afraid?” (Matthew 8:26) [...]

A frustrated pastor once said to me, “This job would be so much easier if it weren’t for the people.” How true! One of the reasons that I am SOLD OUT on every pastor, ministry staff and church leader a coach is because ministry involves people.  I contend that a ministry leader equipped with coaching [...]

I have found this formula to be incredibly helpful over the years: A + I + A = REAL Change A = Awareness:  Before any intentional change can happen there needs to be an awareness of the need for change.  When I am coaching someone I listen for: How aware is this person of the [...]