You are busy with many other responsibilities. How can you take your coaching to the next level instead of just continuing to dabble in coaching? We can help you discover a clear path to move forward in your journey toward coaching excellence.

By Robert E. Logan and Gary B. Reinecke

You aren’t willing to settle for just okay—not when your calling is as important as empowering others through coaching. But how can you accurately gauge your own effectiveness? Why not try an informed approach to coach development? Instead of working harder, work smarter.

If you’re a leader with a big vision for the mission of Jesus—a vision that goes beyond just your own church or ministry—you know you can’t pull it off alone. You want to see real life impact not just on individuals, but on larger groups, systems, and organizations.

Change is happening at lightning speed. It’s hard for leaders to keep up and stay on mission. Coaching is more important than ever.

You have all these areas you want to grow in as a coach. But you know if you try to do everything at once, you won’t be able to do any one thing well. It can feel overwhelming. How can you go about making genuine, lasting change in your coaching skills? Here’s a way to slow down enough to make sense of the chaos and start putting the pieces together. 

The most vocal of the political divisions within many churches may have died down at this point, but it’s still pretty black and white out there with little room for constructive conversation. One of the best ways for leaders to fight division is by modeling unity.

There’s a lot going on in the world. Everything is designed to get your attention and there is very little that you can do anything about. It’s stressful and frustrating and makes it hard to focus. But focus you must and so must your coaching clients.

Thinking of starting a coaching practice? Here are the essentials—and the nonessentials. 

How do you know how effective you are as a coach? Two steps are needed in order to assess your effectiveness: determining common behaviors of coaches who consistently get results and assessing how well you do those behaviors. These 9 essential competencies were identified using the highest research standards.

There is a lot of information swirling about the internet on how to build a coaching practice. Some of it is good and some not so much. What is actually necessary for you and your coaching practice? Here are some misconceptions and 7 essentials for success. 

Everything thing is done online these days and it’s not always good. But that is where people go first so its important your ministry leaders get it right. Here are 5 ways to make the most of online ministry.

The world just keeps getting more complex. It’s hard to keep up. Mental flexibility is more important than ever. The good news is that mental flexibility is a skill that can be taught and honed. Here’s how…

The last few weeks have demonstrated a key principle of change: Change happens FAST, transition is slow. It takes time to understand what has changed, to develop new rhythms, and to build the new normal. These are not easy transitions. With a few waves of a pen, the world has undoubtedly been thrust into a season of transition. And the changes are far from over.

Why does coaching continue as a growing industry? Because it works. Top leaders point to their coach helping them clarify and actionize goals, identify growth points and develop skills that contributed to making them the leader they are today. If you are one of those leaders, you are likely looking for ways to create a coaching culture.

Has your client been doing the same events for years even though they are getting diminishing results? They are in a ministry rut. Here are 7 questions you can ask to boost creativity for more effective ministry. 

Sometimes new—or old—wounds hold clients back. Here is what you can do to help and what to do when you can’t.

The world is changing at breakneck speed. For many ministry leaders, new innovations are seen as roadblocks to their mission and vision. Constantly navigating around them is exhausting. Here is how you help those leaders keep moving forward.

Giving feedback is a learned skill.  Helping someone grow in this area can be a game changer. But you must slow down and remain present and ask reflective questions.

If you are working to make your coaching client list more diverse, the best place to start is with a refresher in cultural sensitivity

Fighting a scarcity mindset by helping clients see God’s provision.

Big changes are needed to halt the decline of the Church in America. However, even small changes can be met with heavy resistance. Many pastors have tried to implement healthy changes and admit that it feels almost impossible. Here is a strategy that might help.

If you are coaching more than a handful of people, you know it can get hard to track all the moving parts. Here’s how you can keep it all organized.

You’ve got the basics of your coaching practice in order. You are a trained coach and you have a business plan in motion. But things are moving slower than you hoped. Here are some intangibles and nonessentials that, with some attention, might be just what you need. 

The three-phase cycle that is the foundation for successful coaching sessions.

Here’s a great exercise I picked up from Dave DeVries. If your client wants to make not just disciples, but disciplemakers– people who can make other disciples– here is an exercise to try… 

If your coaching client’s ministry is constantly evolving their staff and congregation may be experiencing vision whiplash—and it’s painful. Here’s how to help…

You have a coaching client who just isn’t moving forward on their goals. It happens to all of us. These 7 principles will help you troubleshoot and realign to gain momentum.

Something feels off in your coaching ministry. Attendance is down, excitement has waned, things feel stuck and you’re wondering if it’s just not going to work. Before you close up shop read this.

If you coach pastors or ministry leaders, you’ve seen how the job can wear a person down. Here are red flags to look out for and some ways you can be intentional in addressing burnout in your coaching.

If you aren’t seeing results, your energy for coaching will become depleted. Let’s look at how well you are empowering the people you are working with.