Coach's heart

The coach's heart

Christian coaching flows from the heart, from beliefs about empowering others. 

Use coaching to empower others

If you want to empower others, use a coaching approach.

How can you improve your coaching?

When I think of improving my coaching, 3 areas come to mind. Those 3 areas are beliefs, skills, and process. 

How can you empower others even more effectively?

Through Christian coaching, you can empower others to pursue God’s call. To get an idea of how you can empower others even more effectively, complete the following self-assessment that addresses coaching beliefs, skills, and process. Read More...

Lead by asking questions

To get an idea of how you can more effectively lead by asking questions, complete the following self-assessment (or download it here). Rate each item, using the following scale:

4: Consistently • 3: Usually • 2: Sort of • 1: Rarely

Lead from your heart
___ I trust that the Holy Spirit is working in the heart of every believer.
___ I believe others can define and achieve their goals.
___ I target motivation, not information. Read More...

Coach from your heart

Through coaching, you can empower others to grow. While effective coaching does involve technique, at a deeper level effective coaching is about your heart, about your beliefs, about who you are. Coach from your heart.

People grow as they take responsibility

People grow as they take responsibility by defining, committing to, and achieving goals. I know I grow when I take responsibility. I’ll bet you do, too.
 
As a coach, you can empower others to take responsibility. Read More...

Growing is more about motivation than information

Leaders grow as they take action to achieve their goals. Taking action is more about being motivated than about having information. If I’m not motivated, I won’t take action—even if I have good information. Read More...

Believe in others

Pursuing my calling is both exciting and frustrating. My calling simultaneously feels like a significant way to help others and a massive, unsolvable problem. How about you? How do you feel about your calling? Read More...

As a Christian coach, you're free

Because God is at work in each of His people (Romans 8:28-29), you’re free. Because God is at work, you’re free not to give suggestions or advice to God’s people. Read More...

As a Christian coach, what do you believe?

Coaches are not counselors or mentors. Consequently, coaches operate on different beliefs than counselors and mentors. What are my coaching beliefs? I have 4. Read More...