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We all want to accomplish our goals. To accomplish our goals, we need to take action steps. I’ve found that the SMARTer the action step, the more likely I am to accomplish it. A SMART action steps is:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Relevant
• Timebound

“Get in shape” is not a SMART action step, and it’s actually not that easy to accomplish. “Walk for 30 minutes 3 times per week for 1 month” is a SMART action step, and it’s actually easier to accomplish than “Get in shape.”
 
Question: How often do you empower others to develop SMART action steps for each of their goals?

• Consistently?
• Usually?
• Sometimes?
• Rarely?

Make sure you consistently empower others to develop SMART actions steps for each of their goals. If the person you’re talking to develops general action steps, help them SMARTen them up by asking questions like:

• Specific: What do you mean by ___?
• Measurable: How will you know when you’ve achieved your action step?
• Attainable: How doable is this?
• Relevant: How will this action step help you achieve your goal?
• Timebound: When will you do this?

Question: What action steps will you take to ensure that you consistently empower others to develop SMART action steps for each of their goals?
 
*To learn more about coaching others on taking action, click here.

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• How often do you empower others to develop SMART action steps?
• How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?

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• Students connect Holocaust memoir and Biblical teaching
• Empower others to help students see the importance of Biblical perspective

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• How often do you empower others to develop SMART action steps?
• How focused is your staff on organizational improvement?
• Students connect Holocaust memoir and Biblical teaching
• Empower others to help students see the importance of Biblical perspective

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Sometimes I get stuck. I have a problem, and I can’t find a way to solve it. Then, I remember to brainstorm my options, to think outside the box. In short order, I’m unstuck and on my way to solving my problem. Brainstorming works for me. And I’ve found that brainstorming helps others.
 
Question: How often do you empower others to brainstorm options?

• Consistently?
• Usually?
• Sometimes?
• Rarely?

Make sure you consistently empower others to brainstorm options. To help others brainstorm options, I like to ask “What are your options?” and “What else?”
 
Question: What action steps will you take to ensure that you consistently empower others to brainstorm options?
 
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1. How often do you empower others to brainstorm options?
2. How do your daily activities contribute to your mission?
3. How are your mission, goals, and daily activities connected?

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• What 3 ways will you decorate your room?
• How can peer coaching help your students use relevant Bible verses?

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1. How often do you empower others to brainstorm options?
2. How do your daily activities contribute to your mission?
3. How are your mission, goals, and daily activities connected?
4. What 3 ways will you decorate your room?
5. How can peer coaching help your students use relevant Bible verses?

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You want to achieve your goal. And you want to take action now! Ever feel like that? I have. I like the energy, but I don’t necessarily like the results.
 
Why? Because when I take action without reflecting on my current reality, I forget to take into account things like family plans and my overall workload. What happens? I achieve things I don’t want (like family disharmony and personal fatigue), and I don’t achieve my goal.
 
Question: How often do you empower others to explore their current reality? Read More...

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1. How often do you empower others to explore their current reality?
2. How involved are your stakeholders in organizational improvement?

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1. Teacher encouraged by assessment results
2. Empower others to give students opportunities to think through answers for themselves

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1. How often do you empower others to explore their current reality?
2. How involved are your stakeholders in organizational improvement?
3. Teacher encouraged by assessment results
4. Empower others to give students opportunities to think through answers for themselves

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You’re coaching Toru. You have 30 minutes to help Toru achieve his goal. To use this time effectively, make sure you are clear on Toru’s goal. Otherwise, you’ll waste Toru’s time by asking irrelevant questions.
 
Question: How often are you clear on the other person’s goal?

• Consistently?
• Usually?
• Sometimes?
• Rarely?

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1. How often are you clear on the other person’s goal?
2. How often do you talk about your mission?
3. What’s God doing?
4. How can you increase the impact of professional development?

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1. What 3 things will you put on your course handouts?
2. How can peer coaching help your students use relevant Biblical principles?
3. Empower others to help students connect course content, the Bible, and life

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1. How often are you clear on the other person’s goal?
2. How often do you talk about your mission?
3. What’s God doing?
4. How can you increase the impact of professional development?
5. What 3 things will you put on your course handouts?
6. How can peer coaching help your students use relevant Biblical principles?
7. Empower others to help students connect course content, the Bible, and life

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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...

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1. Want to learn more about closing the gap?
2. Watch a video
3. What's creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
4. Ask your students difficult questions
5. How good is your assessment?
6. What are your students’ learning needs?

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1. How can you empower others even more effectively?
2. Want to learn more about closing the gap?
3. Watch a video
4. How well does your staff understand what’s involved in organizational improvement?

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1. How can you empower others even more effectively?
2. Want to learn more about closing the gap?
3. Watch a video
4. How well does your staff understand what’s involved in organizational improvement?
5. What's creation-fall-redemption-restoration?
6. Ask your students difficult questions
7. How good is your assessment?
8. What are your students’ learning needs?

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1. Empower others to strategically pursue God's calling
2. Lead by asking questions

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1. Empower others to strategically pursue God's calling
2. Lead by asking questions
3. Don't equate your God-given mission with busyness or productivity
4. How can you manage yourself more effectively?
5. What makes a good meeting good?

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1. What 3 Bible verses will you help your students memorize, understand, and apply?
2. How can you help your students make connections?
3. Engage your students by telling stories and asking questions

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1. Empower others to strategically pursue God's calling
2. Lead by asking questions
3. Don't equate your God-given mission with busyness or productivity
4. How can you manage yourself more effectively?
5. What makes a good meeting good?
6. What 3 Bible verses will you help your students memorize, understand, and apply?
7. How can you help your students make connections?
8. Engage your students by telling stories and asking questions

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Ask questions to help those around you to focus, think through problems, and reach their goals. For example:

If your co-worker wants to more effectively disciple others, ask: How do you disciple people now? What’s causing you to want to improve? What’s “more effective discipleship” look like? What can you do? Read More...

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1. Ask questions to help those around you
2. How focused are you on closing the gap?
3. Schedule your key priorities first
4. Enhance your organization’s improvement system

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1. Help your students connect 3 things
2. Provide training in creation-fall-redemption-restoration
3. How can you help your students develop a Christ-centered worldview?
4. Student applies creation-fall-redemption-restortion to nature
5. Meet your students' learning needs regarding creation-fall-redemption-restoration

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1. Ask questions to help those around you
2. How focused are you on closing the gap?
3. Schedule your key priorities first
4. Enhance your organization’s improvement system
5. Help your students connect 3 things
6. Provide training in creation-fall-redemption-restoration
7. How can you help your students develop a Christ-centered worldview?
8. Student applies creation-fall-redemption-restortion to nature
9. Meet your students' learning needs regarding creation-fall-redemption-restoration

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Want to help others prioritize? Ask questions that provoke reflection. Read More...

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• Ask questions to help others prioritize
• How can training help you increase focus on your mission?
• Eliminate your frustrations

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• What 3 student learning needs will you meet?
• Faith nurture through essential questions

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• Ask questions to help others prioritize
• How can training help you increase focus on your mission?
• Eliminate your frustrations
• What 3 student learning needs will you meet?
• Faith nurture through essential questions

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“This coaching series has helped me clarify God’s calling,” says Tomoko, a leadership developer based in Cambodia. “I like my personal mission statement: Empowering Christians to pursue God’s calling. Read More...

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• What will you do to achieve your goals?
• Provide your staff with feedback

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• Why a Biblical worldview is critically important
• Rigorous assessment inspires student learning
• To empower others to help students learn key vocabulary terms, DRAW them out

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• What will you do to achieve your goals?
• Provide your staff with feedback
• Why a Biblical worldview is critically important
• Rigorous assessment inspires student learning
• To empower others to help students learn key vocabulary terms, DRAW them out

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You’re coaching Tomoko, a leadership developer based in Cambodia who wants to clarify God’s calling. She’s made good progress. She’s developed a mission statement, identified 6 goals she needs to accomplish in order to carry out her mission, and reflected on what’s already been accomplished for each of her goals. During her last coaching session, she reflected on what helps and hinders her in achieving her goals. Read More...

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1. What are your options for achieving your goals?
2. Protocols made more accessible
3. Focus on mission, results, and measures
4. Target your strengths
5. Ask questions to provide accountability

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1. Protocols made more accessible
2. Use the 1-2-3-2-1 lesson model
3. Develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum
4. What 3 engaging instructional strategies will you use?
5. To empower others to consider a question they will ask students, DRAW them out
6. A case for quality faith integrated assessments 
7. To empower others to meet student learning needs, DRAW them out

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1. What are your options for achieving your goals?
2. Protocols made more accessible
3. Focus on mission, results, and measures
4. Target your strengths
5. Ask questions to provide accountability
6. Use the 1-2-3 lesson model
7. Develop a guaranteed, viable Biblical perspective curriculum
8. What 3 engaging instructional strategies will you use?
9. To empower others to consider a question they will ask students, DRAW them out
10. A case for quality faith integrated assessments 
11. To empower others to meet student learning needs, DRAW them out

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Tomoko, a leadership developer based in Cambodia, has been working for several weeks to clarify God’s calling. In previous coaching sessions, she’s:

• Identified 4 problems and 3 opportunities she’s passionate about & blessed by God to address.
• Developed a mission statement.
• Identified 6 goals she needs to accomplish to carry out her mission.
• Reflected on what’s already been accomplished for each of her 6 goals. Read more...

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1. What helps/hinders you in achieving your goals?
2. Supervise your staff
3. Ask a question

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1. Use 8 questions to reflect on a subject area
2. Ask questions about creation-fall-redemption-restoration
3. To help your students make connections, what unit assessments do you give?
4. Give opportunities for student choice
5. Help students address difficulties and dilemmas
6. Help your students understand how you teach from a Biblical perspective

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1. What helps/hinders you in achieving your goals?
2. Supervise your staff
3. Ask a question
4. Use 8 questions to reflect on a subject area
5. Ask questions about creation-fall-redemption-restoration
6. To help your students make connections, what unit assessments do you give?
7. Give opportunities for student choice
8. Help students address difficulties and dilemmas
9. Help your students understand how you teach from a Biblical perspective

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Considering getting coaching? If so, be sure you know what coaching is.

Question: What is coaching?

To get an answer to this question, do 3 things: Read More...

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1. What is coaching?
2. What could you work on with a coach?
3. How can a scorecard help you increase focus on your mission?
4. Pay attention to your goals
5. Ensure a common understanding of expectations and definitions

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1. What 3 types of assessment will you use?
2. Students say questions help them make connections
3. Video: Biblical perspective assessment helps
4. Have your students do reflective writing
5. Video: DEAL with student learning needs

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1. What is coaching?
2. What could you work on with a coach?
3. How can a scorecard help you increase focus on your mission?
4. Pay attention to your goals
5. Ensure a common understanding of expectations and definitions
6. What 3 types of assessment will you use?
7. Students say questions help them make connections
8. Video: Biblical perspective assessment helps
9. Have your students do reflective writing
10. Video: DEAL with student learning needs

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