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Turning the Coronavirus (or any crisis) Into an Opportunity
Grieving What Was Lost Covid-19 has reduced people’s commute to linear feet of going from one end of their house to the other. Others have no commute to look forward to in the near future. They have been laid off, furloughed, or are in some kind of limbo not knowing...
Win the Morning, Win the Day
At the time of writing this, the world has ground to a slow crawl. I don’t know if anyone expected the coronavirus to affect the United States to the extent that it has. For some reason it seemed like a far and distant reality that was affecting other places. Sure,...
If Only I Had Known My Strengths…
I Would Have Been More Comfortable In My Own Skin The truth is I have struggled with insecurity for as long as I can remember. Growing up in rugged Montana didn’t make it easier because I was never athletic, or outdoorsy type (although I have enjoyed both at times)....
Why Focusing on Strengths is More Productive Than Fixing Weaknesses
You Can Strengthen Weakness, But… Gallup has been studying the way strengths and talents work in people for over 30 years and their findings are interesting. Most studies show that strengthening or eliminating weakness is invariably more difficult than raising...
Using Coaching Skills Without Actually Coaching
Don’t Coach, But Use Coaching Skills I don’t know Fran LaMattina, but I have been coming across her name over the last year. Fran was a very successful coach to the business world and later began using those coaching skills in the church. When Gary Collins asked her...
The One Coaching Book that Has Changed My Leadership
The Shift to a Coach Approach I have spent my entire adult life leading. I am a local church pastor and non-profit mission leader with somewhat of an entrepreneurial spirit. And I love what I do! I wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world. I have been blessed...
Why Its Important to Know the Difference Between Your Strengths and Your Skills
Knowing Your Strengths Isn’t Enough I first took the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment, now called CliftonStrengths in 2011. At the time I was empty. I was at the end of a multiyear project that took everything out of me. A friend, mentor, and personal coach...
The Best Books on a Coach Approach to Discipleship
Adopting a Coach Approach to Discipleship Jesus spent an amazing amount of time with people. Yes, he spent time with the crowds of people who came to hear him teach. But much of his time was spent in people’s homes, walking with them along the road, and in one-to-one...
5 Ways a Professional Coach Can Help You
A Great Coach Can… Help You Find Untapped Potential Every single one of us has a reservoir of untapped potential below the surface of our lives. That potential often gets buried in the busyness of life. There are work needs, family needs, and all of the other demands...
How to Adopt a Coach Approach to Discipling People
Make it Personal A coach approach focusses in on each person. Small groups are great. Teaching is essential. Small and large gatherings are really important and necessary. Most discipleship has been focussed around large and small groups and very little around the...