Great leaders successfully mine the intellectual capital of those who work for them. How do you get your team to effectually communicate their thoughts and ideas and believe you truly want to hear? How can you capture the full creativity that is in your team? The answer in part is by your skillful and consistent listening. Leadership is part visionary, …

Coaching has many purposes. We know that it is a key leadership style, one that carries influence, increases productivity, motivates and engages people in a powerful way. But what about coaching applied to helping people discover their purpose and become clear on their calling? Through the 90s a plethora of personality tests emerged which helped people to categorise themselves and …

Many times, we are up against challenges both in business and in life, and we find ourselves facing them alone. Having collaboration with friends, mentors and sponsors can give us critical motivation and soften the learning curve of new endeavors. Sometimes we have learned to have good judgment after experiences where we made mistakes. Failure is one of the greatest …

Precisely discovering the agenda of your coaching client’s heart brings a great increase of peace and efficiency to your efforts as a coach. “Finding the agenda” sounds like basic coaching 101—and it is. However the way I have seen this work sometimes among coaches is that a well trained coach will ask his client, “What is it you would like …

One of the deepest and most transformational parts of kingdom coaching is when we coach identity. So much of what we struggle with, as believers, and what holds us back, is a lack of knowing our true identity. Our true identity is what God made us for originally has now redeemed us to be, by His work on the cross. …

Recently I was struck with an amazing parallel between interior design and coaching. My wife and I purchased a new home outside of Redding, California. We have been looking for a place like this for quite a few years and had our paintings and home decorations boxed up in storage, waiting for us to find this more permanent home. We …

What level are you listening on? Would you call yourself a good listener? Could you be hearing but not really listening? Truly listening, heart to heart, radically changes relationships, transforms people and connects us to God in a deeper way. Jesus shows us so much wisdom in His example of leadership, and one thing he showed us is how to …

People often use the term “lightness” to describe their feelings after they have received ministry from the Lord. This is an interesting word that describes a beautiful expression of the Lord’s touch of freedom on the soul. When we coach with “presence” we bring this same lightness of the Lord to the coaching conversation. I say we bring it and …

We often have a shift in season and don’t know it. Often, the pace of a season changes, as does the priorities, the agenda and the spiritual atmosphere around us. If you are not in tune with what is happening and how God is at work, you may feel unsettled but not know why. It can catch you off balance …

I often marvel at the similarities between coaching and the language of heaven as presented in the Gospels. For example, in the first chapter of John we see Jesus’ introduction to Nathanael. “Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” (John 1.47) Jesus’ surprising response to Nathanael’s skepticism …