The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

Jane Creswell is a pioneer in the coaching field and one of the founders of Coach Approach Ministries. Whenever I'm with her, I can feel the power of her coaching knowledge. In this podcast, she describes how to do Group Coaching in such a succinct way that I think you should be able to give it a shot. Group coaching certainly has advantages, which are lower cost for those involved and can actually be higher income for those who do it. Link to Jane's other podcasts. Episodes # 17 & 18 Here are some notes for Group Coaching. Identify a topic that is important to everyone in the group. The group comes together with the topic already set so that affinity is very high. Set up an expectation of how individuals should work in this setting. Ask the group to share successes in the area of this topic. While they share, listen for resonance in the group so you can narrow the topic. Pick one person to be the voice of the group and coach that individual. Tell everyone else to create an action for themselves as the one is being coached. At the end, every single person voices their action step. Contact Jane at jcreswell@ca-ministries.com

Coaches love to coach, and they aren't that picky to who they coach. But to build a clientele, you have to narrow your market so that your potential client knows that you'd like to coach them. In this podcast, Chad Hall and I drill down into this issue.

5 keys to cross-cultural coaching 1. All coaching is cross-cultural (no one is the same) 2. Language (what communicates, what doesn't (You should say "does not.") 3. Traditions (what do people regard as valuable - good manners) 4. Modalities (how you meet?) 5. Trust Two helpful books: Kiss, Bow and Shake Hands (book) Dancing Between Cultures (book) Link to previous podcasts: #036 The Quickest Way to Destroy Your Coaching Practice Find out more about Michael Marx at: www.blazingnewtrailscoaching.com

An outlandish question is a creative question that forces the client to stop and think. It is often risky in that the client might not immediately see the relevance of the question. Chad and Brian have a lot of fun with this topic.

Brian and Chad debrief their learnings so far about Coach the Person Not the Problem. Too much emphasis has been placed on NOT coaching the problem. Don't ignore the problem. There are clues that something internal is showing up in the coaching. The clues lead you to a gateway where you can then coach the person using the problem as a mirror.

Bad: Reveal the coaches intelligence, not curious, leading, ... Good: Are designed to get the client to think. Tell me what you are thinking. (Not "Tell me.") Test questions. Better: Designed to spur new thinking. Create new awareness. Discovery questions. Thinking in a really different way. Best: Invite the client to make an internal shift. Shift about themselves, not just about the issue.

Chad Hall, Bill Copper, and Brian Miller each share how coaching has brought them closer to Jesus. You'll hear about raising awareness, creating partnerships, and how to address the most important questions in life.

Scott Gress is a professional coach who teaches leaders when to ask and when to tell to get great ministry results. His new book is called A Christian Coaching Guidebook: How to Come Alongside Others for Ministry Results. You can buy Scott's book at Amazon.com. Find out how you can hire Scott to coach, speak, or train at http://www.scottgress.com

Three types of coaching models are described in this episode, along with clues that might indicate the need for a different model. Also Chad gives one thing he doesn't like about Abraham Lincoln.

George Howard is the Executive Director, Global Coaching & Strategic Initiatives for the Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. In this podcast, George tells how he got started in coaching. ghoward@umcmission.org