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Introducing Coaching
The products on this page are what we recommend for introducing coaching to a leader or group that is unfamiliar with it. The task here is not to teach people how to coach, but to present the basic concept, let them experience what coaching looks like, and to get them interested in learning more. Here’s a comparison of what we think are some of the best options:
- Christ-Centered Coaching: Seven Benefits for Ministry Leaders. As the title says, this book focuses on what coaching can do for you. This is the best book for giving to a pastor or leader you are trying to introduce to the world of coaching.
- A Crash Course in Christian Coaching. An inexpensive DVD of a well-known coach doing a presentation on the basic principles and values of coaching. A good choice if you want to introduce coaching through a group. I’d recommend following it with an actual coaching demo, though.
- Peer Coaching DVD Set. While this 2-disc set is more expensive than the other choices, it offers many short coaching demos and teaching snippets that would fit well into a short presentation to a group or leadership team. For people to ‘get’ coach, they generally have to see someone coach instead of just hearing you talk about coaching.
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Christ-Centered Coaching
Price: $19.99
by Jane Creswell
147 pages
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Why should ministry leaders take a serious look at coaching? Author Jane Creswell, a well-known Christian coach with extensive experience coaching in corporate America, answers that question with a look at seven important benefits of Christian coaching.
With examples, sample dialogs, and scripture, Jane lays out what the coaching approach can do. If you are brand new to coaching or want to introduce coaching to a ministry leader who is unfamiliar with the discipline, this book is a great choice.
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Peer Coaching Training DVD Set
Experience the Power of Authentic, Growth-Centered Relationships
by Tony Stoltzfus
Two-Disc Set - 150 Minutes
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The Peer Coaching DVD Set includes 2.5 hours of high-impact teachings and live demonstrations of peer coaching skills. Sit in with a master coach trainer as he explains key coaching techniques like asking powerful questions, developing action steps, and providing accountability that offers grace but doesn’t lower the standard. Then you’ll see those skills demonstrated in actual peer coaching situations using real life issues. There are four ways you can use the Peer Coaching DVD Set:
Peer Coach training is much more than just sitting and listening to a lecturer! Instead of packing everything into teachings, we also show you how these skills works in live coaching demos, and then draw out the principles you saw in the debriefing that follows. It’s a fun, interactive process that will get everyone involved. Your trainer for these sessions is Tony Stoltzfus, a master coach with years of experience who has trained hundreds of professional Christian coaches. The art of coaching is as much caught as it is taught –- and on these videos you’ll get to learn by watching a really great coach at work.
An Independent Study version is also available that includes the DVDs plus two Workbooks.
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A Crash Course in Christian Coaching
by Christopher McCluskey
DVD in clamshell case - 80 min.
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Want to introduce coaching to a friend or a leader from your church? This video teaching session by well-known coach and coach trainer Chris McCluskey provides an overview of the coaching approach, explores its roots and distinguishes between coaching, consulting and therapy. In the second half of the disc, Chris also explores coaching as a profession and appliccations of coaching to the church. Newcomers and experienced coaches alike will enjoy this presentation of the fundamental principles and practices of coaching.
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