Can you take a coach approach to preaching? Preaching seems like the epitome of telling. The preacher is the expert who hopes to influence the listener to take a prescribed action. The preacher is letting the listener in on God’s commands, hopes, thoughts and plans. Is this even the right time to take a …
Brian and Chad discuss the GROW model for coaching and walk through each step. This is a deeper dive than you might have already taken. Goals (Future) Reality (Present) Options (What’s possible? Discerning) Who, What, When, Will to do it (Designing Actions)
Coaching is not telling, at least that is what we reinforce with beginning coaches. The telling coach gives answers rather than creates awareness. The telling coach creates dependence rather than fostering responsibility. The telling coach is the easiest coach to ignore. New coaches learn that awareness can be created by asking powerful questions – open …
Brian interviews Evan Courtney, owner of Creative Courtney, a web design agency to find out what is essential for a coaching website. Evan says the first thing to ask is “What do you want the visitor to do on your site?” Most likely, you want the visitor to take an action. Make it obvious …
