When helping clients design actions, it’s important to identify timelines.  After all, real actions take place in real space and time.  Putting a timeframe or timeline to the action will make a conceptual action more concrete and more tangible (thereby increasing the likeliness that the client will take the action).  However, not all action plans

How do you lead a task when you only know a little? Most of us in ministry face this situation all the time. We lead because we’re the best we have, and that isn’t saying a whole lot. I lead worship on Sunday night (who even has Sunday night church anymore) in a small church

One of the things many developing coaches struggle with is accountability.  (So if you struggle, you are not alone!).  Accountability is tricky because as coaches we want to balance two truths: a) the client owns the issue, and b) the clients often benefits from accountability.  Clients own the issue and ultimately they are the party

I LOVE this quote! Wimpy was a man after my own heart when it came to loving hamburgers. And while I don’t believe I ever bought a burger on credit, I most certainly share Wimpy’s desire to satisfy his hunger RIGHT NOW. I’ve just returned from an eight-day cruise during which I tried very hard

As you know, Brian and Chad and I do quite a bit of Mentor Coaching. We help folks build competencies in their coaching by being coached, observing coaching, mentoring about coaching, and teaching by example. In other words, we spend a great bit of our time either being coached or listening to coaching and providing

Which side of the road do Swedes drive on? For decades, Swedes were left-side drivers in the same way as the Brits or Aussies.  Because of increased accidents and drags on the economy, in the late 1960’s the nation decided to join the rest of continental Europe and move to the right side of the