Karl hired me for coaching because he was struggling “to get everything done.” He’s a real estate professional who’s married, has young children, and is active in church and the local community. His list of “everything” is probably longer than the average person’s, but he’s not unreasonable with his to-do list expectations. We uncovered

  The Christian world is gaga for Enneagram. I’m a bit of a skeptic, but of course as a Five, I would be. (The Enneagram labels nine personality types by number. I’m a Five, the investigator.) Christian coaches might want to have some familiarity since many of your clients may refer to numbers as information.

Okay, so the title of this blogpost is kind of tongue-in-cheek. Coaches don’t tell their clients what they need. If you’re doing much of that you’re probably not a very good coach. That said, coaches do offer clients tools to help them achieve the life they want and the goals they desire. Two of the

It is disturbing when you find out your beliefs aren’t true. Our reality is often determined more from our beliefs than from objective truth, and surprisingly we don’t always know the difference. These beliefs are mostly developed during our youth when we are the most impressionable. For me, the hotbed development of my beliefs was

There’s a BIG difference between a strength and a skill.  As a coach, knowing the difference between strengths and skills can help you be a far better coach and help your clients experience greater success and fewer headaches. What is a strength?  Each person is born with certain strengths.  These are the natural aptitudes, talents,

Patrick serves as pastor of a large, historic church that has a strong and positive legacy in the community.  It’s the kind of church where stained glass windows are named in honor of someone’s rich grandfather, but it’s also a vibrant church where the gospel is preached.  The church has grown too large for their