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Asking Mistakes Coaches Make: the Top Five
From long experience as a coach trainer, here’s my personal list of the top five asking mistakes coaches make (excerpted from the book, Coaching Questions by Tony Stoltzfus). Asking Mistakes #1: Closed...
Asking Mistakes Coaches Make: the Top Five
From long experience as a coach trainer, here’s my personal list of the top five asking mistakes coaches make (excerpted from the book, Coaching Questions by Tony Stoltzfus). Asking Mistakes #1: Closed...

Encounter Coaching: When Jesus Steps into the C...
Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of coaches from the charismatic stream wrestle with the question of how to integrate coaching and the prophetic. They value both, but they...
Encounter Coaching: When Jesus Steps into the C...
Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of coaches from the charismatic stream wrestle with the question of how to integrate coaching and the prophetic. They value both, but they...

More Top Asking Mistakes (and How to Correct Them)
In December I shared the top five asking mistakes I see coaches make. This month, I want to share five more top asking mistakes, so you have the complete top...
More Top Asking Mistakes (and How to Correct Them)
In December I shared the top five asking mistakes I see coaches make. This month, I want to share five more top asking mistakes, so you have the complete top...

Coaching Tool: Asking Questions for Jesus
Questions for Jesus has become my most-used coaching tool, because it is so simple and so transformational. The idea is to help people to have an experiential encounter where Jesus...
Coaching Tool: Asking Questions for Jesus
Questions for Jesus has become my most-used coaching tool, because it is so simple and so transformational. The idea is to help people to have an experiential encounter where Jesus...

Problem Solving the Coaching Way
Problem solving the coaching way means asking questions that help the coachee come up with solutions instead of merely making suggestions. Here are some tips for helping your coachees with...
Problem Solving the Coaching Way
Problem solving the coaching way means asking questions that help the coachee come up with solutions instead of merely making suggestions. Here are some tips for helping your coachees with...

Coaching Questions for Changing Perspective
Looking at a situation from many different angles is an important coaching skill. Examining different viewpoints through coaching questions (What in the past led up to this? What do others...
Coaching Questions for Changing Perspective
Looking at a situation from many different angles is an important coaching skill. Examining different viewpoints through coaching questions (What in the past led up to this? What do others...