WHAT
IS COACHING:
Watch this video for a quick explanation of what coaching is:
Coaching works from
the premise that Holy Spirit is speaking to every individual and many times we
pastor types tend to give counsel (mentor) rather than help the person coming
into the office recognize the voice of Holy Spirit themselves (coaching).
The coaching method
asks questions to help the person find what God is already directing them
towards ... but the mentoring method (which many pastors use) works
from the assumption that you, the pastor, have the answer and the
person coming will receive your wisdom. Mentoring works great when you
are indeed an expert in the field (how to fix a car, if you are a mechanic ...
how to build a house, if you are an architect ... how to set up a power of
attorney, if you are a lawyer) but in many cases when an emotionally healthy
person comes into your office, they don't need to hear from you ... they need to
hear from the expert ... Holy Spirit.
Coaching is NOT meant to replace counseling or
even a mentoring relationship (i.e. youth pastor with a youth leader) but when a
semi-emotionally stable individual (we're all semi-stable aren't we?) comes into
your office asking for direction for their life ... coaching is a great way to
guide them towards Holy Spirit and his direction for their lives.
SOUNDS
INTERESTING ... BUT WHAT KIND OF TIME COMMITTMENT IS THIS PROGRAM?:
The WOD coach training involves
eight one hour
conference calls, about 30 - 45mins of reading a week, listening to an audio
training cd for 30ish mins a week AND an occasional chat with a coaching partner
from your group (for practice purposes). Also, at the end of it all there is a
two day retreat that pretty much everyone involved has said solidifies the
entire training! If you want to go further you can also sign up for level two
training!
Hope this helps you understand what you get for
$75 and a couple hours a week ... but if you have any other questions feel free
to contact Mark Collins or Kent Allison.
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OTHER COACHING
LINKS:
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- THE SITE OF COACH TRAINER, TONY STOLTZFUS!
COACH LOMBARDI
- THE SITE OF WOD COACH
TRAINER, LUCIANO LOMBARDI
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