Tips for accessing BOOKS on Coaching: Many of the titles included on these pages are books found in Luther Seminary Library and only available to seminary students. However, you may be able to borrow these same titles from your local public library. Make note of the title, author and ISBN of the desired book and ask your local library to request the book by "Interlibrary Loan" (ILL). Otherwise, of course, you may choose to buy certain titles from your favorite bookstore or online book source.
Ministry 3.0 : How Today's Church Leaders Are Using Coaching to Transform Ministry by
Ministry Needs a Transformation Churches are closing, membership is shrinking, and pastors are feeling alone and unsupported. With six out of ten churches doomed to close in the next ten years, it is time for another Reformation. Yet God is ever-faithful and provides a way for His church to flourish. In Ministry 3.0, you'll read inspiring accounts from a diverse group of ministers who use coaching as a tool to resolve conflict, empower congregations, lead clergy teams and lay committees, and navigate change with grace and effectiveness. Advance Reviews Highly recommend this book for anyone in a church leadership position. David Henry, Cru (formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ) A practical, biblical, and spiritual road map to a destination that is the best coaching can offer... an ever deepening understanding how God works in the life of His people - His Church. David Beroth, Pastor Coaching is an excellent way to assist in clergy development... a one-size-fits-all approach is bankrupt. I am delighted to welcome this practical resource for ministry. The Revd Dr. Neil Evans, Director of Ministry, Diocese of London Ministry 3.0 simply takes the reader beyond the hype of another program to the basics that are sorely needed in the church today. Willie Crew, Founder, World Missions Centre J Val. Hastings, MCC, is the founder and president of Coaching4Clergy, which provides specialized training for pastors, church leaders, and coaches. Val hired his first coach while he was pastoring at a local United Methodist church. His progress was noticed by all, and that experience gave Val a global vision of Every Pastor, Ministry Staff, and Church Leader a Coach. Val currently holds the designation of master certified coach through the International Coach Federation, the highest coaching designation.
Change Your Questions, Change Your Church : How to Lead with Powerful Questions by
This book is filled with stories from churches just like yours. You'll read how they applied a coaching approach of powerful questioning, which led to a greater impact in both their church and their broader community. Using their examples, along with the sample questions and practical instructions included, you can have the same results in your church.
Where could powerful questions lead you and your church?
- To a greater vision of what is possible.
- To concrete action steps.
- To a place of deeper curiosity, discovery and awareness.
- To a much-needed reality check.
- To acknowledgement of who you are.
- To a deeper experience of God.
TransforMissional Coaching: Empowering Leaders in a Changing Ministry World by
"Even leaders need leading. In the context of this greatly changing world, ministry experts Steve Ogne and Tim Roehl have coined the phrase 'transformissional' to define the unique type of inspired coaching they offer to spiritual leaders in need of fresh direction."--Publisher's description.
Co-Active Coaching, Fourth Edition: The Proven Framework for Transformative Conversations at Work and in Life by
The book that changed the field of professional coaching forever. The wait is over! This is the new 4th edition of the cultural and business phenomenon that helped launch the professional practice of coaching! "The bible of coaching guides ... No other book gives you the tools, theskills, and the fundamentals needed to succeed in these delicate relationships." - Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People This extensively revised 4th edition of Co-Active Coaching now offers leaders, managers and other business professionals practical guidance for embracing coaching as a core competency to drive greater workplace engagement. The flexible Co-Active Coaching model showcased in the book has stood the test of time as a transformative communication process that co-workers and teammates, managers, teachers, and students can use to build strong and collaborative relationships. In this highly anticipated new edition, the authors capture their broader experience in applying the Co-Active approach to leadership and human development. The book reflects today's reality of how coaching has moved beyond its initial focus on life skills to become an integral aspect of successful leadership development. It provides the latest terminology and a variety of fresh coaching examples drawn from the authors' first-hand experiences with thousands of international coaching trainees and clients. The power-packed on-line Coach's Toolkit has been expanded to include more than 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists to make these proven principles and techniques accessible and practical. Full of thoughtful exercises, relevant examples and concrete advice, this text is clear, direct, easy to read, and inspiring. The only book life coaches, business coaches and health coaches will ever need to build stronger relationships and healthier communication.
Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth by
You're trying to help--but is it working? Helping others is a good thing. Often, as a leader, manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it's central to your job. But even the most well-intentioned efforts to help others can be undermined by a simple truth: We almost always focus on trying to "fix" people, correcting problems or filling the gaps between where they are and where we think they should be. Unfortunately, this doesn't work well, if at all, to inspire sustained learning or positive change. There's a better way. In this powerful, practical book, emotional intelligence expert Richard Boyatzis and Weatherhead School of Management colleagues Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten present a clear and hopeful message. The way to help someone learn and change, they say, cannot be focused primarily on fixing problems, but instead must connect to that person's positive vision of themselves or an inspiring dream or goal they've long held. This is what great coaches do--they know that people draw energy from their visions and dreams, and that same energy sustains their efforts to change, even through difficult times. In contrast, problem-centered approaches trigger physiological responses that make a person defensive and less open to new ideas. The authors use rich and moving real-life stories, as well as decades of original research, to show how this distinctively positive mode of coaching--what they call "coaching with compassion"--opens people up to thinking creatively and helps them to learn and grow in meaningful and sustainable ways. Filled with probing questions and exercises that encourage self-reflection, Helping People Change will forever alter the way all of us think about and practice what we do when we try to help.
Coaching a to Z: The Extraordinary Use of Ordinary Words by
Your indispensable guide for coaching mastery. Language is a powerful tool that can unite, engage, and move people to action. It's all in what you choose to say, and how you say it. In this practical, accessible guide to having more powerful conversations, leading evidence-based coaching expert Haesun Moon offers a set of powerful words or phrases - one for every letter of the alphabet - to help you move others toward greater purpose and accomplishment. Based on her extensive research with the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School, Moon shows you how to apply each of these concepts to transform the way you relate to others and empower them to strive for and achieve better outcomes. Each entry includes an inspiring real-life example, and reflection questions to help you put it into action in your own life and in the lives of people around you. Whether you're a leader in business, education, healthcare, the public or non-profit sector - or even in your family - the ability to coach others and support them in achieving their goals is an integral skill one of the most important skills you can master. A guide to return to again and again, Coaching A-Z is an indispensable tool for anyone seeking to master the art of coaching and leadership.
Professional Coach Training Textbook: A Coaching4Clergy Textbook by
This textbook contains an abundance of resources for the new coach. The topics covered include:
*Getting Started as a Coach
*The Building Blocks of Coaching
*Common Coaching Scenarios in Ministry *Coaching Intact Teams and Groups
*Creating New Awareness: Coaching on Limiting Beliefs and False Assumptions *Establishing Yourself as a Coach
*Developing a Strong Personal Foundation
Coach Yourself Through Grief by
If a loved one has died, then you know how painful grief can be. The emotions can be overwhelming. Many feel like they are "going crazy" Nothing helps walking the journey of grief more than having someone by your side. But what if there is no one? What happens when you wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how to cope? What do you do when you hear your loved one's favorite song, and you break down and cry? How do you walk through your grief when, instead of walking with you, others want you to "get over it"? This is when you need to Coach Yourself Through Grief.Read on to learn coaching principles that will help you during the tough times.
Coaching at End of Life: A Coaching4Clergy Textbook by
We live in a culture that is uneasy with end of life issues. Yet death is the one reality we must all face. All will die, and all will experience grief. This textbook will focus on the spiritual leader who wants to use a coach approach to minister to the dying and the grieving. Participants will take away practical skills and behaviors that will equip them to effectively minister as an end of life coach. In addition to the Eight Building Blocks of coaching, the reader will learn Eight Supporting Building Blocks for coaching the dying, and Eight Supporting Building Blocks for coaching the grieving. Practical tools for follow up are also introduced.