Christ-Centered Coaching
I just finished reading a book entitled, "Christ-Centered Coaching", and want to share some of what I learned with you.
The sub-title of this book is "7 Benefits for Ministry Leaders", and the book is written by Jane Creswell, who is apparently a very accomplished coach in the business world.
The title of the book enticed me, so I worked through it slowly this summer. Here's what I found:
The definition of Christ-centered coaching is based on this formula: Christ's Vision & Mission + Scriptural Principles + Christ's Presence + High Standards.
After an introduction to the concepts, the book covers each of the 7 benefits which are:
1. Leveraging Your Strengths
2. Clarity & Focus
3. Confidence
4. Learning
5. Intentional Progress
6. Rubs Off on Others
7. God-Sized Goals
What I liked about this book was the emphasis on relying upon God for the coaching process. Creswell says, "Coaching focuses on promoting discovery. 'Christ-centered Coaching' additionally utilizes the power of the Holy Spirit in that discovery process." The book is filled with a lot of Scripture references which tie the topic of each chapter in to the Bible.
Here is how she ties in accountability to Christ-centered coaching: "The goal in coaching is not to make the person being coached accountable to the coach. Rather, the 'Christ-centered coach' helps a person be accountable to himself or herself."
OK, so that's not the tightest connection; I would have expected something like, 'the Christ-centered coach helps the coachee to be accountable to Christ' or something like that. But we understand what she means, right?
This was a good book, but not a great book. It provided a helpful review of many key coaching concepts with the added benefit of tying those principles in to Scripture, and reminding you of the role of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the coaching process. So that was useful.
This book is available on the HighPowerResources.com website, under the Books section.
God bless you in your coaching efforts.
Dr. Bill
The sub-title of this book is "7 Benefits for Ministry Leaders", and the book is written by Jane Creswell, who is apparently a very accomplished coach in the business world.
The title of the book enticed me, so I worked through it slowly this summer. Here's what I found:
The definition of Christ-centered coaching is based on this formula: Christ's Vision & Mission + Scriptural Principles + Christ's Presence + High Standards.
After an introduction to the concepts, the book covers each of the 7 benefits which are:
1. Leveraging Your Strengths
2. Clarity & Focus
3. Confidence
4. Learning
5. Intentional Progress
6. Rubs Off on Others
7. God-Sized Goals
What I liked about this book was the emphasis on relying upon God for the coaching process. Creswell says, "Coaching focuses on promoting discovery. 'Christ-centered Coaching' additionally utilizes the power of the Holy Spirit in that discovery process." The book is filled with a lot of Scripture references which tie the topic of each chapter in to the Bible.
Here is how she ties in accountability to Christ-centered coaching: "The goal in coaching is not to make the person being coached accountable to the coach. Rather, the 'Christ-centered coach' helps a person be accountable to himself or herself."
OK, so that's not the tightest connection; I would have expected something like, 'the Christ-centered coach helps the coachee to be accountable to Christ' or something like that. But we understand what she means, right?
This was a good book, but not a great book. It provided a helpful review of many key coaching concepts with the added benefit of tying those principles in to Scripture, and reminding you of the role of Christ and the Holy Spirit in the coaching process. So that was useful.
This book is available on the HighPowerResources.com website, under the Books section.
God bless you in your coaching efforts.
Dr. Bill
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