If there is one area that can never be neglected for too long without long-term negative impact, it is our own well-being. Linda shares some helpful insights in this article.
Effective Time Management
Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th century English poet, once claimed, ‘time and tide wait for no man’. If he were writing in these more gender-inclusive times I’m sure he would add, ‘or woman also’. Of course Chaucer is right, no one…
Leading Effective Change Initiatives
Distinguishing change from transition. In walking beside leaders who are experiencing significant pushback in a change initiative, I usually ask them, “How are you managing the distinguishing elements of ‘change’ compared to ‘transition’?” Often, they look at me like I…
How Can I Create a Vision that Works?
One of the interesting things I have found in my coaching over the past 15 years is the confusion often experienced by leaders, and their teams, when creating a vision. Creating a vision that motivates people to action isn’t as…
Shaping a Missional Culture
Across the western world we see the institutional church facing significant decline together with loss of moral and ethical influence in their host countries. The vast majority of local churches struggle to maintain their current membership let alone reach those…
What Am I Missing?
Coaching Helps Discover the Blind-spots When we are involved deeply in a complex and messy situation, it can be hard to untangle the threads of the issue in our minds. This is why we often talk it over with a…
Evaluating – A Leader’s Most Uncomfortable Friend
Common Sense vs Common Practice A primary focus of any coach is to help their client define current reality i.e. what is going well, what is not going well, what is priority, and what needs development or change. This would…
Why Do We All Need a Coach?
I have been coaching for more than 25 years and in that time I have worked with hundreds of Christian leaders from a wide range of ministries and from many different countries. With that kind of exposure it doesn’t take long to identify common characteristics in leaders. One characteristic that I find in almost every leader is a belief that because they can help others work through problems, set goals and realise change, they can do the same thing for themselves. Unfortunately, in most circumstances this is just not true and leaders fall back on default behaviour to make decisions.