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Quick look at coaching…
Definition of coaching
Coaching
involves a relationship built on trust and mutual
respect. It is an alliance that is designed by you and
your coach for the purpose of helping you realize your
full potential. Coaching helps you identify goals and,
at its best, is a very collaborative journey to
achieving those goals.
A coaching
relationship involves structured conversations, or
coaching sessions, that include:
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Being listened to
actively and deeply
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Being asked powerful
questions to prompt new insights
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Generating options
and expanding possibilities for decision making
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Identifying and
avoiding obstacles to your progress
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Focusing on forward
progress and being action oriented
In coaching
sessions, you will be encouraged to look at your
situations from a different perspective and to be
willing to act differently as you gain new insights.
Your coach’s objective will be to help you get to the
point of having confidence and commitment to a line of
action that you have identified for yourself.
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Things you can expect of your
coach
You can
expect your coach to:
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Be
honest and have integrity
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Encourage and support you
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Give you
positive feedback and share relevant best practices
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Deal
with the most difficult issues that are raised and
not “step over” anything in the conversation
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Not
offer therapy or counseling and to refer you to a
qualified person if such help is needed
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Hold you
accountable to your commitments to the level you
wish to be held accountable
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Come to
each coaching session prepared and ready to engage
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Hold no
preconceived ideas, personal assumptions, or
judgments about the client
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Keep in
strict confidence everything that is shared in the
coaching relationship
A few key points about
CONFIDENTIALITY
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What is
said here stays here, except where specific
permission has been granted
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Notes
are kept private
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The fact
of a coaching relationship is confidential
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Coaching
confidentiality is limited to terms of law
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Records
(name and hours only) shared with ICF for
accreditation purposes only
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Coach’s expectations of
the person being coached (PBC)
As a person
striving to be your best you are expected to:
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Come to
each session ready to focus and move forward
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Follow
through and complete actions that you set for
yourself
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Honor
time commitments (keep session appointments, call on
time, and end calls on time)
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Bring a
100% commitment to the coaching relationship and
process
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Be
honest, authentic, and open
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Be
coachable in that you are willing to take action and
experience transition
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Give
feedback on the coaching process
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Honor
the coaching relationship, the coach, and yourself
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Logistics
Each coach
and PBC will design the coaching relationship to fit the
needs of the PBC and the parameters of the coach. Key
aspects of the coaching relationship that need to be
addressed at the beginning of the relationship include:
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What the
initial session will involve (any prep work from PBC
or additional assessment tools to be used)
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The
phone number to be called (the PBC will always
initiate the call)
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Parameters for email contact and unscheduled calls
to coach
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Cancellation policy (typically coaches require
24-hour notice)
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Particular wishes from PBC concerning how the coach
logs each session, how notes are taken, and the
level of accountability to the coach
Through your
coaching relationship, you can expect to take actions
that move you toward the goals you have set for
yourself. It is your coach’s goal to help you
accomplish your agenda. As a result of coaching, you
should take actions that:
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Have a
specific scope and timeframe
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Are
quantifiable – you know whether you have
accomplished it or not
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Bring
about progressive achievement of desired and worthy
goals
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Produce
observable shifts in behavior so that actions align
with goals
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Why would someone use a coach?
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To
achieve more in less time with greater life and
ministry satisfaction
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To go
where they have not gone before
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To grow
forward in faith and function
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To reach
their full kingdom potential in life and ministry
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To move
from dialogue to action by accelerating the pace and
depth of learning, transitioning in areas of
ministry, and clarifying spiritual and strategic
journeys
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What benefits would a Christian
leader or congregation receive from a coaching
relationship?
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Accelerates the pace and depth of learning
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Clarifies spiritual and strategic journeys
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Moves
from dialogue to action
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Identifies obstacles to growth
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Helps
with transitioning in areas of ministry
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Moves
from frustration to fulfillment
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Enables
more achievement in less time with greater
satisfaction
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Helps to
reach full Kingdom potential
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Stimulates vision
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Builds
teams
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Creates
community and relationships
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Facilitates improvement
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Reframes ministry
descriptions
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Provides support for
life transitions
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Creates
accountability
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Discernment of the
Holy Spirit’s leadership
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Develops prayer
partnerships
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Discover and
maximize strengths
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