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Coaching

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Undecided on taking Professional Coach Training? 

Thank you for requesting a free one-time coach training session. Typically, these free sessions are offered at the beginning of each coach training quarter.

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Upcoming Coaching Courses and Events

Basic Course Schedule: Start Coaching Tomorrow
Mondays, Sep. 30 to Oct. 21, 2024.  4:30-7:30 pm ct / 5:30-8:30 pm et.  Multiple breaks.

Asynchronous Professional Coach Foundational Courses
Register and take at any time. May be completed alone or at the same time as the initial quarter enrollment.

Professional Coach Training Courses:

Group Mentor Coaching Course
Returning in the Fall of 2024.

Group Coaching
Returning in the Fall of 2024.

Leveraging Transitions
Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25 + July 2, 2024. 10:00-2:30 am ct / 11:30-3:30 am et. Multiple breaks. 30-minute meal break.

Coaching Venues: Peers, Supervisors, Insiders & Outsiders
Thursdays, Sep. 5, 12, 19, 26 + Oct. 3, 2024. 3:00-7:30 pm ct / 4:00-8:30 pm et. Multiple breaks. 30-minute meal break.

Intercultural Humility
Thursdays, Oct. 24, 31 + Nov. 7, 14, 21, 2024. 3:00-7:30 pm ct / 4:00-8:30 pm et. Multiple breaks. 30-minute meal break.

For More Information on Courses CLICK HERE

What is coaching?

Having a coach and being coached means you are focused on next steps. Coaching is forward looking: Here’s where you are. What are you willing to consider to get you where you want to be?”

Coaching is not mentoring because the experience of the coach doesn’t matter. Coaching is not teaching; the coach doesn’t tell but asks. Nor is this athletic coaching that tells what to do. Coaching is not counseling; counseling is about what has happened in the past.

Support for Congregations and Ministry Leaders

In today’s world, pastors, ministry staff and church leaders find themselves poorly equipped to affect the kind of culture change needed.  Leaders are expected to enable new dreams for their congregations despite shrinking budgets, continuing uncertainty and changing demographics of our neighborhoods. They are left feeling overwhelmed, overworked, ineffective, insecure, isolated and alone. Coaching can help. Coaches provide just-in-time support by asking questions and challenging the one being coached to set and reach their goals. Using deep listening, coaches ask questions to trigger deeper contemplation, providing a sounding board that allows the coachee to think more deeply and profoundly than they would without coaching. 

Discovering new perspectives

Coaching begins with a hoped-for outcome.

Unlike counseling, mentoring, teaching, or consulting, coaching challenges the one being coached to think differently to discover new perspectives.  These perspectives, in turn, invite and empower movement toward action. Using deep listening and probing questions, a coach walks alongside you as you discover your resources, set your goals and unlock yourself from stuck thinking. 

The Michigan Conference focuses on sharing faith, being a beloved community, and ministry innovation. Leaders in transition (congregational leaders, staff, and pastors) may request free coaching compliments of the Michigan Conference. Click Here to request a coach. 

What Types of Coaching Does The Michigan Conference Offer?

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Which Conference Ministry Resources Does Coaching Partner with?

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Frequently Asked Questions about Coaching

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Last Updated on March 18, 2024

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