Coaching is important for every individual and especially for men and women who have been called to serve in leadership of a church or parachurch ministry. According to Daniel Harkavy, CEO and Head Coach of Building Champions, Inc. and one of the founders of Ministry Coaching International, a coach helps others win by helping them to discover the knowledge, strategies, action plans, inspiration and accountability they need to excel and to reach even greater levels of success.  Given that definition, coaching is essential for all of us. In this article, Rev. Patrick L. Clements discusses with us the shared journey of coaching. Read More | En Español

Great teachers want to find great students. Fred Smith shares with us several aspects of being a good student including admitting your own ignorance and working to ask the right questions. Fred Smith’s career spanned 65 years of executive positions. He was known as mentor and friend to men such as Zig Ziglar, Ramesh Richard, Steve Brown, and Ken Blanchard. breakfastwithfred.com | En Español

When World Vision designed a coaching model for use with their staff around the globe, we knew it had to be different. That's because the traditional idea of performance management was like it is in many organizations: "If you're lucky, we'll see you once a year and tell you what you're doing wrong." As a starting point, we needed to look back at Scripture and see what Jesus' thinking and actions were toward the 12 in whom He invested. At the same time, other verses about not conforming to ways of this world seemed appropriate: "How can we renew our minds? In what ways can we think differently about people and about the way we do our work so that excellence is a result and outcome?" The result was the development of a coaching model that would be valuable to other organizations that may be "stuck" in a traditional mode of performance management. christianleadershipalliance.org