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I love coaching pastors.

I’ve been doing it for years & I never tire of it

In fact today I have coaching appointments with two Australian pastors, one local in a cafe & one via Skype with a pastor who lives over east.

Here’s 4 things I’ve discovered over the years:

1. Coaching helps a pastor clarify their next step. Information overload paralyses pastors. Coaching breaks this inertia, moving a pastor into those vital next steps.

2. Coaching often gives pastors the confidence & courage to take that next step. Pastors are boosted when a veteran leader says “You can do this!”.

3. Coaching alleviates the “aloneness” all pastors feel. They realise they are not alone or weird or “the only one”.

4. Coaching changes not just the pastor but it also changes me. Sometimes I feel as challenged as the person I’m coaching! Iron certainly sharpens iron, so it actually makes me a better coach.

Have you ever been coached?

What did you love about it?