Rev. Cathy D. Mitchell |
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Endorsement from a Past Participant
Friday, August 30, 2013
Leadership Coaching Circles
Here’s your
opportunity to get closer to God, become healthier, and to accomplish a
particular ministry project. I created Leadership Coaching Circles to
assist with this vital need. It is a 21st century Wesley class
meeting approach to becoming more fully alive in Christ and finding more
fulfillment in your life and ministry. LCC enables you to both “sharpen the saw”
and fulfill your calling for leadership.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Recommendation from Dr. Ken Nelson Based on a Previous Coaching Project I led for South Carolina Pastors along with Carl Arrington
Rev. Ken Nelson Congregational Specialist, SC Conference Office of Connectional Ministries |
Monday, August 19, 2013
Benefits of Leadership Coaching Circles
These elements of Leadership Coaching Circles help
the participants to accomplish the above.
· Circles
of 6 to 8 members will meet for group coaching twice per month for four months
focusing specifically on each participant’s spiritual practices, self-care, and
a ministry project.
· Participants
will also as a bonus have the opportunity to participate in a twice per month
coaching skills class for the four month semester. Both the coaching group and
the skills class will happen by telephone conference call using Maestro
Conference. This coaching skills class alone has a value of $197.
· Participants
will receive coaching by me in the group circle calls. Also participants will
receive coaching by another participant in twice per month buddy coaching
calls. Of course in these buddy coaching calls they will also practice
doing coaching which will hone their skills.
· Another
bonus to participants is that each week I will share an inspiring devotional
based on a lectionary passage for the upcoming Sunday. Ministry leaders rarely
have the opportunity to be a participant in “worship.” Although the worship
time in the circle meetings will brief, this focus will provide some centering,
inspiration, and perhaps sermon ideas for the participants.
· 2
CEU’s will be awarded for participation in LCC.
· The
cost for all of this is only $50 per month for the four months for a total of
$200. Payments will be made by check.
This opportunity is limited to 56 persons in
7 groups of up to 8 each starting in early September 2013.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Registration
Please click the link for the time of the circle of which
you would like to be a member. The first meeting date is listed. Reserve the
same hour each week for the calls which will either be a circle call or a buddy
call. Submitting your name and email address will assure you of a place in LCC.
Please sign up for only one of the circle times below.
Mondays starting Sept. 9 at 4 pm ET
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/U6H6IJ9PJKZ7HSZF
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/U6H6IJ9PJKZ7HSZF
Tuesdays starting Sept. 10 at 4pm ET
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/Z3BWFZHTMOSZMDBG
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/Z3BWFZHTMOSZMDBG
***All participants are also asked to register for the
coaching skills classes which will occur on Wednesdays starting Sept. 11 at 4 pm ET
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/FXUPXAW3ATYDY1Q8
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/FXUPXAW3ATYDY1Q8
Make payment of either the initial installment of $50 or the
whole $200 by sending a check made out to me at:
Larry Ousley, 172 Clearwater Drive, Waynesville, NC 28785
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Testimonies from Past Participants in Coaching Groups:
“Our church has taken a large step forward in defining our Vision and
next steps for growth, defining large goals to accomplish. - My leadership has
been benefited first by learning to take care of myself better, then by viewing
and engaging in my role as coach in my leadership.”
“Having a network of support and advocacy at
this level of quality undergirds everything you do as a minister.”
“We
have started and completed and will continue 3 new ministry projects that reach
more of the people that God loves!”
“Thanks for the opportunity to take part in
the North MS Coaching Project which encourages me to to continue using coaching
skills in all aspects of ministry, adding new plays in the ministry playbook,
and experiencing the infinite value that God has given my life and to the lives
of those I coach and pastor!”
“Larry, I’ve decided you
are right--coaching is the best way to help pastors and churches accomplish
their mission!”
One
pastor said, that the coaching project has been an invaluable tool for her.
“This coaching initiative is good for the conference in that it transforms good
pastors into great pastors,” she said. “Conference gatherings and district
gatherings are valuable tools for fellowship, but coaching takes it to a higher
level. Someone once said, ‘In order to receive something different, you have to
do something different.’ We can’t afford to keep doing the same old things in
our churches and expect different results.”
Another
pastor said that the experience has helped him approach ministry and life in
new ways.” Too often we as clergy find ourselves not connected with a support
group beyond our friends, when our connection has so much to offer,” he said.
“It opens up a network that is without bias and competition, and for its
duration, it will bring about community.”
Another
person said the program has been a great opportunity for her and the other
participants. “Our Annual Conference is to be commended for this new paradigm
in leadership development,” she said. “We have been called from different
districts, different experiences and different perspectives to the table of
ministry commonality. From my view, this program will continue to speak life to
us and blow breath into us as we serve God and God’s people for such a time as
this.”
Dr. Ken
Nelson, SC Conference Staff member in reflecting on the group coaching program
stated: “I believe that three of the most significant encumbrances to
effective, vital congregations are ineffective leadership, a lack of vision and
a lack of partnership between the laity and clergy,” Nelson said. “The coaching
initiative addresses all three of these factors in very specific ways and
builds upon the strengths that these pastors already possess.”
Schedule
· In
order to keep things simple each participant is asked to reserve each week the
same hour for the circle meetings and buddy calls. For example, if a person
signs up for the circle that meets Mondays at 3 PM ET, they would meet at that
time each week either for one of the two circle meetings or to have a buddy
coaching call with their buddy. The circle meetings will be recorded in case a
person needs to miss that. Also sometimes participants like to listen again.
Additionally if participants wish on a week they have to miss their regular
circle meeting, they could attend as an observer another circle meeting. Of
course, if buddies choose to change the time of their calls to a different
time, that’s up to them.
· The
coaching skills classes will occur on two Wednesday per month at 4 PM ET
beginning Sept. 4, 2013.
Information Call
In order for persons to experience a demonstration of a
circle call addressing spiritual practices, self-care, and a ministry project,
I am offering an information call. This call will occur at the following
time and will also allow persons to get their questions about LCC answered.
Register for the call by clicking on the following link.
August 28, 4pm ET: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/YE9NDC9S2HS606BD
Train the Trainer
Those who complete the above and have the aptitude for it
will be invited to lead Leadership Coaching Circles themselves. In order to
assist them, I’ll lead training
and guidance calls focusing on group coaching skills twice per month for
five months. Their circle members can participate in the coaching skills
training which I will lead each semester. The cost is $100 per month or $500
total.
Train the Trainer: More Details
Further, all the above I’m calling Level 1 (L1). Those who
complete L1 and have the aptitude for it will be invited to lead L1 leadership
coaching circles themselves. In order to assist them in so doing I will lead
what I’m calling Level 2 (L2) offering the following benefits:
· Participation
in twice per month training and guidance calls in group coaching skills so that
L2 participants can lead their own L1 circles earning up to $400 per month
per circle. Of course, L2 leaders can charge whatever they wish for the L1
circles they lead. This could be charging nothing to L1 participants. However,
my experience is that unless people pay something for participation, they tend
not to be as invested.
· Also
L2 leaders do not have to lead the coaching skills classes themselves, which
would be part of what they are offering their L1 participants just like in the
L1 benefits, described above. Their L1 circle members participate in these
twice per month coaching skills classes that I will lead each four-month
semester.
· There
will be other benefits to help Circle leaders, which will evolve over time. One
of them is that if they enroll one of their L1 participants to become L2
leaders after they complete L1, the original L2 leader would receive half of
the income for their L1 leader becoming an L2 leader.
· Further,
persons who are seeking credentialing as a life coach, need coaching hours to
achieve certification. This program will allow them to gain coaching
experience. In order to supercharge this benefit, L2 leaders could add an
individual coaching component with their L1 participants adding a great number
of hours of coaching to further help them accumulate paid coaching hours for
certification.
· 2
CEU’s will be awarded for participation in L2.
· The
cost for all the benefits for L2 is $100 per month for 5 months for each
semester an L2 circle leader is active. Payments will be made by check.
· The
first L2 leaders will begin meeting in January 2014 to prepare to lead their L1
circles beginning in February 2014.
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