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Tag: Coaching

Making Coaching Work with Eric Metcalf

I had the opportunity recently to sit down with Eric Metalf and talk about Small Group Coaching.  Eric is the Small Groups Director at Christian Community Church, a multisite church with eleven different campuses.  Eric was also recently named the director of the New Thing Network.  CCC is an amazing church where Lead Pastor Dave Ferguson has built a rich leadership development culture where multiplication has become a part of their DNA. In this video Eric shares…Continue Reading

New Resource for Small Group Coaches

I’ve spent this weeks posts expressing the importance of the role of the Small Group Coach.  While it’s an extremely important position there seems to be a shortage of resources for coaches.  That’s why I teamed up with Doug Franklin and Leadertreks to create a tool for small group coaches. Growing Small Group Leaders not only provides tools for small group coaches but also provides a system for coaches to follow.  In this very practical manual…Continue Reading

Help Your Coaches be Successful

As we have discussed this week the role of small group coach is extremely important, yet very challenging. So our job as Pastors or Directors is to do all we can to help them be successful. I want to pass along 5 tips for helping coaches be more effective. 1.  Give them encouragement. My guess is most of us are already doing this. Meet with your coaches’ one on one, meet with them in groups…Continue Reading

Let’s Redefine Small Group Coaching

As you could tell from yesterday’s post I wholeheartedly believe in the small group coaching system.  Well, let me clarify that –  I believe in it when it has the correct focus.  Last year at Seacoast Church I was meeting with the Small Group Directors of our various campuses to evaluate our small group ministry.  That day we agreed we were making a mistake with how we were utilizing our small group coaches.  We were placing too much emphasis on collecting…Continue Reading