Product Description

Help others realize their maximum potential with a God-centered approach to coaching.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103037 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Christian Retailing, December 10, 2001
Those in counseling or church leadership particularly will appreciate Collins' work in Christian Coaching.

From the Inside Flap
Help others get from where they are to where they want to be.

Hal is an engineer who works for a large company. He has a good job with an excellent income and his future looks bright. Living in a comfortable home in a desirable neighborhood, he is surrounded by others who are also highly successful, upwardly mobile young professionals. The whole family is active in a good church where Hal was recently elected as a church deacon. He and his wife teach a Sunday school class. He is a member of a health club and has enlisted the services of a workout coach and a tennis coach. From all outward appearances, Hal has it made. Why would he need a life coach?

Hal is miserable. In his busy life he has no time to reflect on where he is headed or even relax and enjoy where he is now. Solitude or time alone with God never seems to happen. He would like to get off this treadmill, but doesn't know where to begin. He needs someone to come alongside him, listen, and give him honest feedback. He needs a life coach. Working with a coach, he can evaluate where he is in his life, form a vision of where he wants to go, and set priorities and goals to get there.

Well-known author Gary R. Collins gives us a how-to book for becoming a Christian coach. "Coaching is the art and practice of guiding a person or group from where they are toward the greater competence and fulfillment that they desire." Coaching is not about looking back. It is about looking ahead. It is about helping people:

- Discover a life purpose
- Map a clearer vision for the future
- Develop a mission statement
- Find and articulate clear values
- Learn to manage change effectively
- Appraise performance
- Strengthen communication skills
- Get out of a rut
- Build self-confidence
- Gain the courage to take risks
- Nurture a closer walk with God

Filled with valuable coaching principles, as well as interviews with experienced and practicing Christian coaches, Christian Coaching will motivate and inspire you to help others turn potential into reality.

About the Author
Gary R. Collins, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of more than fifty books, including Christian Counseling, How to Be a People Helper, and The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling. Dr. Collins was a professor at Trinity International University for twenty years. More recently, he served as the first president of the American Association of Christian Counselors and was the founding editor of Christian Counseling Today magazine. A graduate of The Institute for Life Coach Training, Dr. Collins currently heads an international alliance of Christian counselors committed to uniting and building Christian caregiver leaders worldwide. He and his wife, Julie, live in northern Illinois.

Customer Reviews

Christian Coaching
This is a keystone book for practical Christian coaching. Dr. Collins provides great examples from his personal story, as well as the experience of many other coaches. He includes a model of coaching which establishes a foundation for academic discussion. A pleasant surprise is the many bibliographical references which provided treasured information for my research on this topic.

Ignore the title
I bought this book as a requirement to one of my graduate classes. It is a good book on mentoring and relationship building, not coaching as in athletics though some of the points could be used in athletic coaching. The essence of the book is comparable to 'life coaching' except it is within a christian context.

Christian Coaching
I recommend this book to anyone interested in Christian coaching or counseling. Whether you are new to coaching or have only been a counselor, or are a pastor you need to be aware of this way of helping people become the best that they can be. This book will be one of your handbooks.