 | Peer Coach Training Facilitator's Guide by Tony Stoltzfus
Buy used from: $89.24 This interactive, DVD-based course is one of the few available that's specifically designed for small groups and lay coach training. The eight sessions can be done in a weekly class or workshop format. Focuses on basic skills like listening, asking, goal setting, actions, and accountability.
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 | Peer Coach Training Workbook by Tony Stoltzfus
Buy used from: $69.11 Participant workbook for the Peer Coach Training program. The low cost per person makes it well suited for training unpaid volunteers
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 | A Pocket Guide to Coaching Small Groups: Befriending Leaders and Helping Groups Produce Fruit by Randall G. Neighbour
Buy new: $5.90 / Used from: $8.27 I do a lot of small group coaching workshops, and the most common problem coaches report is that the leader doesn't want to be coached! This book addresses that issue by showing you how to build a strong relationship with the small group leader.
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 | Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders by Bill Donahue
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $6.10 This book is typical of much of the small group movement in that it doesn't distinguish well between coaching, mentoring or "shepherding" as distinct approaches. If you want to learn how to set up a small group system, this is a good choice--if you want to learn how to coach, Leadership Coaching or the Peer Coach Training Program are better choices.
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 | Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills by Tony Stoltzfus
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $15.99 This book is essentially 100 pages of cheat sheets--tools illustrated with example questions--for beginning or lay coaches. If your coaches don't know what to ask, this is a great resource.
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 | Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach by Tony Stoltzfus
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $17.72 This book is widely used by Christian coaching schools because it is thorough, practical and readable. The exercises and examples help turn coaching from theory into practice.
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 | Eight Principles for Life on Life Leadership by Cheryl Baker
Buy used from: $85.05 This coaching/discipleship manual is based on Robert Coleman's The Master Plan of Evangelism, and provides coaching exercises for each of Coleman's 7 discipling principles. If your coaches aren't sure what to do when they sit down for a coaching session, this volume will help.
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