KNCSB Coaching

KNCSB is pleased to offer to the churches of our convention trained coaches to work with both paid and lay leadership.

Below you will find some information about the coaching process. If you would like more information, contact Tim Boyd (913) 221-5552 or tboyd@kncsb.org.

Quick look at coaching…

Definition of coaching

Coaching involves a relationship built on trust and mutual respect. It is an alliance that is designed by you and your coach for the purpose of helping you realize your full potential. Coaching helps you identify goals and, at its best, is a very collaborative journey to achieving those goals.

A coaching relationship involves structured conversations, or coaching sessions, that include:

  • Being listened to actively and deeply
  • Being asked powerful questions to prompt new insights
  • Generating options and expanding possibilities for decision making
  • Identifying and avoiding obstacles to your progress
  • Focusing on forward progress and being action oriented

In coaching sessions, you will be encouraged to look at your situations from a different perspective and to be willing to act differently as you gain new insights. Your coach’s objective will be to help you get to the point of having confidence and commitment to a line of action that you have identified for yourself.

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Things you can expect of your coach

You can expect your coach to:

  • Be honest and have integrity
  • Encourage and support you
  • Give you positive feedback and share relevant best practices
  • Deal with the most difficult issues that are raised and not “step over” anything in the conversation
  • Not offer therapy or counseling and to refer you to a qualified person if such help is needed
  • Hold you accountable to your commitments to the level you wish to be held accountable
  • Come to each coaching session prepared and ready to engage
  • Hold no preconceived ideas, personal assumptions, or judgments about the client
  • Keep in strict confidence everything that is shared in the coaching relationship

A few key points about CONFIDENTIALITY

  • What is said here stays here, except where specific permission has been granted
  • Notes are kept private
  • The fact of a coaching relationship is confidential
  • Coaching confidentiality is limited to terms of law
  • Records (name and hours only) shared with ICF for accreditation purposes only

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Coach’s expectations of the person being coached (PBC)

As a person striving to be your best you are expected to:

  • Come to each session ready to focus and move forward
  • Follow through and complete actions that you set for yourself
  • Honor time commitments (keep session appointments, call on time, and end calls on time)
  • Bring a 100% commitment to the coaching relationship and process
  • Be honest, authentic, and open
  • Be coachable in that you are willing to take action and experience transition
  • Give feedback on the coaching process
  • Honor the coaching relationship, the coach, and yourself

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Logistics

Each coach and PBC will design the coaching relationship to fit the needs of the PBC and the parameters of the coach. Key aspects of the coaching relationship that need to be addressed at the beginning of the relationship include:

  • What the initial session will involve (any prep work from PBC or additional assessment tools to be used)
  • The phone number to be called (the PBC will always initiate the call)
  • Parameters for email contact and unscheduled calls to coach
  • Cancellation policy (typically coaches require 24-hour notice)
  • Particular wishes from PBC concerning how the coach logs each session, how notes are taken, and the level of accountability to the coach

Through your coaching relationship, you can expect to take actions that move you toward the goals you have set for yourself. It is your coach’s goal to help you accomplish your agenda. As a result of coaching, you should take actions that:

  • Have a specific scope and timeframe
  • Are quantifiable – you know whether you have accomplished it or not
  • Bring about progressive achievement of desired and worthy goals
  • Produce observable shifts in behavior so that actions align with goals

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