Christian Executive Leadership Coach

I Serve Christian Executives Who Value a Faith-Based Reference Point

I have been a Christian executive leadership coach for many years. I’ve walked with the Lord even longer.

Having coached men and women in leadership, from Fortune 100 companies to homeless shelters, the believers I serve all have one thing in common.

They want outcomes in their life, work, and leadership that honor God.

Because their faith and walk with Christ are important to them, they want a Christian Coach who has the maturity and experience to understand the situation they’re talking about.

They want the coaching to think it through, and if needed, the discernment to discuss spiritual application with which to inform their decision-making.

We may not talk about spiritual things each and every time we are together. Still, we always have that Christ-centred reference point in mind, even if we happen to be discussing some strategic, personnel, or management concern.

Contact me now and set up a complimentary conversation. 

You Are an Executive with Leadership Concerns and a Life to Live, That's Where We Start 

Like all the best executive coaching should be, you bring the agenda. We coach around those things that matter to you, whether it’s a real-time concern or something long-game and strategic.

Sometimes in the course of conversation a reference to a Biblical character or passage may come up. Reflecting on that together can give fresh insight into the situation at hand. This will help you create an action plan to address it.

What I Do Not Discuss - I will NOT cater my coaching to any type of extremism or hyper-political partisanship in a leader. If you wish "coaching" around any such views, I am not the right person for you.  

To see a short list of positions I've coached, and some of the organizations where these leaders worked, click here. With all of these clients I have showed up as a Christian executive leadership coach, sensitive to the spiritual lens they viewed their situation through.  

What Do Christian Leaders and Executives Talk About During Coaching with Me?

If you are asking yourself what you can talk to me about, it may be helpful to take a look at some real coaching conversations I've had with clients. 

No week's coaching is ever the same. Reference to spiritual things weaves its way through everyday issues. 

What follows are two sample weeks of actual coaching and the exact topics each Christian client said they wished us to discuss on our call. 

WEEK # 1

• Considering the personal implications in purchasing an additional business
• Debriefing the behavioral assessment of a potential c-level replacement
• Overseeing the transfer of critical public infrastructure
• How to raise a particular team out of their lethargic performance
• Seeking to understand what God might be up to in a personal situation
• Work on strategic steps for a global initiative involving many stakeholders
• Making progress on dealing with being on the edge of burnout
• Improving contribution and impact in executive team meetings 
• Improving confidence as a newer member of the executive team
• Dealing with the results of a major failure

You can see that the coaching conversations covered a lot of ground. All of the above were separate Christian executive and leadership coaching clients.

I am often used as a sounding board for thinking through complex situations prior to the client having broader discussion with other leaders, board members, or stakeholders.

WEEK # 2

• Review of growth over the last two years of a new position
• Processing whether to leave or stay in this senior role
• Not letting this super-stressful period turn into burnout
• Trusting the systems and people put in place to take pressure off
• Taking true down time during upcoming holidays
• Getting prepared to assume a more senior position in a few days
• Spiritual well-being of my spouse
• Infilling critical senior role in light of no quality job applicants
• Incentivizing performance to attract quality contributors
• Needs and care for aging parents who are moving to be closer

Here are some other things clients have worked on. 

I never reach up on some shelf behind me and say, "I'll plug [you] into "Executive Coaching 4.2." This isn't a course. It's insightfully helping you see yourself and your situation clearly, and knowing what to do next. YOU set the agenda, just like the clients I've mentioned above. 

Please initiate a conversation with me. We can explore in what way you think I might be able to be of assistance to YOU. It would be an honor as a Christian executive leadership coach to speak with you. Send me a message here.

What to Look for in a Christian Coach in Addition to Their Ability as a Professional

Obviouisly you are looking for a professional Coach that can speak into real situations you face as a leader in an organization that has people and complexities.

Also, look for a Christian coach who has "lived life." They've gone through some tough stuff, whether in leading others or in personal life. They have a vital walk with the Lord. Theirs isn't a book faith, or merely a pew faith, but a living faith. 

For me, Robert Morgan captures it well in his book on Philippians, "Whatever Happens."  

"It is vital that we find men and women who are standing firm, who are holding to the apostolic faith, who are victorious, who are joyful and biblical, and who have developed the habits and attitudes of true Christianity. We need their examples. Do you have someone in your life who provides you such a pattern?"

That's the kind of Christian executive leadership coach you want when you enter a longer term coaching relationship.

Coaching is the Catalyst for Strengthened Leadership Development

The best coaching always lifts a willing leader and improves their leadership.

Like the men of Issachar, who “understood the times and knew what Israel should do,” (1 Ch 12:32) wise leaders avoid operating alone and in a vacuum. They sought God and counselled together. We should too.

When this happens with the professionals I serve, they report greater clarity, less stress, increased momentum, more satisfaction, and higher confidence that they’ve taken the best path forward they could.

That’s it. Good coaching, by God’s enabling, results in improved leadership.

Keep in mind that there are some situations, some problems, some entrenched challenges that face every Christian leader from time to time. There are hard problems to solve. If you are in this type of situation right now, read this.

This might be of interest to you. Most of my Christian clients have at some time shared a few of the same 10 reasons for avoiding action, as any other client. We discuss those things through a lens of shared faith. 

In Summary

On this page we have discussed: 

• Whether you work in a secular or faith-based company or organization, your walk with Christ is vitally important to you. 
• You are addressing a situation or season that is unusually pressured. You want discernment and wisdom for next steps. And you don't want just any coach.  
• You require a proven, respected Christian Executive Leadership Coach you feel can understand ...

1. Where you are coming from
2. The stresses you are under
3. What you are trying to achieve
4. What faith's response might be