In a recent study conducted by the International Coach Federation on “Building a Coaching Culture with Millennial Leaders,” Alejandro Campos,
Head of Talent Management and Organizational Development at Continental
Tire Worldwide, is cited in this quote:
“Coaching
is one of the instruments that we see can really boost performance and also help
realize potential for people. We see it as something that is important to
leverage our culture. So especially now that we are trying to be a more
progressive and attractive employer, we’re trying to move from a culture of
more top-down approach to a more collaborative approach in the more engaging
leadership style.”
There is a
crisis in ministerial leadership. In
many denominations, there are fewer seasoned ministers available and many
younger clergy are disenchanted about working in the local church. One way to address this concern is to
incorporate basic tenets of coaching into the life of the church.
Coaching would
benefit clergy in several ways:
- Coaching provides the encouragement, development, and support needed by pastors to lead congregations in a rapidly changing climate, thus reducing burn-out and frustration.
- By providing coaching, the congregation affirms its investment in the success and health of its ministerial leaders.
- Leaders who develop a coaching mindset are more likely to apply this in empowering lay leadership in their congregations.
A coaching culture
would also benefit congregations in several other ways:
- Creating a more collaborative culture that fosters creativity and innovation.
- Strengthening the bench with emerging leaders from all generations.
- Assuring longer tenure for ministerial staff.
Churches
that choose to embrace a coaching approach will be better equipped to face the
challenges of discontinuous change they face today.
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