Sam Farina, "Professional Coach"

Sam Farina, coach in corporate world

• Southwestern University graduate with a passion for the evangelism of young people in high schools.
• Speaking at high schools was his form of strategic outreach
• Advice: Listen for God's voice when you graduate!
• Today, he coaches pastors/ministers.
• IBM Coaching Network…Jane is a corporate coaching evangelist
• Joined with the AG in coaching in church plants, pastoral, church planting

BASIC COACHING

• A coach helps a person get from where they are to where they desire to go.
• Counseling deals with the past, coaching is about moving forward in our future.
• Mentors lead from their own experiences, a coach leads others to their futures.
• Coaches pull out, mentors pour in.
• Counseling: healing the wounded; Spiritual direction: growing Christ Followers; Coaching: building strengths
• The Brain & Coaching
• Storing: information
• Connection: information
• Retrieving: information
• In coaching, you help people move from the doing to the being.
• Coaching is about people coming to mind-shift

COACHING SKILLS

• A coach helps you focus and create so that you can maintain it.
• Topic, outcomes, mean, success….focus….accountability, plan, timeline, who/when/where.
• Listening is the #1 skill in coaching
• Understand their worldview/definitions so that you can understand their thinking
• Create awareness for the words with a lot of power

COACHING TIPS

• Listen for facts and opinions, then give them back by repeating them to make sure you are understanding correctly
• Listen for the emotions and feelings
• Listen for values and beliefs…people behave because of their values and beliefs.
• Listen to understand
• Listen to give it back so that they understand it better themselves
• Give back observations on body language
• Add the Holy Spirit, you listen and help the person hear the Holy Spirit
• Give the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to give the vision/dream

"Listen and you will excel as a leader."