4 Simple Steps to Get There - Use the Coaching ROAD
Helping people help people is what Bridges Coaching is all about! If you are in the business of helping it can be easy to take responsibility for other people’s forward movement, but even God offers free will. That is why coach training is so valuable!
Here is a pathway of simple questions that can benefit both you and the people you work with. Let’s take a conversational trip on the Bridges Coaching ROAD:
Recognition-Ownership-Action-Dedication.
R = Recognition
Sometimes the “Ah ha” moment a person is looking for can be as simple as figuring out what they are really trying to figure out. God is always moving us toward alignment with His purposes in our lives and our world. People may ramble in conversation and helping them move forward may be as simple as asking some directed questions:
What is it that you really want to focus on?
Friends of this question could be: What is the core issue? or What is the question you need answered?
In any event, this is the stage where you establish the goal.
Next, we need to do some investigative research. These questions establish a foundational clarity for why this focus is important. God is offering life and light and knowing the answers gives information that can be used for motivation.
Why is that important?
What would the WIN be? (If that goal were accomplished what would itlook like?)
O = Ownership
Sometimes the “Ah ha” moment comes in the form of realizing that the only way forward movement is going to happen is if the person decides to do something. Helping people understand they own who they are and where they are going can be a pivotal moment. God wants us to own our attitude, our lives and our futures! He offers hope by offering us a plan to accept.
What’s holding you back?
When people can learn to recognize and remove limiting beliefs or think outside the box regarding obstacles and embrace possibilities - it can literally change everything!
Life with God is not about hitting certain markers on the first try – it’s about walking forward together in faith, learning to hear, and not cowering in fear!
SUCCESS EQUALS AN ACTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!
A = Action Steps
What are your options?
Helping people choose action steps can be as simple as walking through a number of ‘options > outcomes’ scenarios till one shines as the best or first choice. Follow that up by pushing it out to a realistic goal they can visualize.
How will you choose which one to try first?
When will you start?
What do you need to make that happen?
Who will walk with you?
Inviting someone into the process exponentially changes the potential success of the outcome.
D = Dedication
Forward movement is wonderful but maintaining the gain is even more valuable. Once something has started it’s so important to have a plan to guard the momentum. Your life is your choice. God always offers a plan! Will you receive it?
How will you keep moving forward?
Coaching is moving from here to there!
Coach training takes your leadership impact to next levels!
Cindy Scott founded Bridges Coaching with a desire of offering coach training in multiple forms to multiple people groups. Since then Bridges Coaching has had trainees and clients in 20 states and a few other countries and has served a broad range of leaders including pastors and parents, youth leaders and business executives.
Cindy holds a Masters in Ministry from Southwestern Christian University as well as multiple coaching certifications. She believes that coaching is God’s plan for growth and development in every area of life and her plan is that there is a coach training package for every person.