Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills and Heart of a Christian Coach

Leadership Coaching is an essential tool for anyone who wm ants to learn to coach or improve their coaching skills. Written by a top international Christian coach trainer, it is filled with real-life stories, practical tools and application exercises that bring coaching techniques to life.

The book begins with in-depth look at the heart of a coach: the values and character qualities that give coaching its tremendous power. Going far beyond mere proof-texting, Leadership Coaching demonstrates how coaching fits with the broader purposes of God in history. Starting with key biblical concepts about how God builds leaders, the book presents an integrated, values-based paradigm for developing leaders through coaching. As one coach trainer says,

€œWithout a doubt, it's the best I've read in the coaching genre. Tony has raised the bar for books on coaching with Leadership Coaching. This is especially true for coaching books written from a biblical perspective.€

Part II uses a hands-on, interactive approach to show you how to coach. Utilizing the seven key elements of effective coaching as a framework, each facet of the coaching relationship is explained and illustrated in detail. Once you€ve grasped the major concepts, Master Class sections provide a wealth of tools, models and exercises to help you apply coaching concepts to real-life situations. From extensive lists of powerful questions to 50 key coaching principles, from tips on giving healthy feedback to tools for problem-solving, Leadership Coaching delivers the practical insights you need to coach effectively.

Well written, filled with great resources and eminently practical, Leadership Coaching is a great introduction to a powerful way of helping others grow.


About the Author
A pioneer in Christian leadership coaching, Tony Stoltzfus has developed thousands of coaches, co-founded an international training school and created a wide range of leadership resources used around the world. He is the author of eight books, including the best-selling Coaching Questions, and specializes in helping senior ministry and business leaders engage God in difficult transitions and finish well on the calling journey. Tony lives with his wife and two teens in Redding, CA.


What People Are Saying
€œLeadership Coaching is a "must read". Tony's principles are basic, yet profound. Liberally illustrated by real life stories and punctuated by challenging life application questions, Leadership Coaching is not a book you read€"it is a book you experience!€

Dr. Les Brickman
Professor of Cell Church, Regent University
President, Strategic Cell Ministry International


€œWithout a doubt, it's the best I've read in the coaching genre. Tony has raised the bar for books on coaching with Leadership Coaching. This is especially true for coaching books written from a biblical perspective.€

Dr. Jerry Graham, Professional Coach and Coach Trainer


€œCoaching is a core skill for cell church planters and leaders. They will find Leadership Coaching an invaluable tool for improving their own coaching and for training others in the art of coaching.€

Jeannette Buller, Professional Coach and author of The Cell Church Planter's Guide.


€œWell written, intensely practical, biblical, and filled with clear examples and useful learning tools, this book will be a valuable resource for the experienced coach as well as for the beginner. I am honored to recommend it enthusiastically.€

Gary R. Collins, PhD,
Professor of Leadership and Coaching, Psychological Studies Institute,
Author of Christian Coaching.