Tag: Coaching

Sobel and Panas, Power Questions

Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas, Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others. Wiley, 2012. Referenced in: Leading With Questions LifeandLeadership.com Summary For all leaders, but especially for church leaders who depend on the soft currencies of influence over the hard currencies of leverage, the skill of well-placed questions is indispensable. This is

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Stoltzfus, Coaching Questions

Tony Stoltzfus, Coaching Questions: A Coaches Guide to Powerful Asking Skills. Pegasus Creative Arts, 2008. Referenced in: Leading With Questions Leadership and Organizational Culture LifeandLeadership.com Summary Creating questioning cultures is a crucial leadership skill. This volume is written with the broad range of professional coaching in mind, which is helpful given the fact the church

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Marquardt, Leading With Questions

Michael J. Marquardt, Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask (Jossey-Bass US Non-Franchise Leadership Series). Jossey-Bass, 2005. Referenced in: Leading With Questions Leadership and Corporate Culture, Learning Organization LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a highly acclaimed book that blends theory and practice on a leadership skill that is universally

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Allen, Formula 2 + 2, Successful Coaching

Douglas B. Allen and Dwight W. Allen, Formula 2 + 2: The Simple Solution for Successful Coaching. Berrett-Koehler, 2004. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership Situational Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Coaching is a hallmark of the transformational and empowering leadership philosophies, and Kenneth Blanchard is perhaps the most noted author on that subject. Written by a father and

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