Coaching Through Stories

SERVANT LEADERSHIP COACHING AS MUTUAL DISCOVERY

Explore how we can use stories to help move from judgment or criticism of ourselves or others, toward a more open way of seeing. Read stories of servant leaders' caring and courage and story-sharing practices. Consider questions to apply the ideas.

This chapter is from the book The Art of Coaching for Servant Leadership which includes peer coaching stories from more than a dozen inspiring servant leaders. You will find illustrations of the use of coaching tools and practices such as the ladder of inference, use of silence, reducing toxic language, and more.

Forgiveness at Work

STORIES OF THE POWER, POSSIBILITY, AND PRACTICE OF FORGIVENESS IN THE WORKPLACE

In Forgiveness at Work Dr. Deborah Welch holds up a mirror and gently shows us how we imprison ourselves and others through judgment, fear and blame. Then she provides the insights, skills and tools to reverse that dynamic…In the process we become creative, healthy people with the power to create a positive, abundant future filled with possibility.   -- Ann McGee-Cooper

COACHING FOR SERVANT-LEADERSHIP IN THE SPIRIT OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP

Have you ever found that a change of heart can change the way you think? Humberto Maturana explains that “love expands intelligence.” Finding the courage to care about issues that seem immovable is a big part of working with a servant’s heart. When we are suspended between a vision of what is possible and what we are experiencing in the current system, there can be a tendency to either deny the current reality or give up the dream. This article is inspiration for coaching in ways that help us stay in the tension long enough to find an answer that was not at first apparent or to change an old blocking habit through accessing heart wisdom.

TRANSITIONING THROUGH LOSS – AWAKENING IN DREAMS IN "WISDOM FROM THE WOODS"