Training or individual coaching is a one on one, and sometimes one and done, easily forgotten learning tactic. Group coaching and consulting involves one or more coaches and two or more individuals. Leadership coaching for groups, leads to lasting behavior change, new knowledge acquisition, and immediate organizational impact and improvement. Leaders are usually best developed by other leaders, so we come alongside you and to drive leadership coaching, and then we take that one step further with the group coaching to challenge the handling of group-based dynamics by putting in place interpersonal and rapport-building skills.
How do the disciplines work together for your group?
Ministry Workers, Churches, and Christian Organizations
Who We Help
We work with Christian leaders, ministers/pastors, church boards, volunteers, missionaries & missions groups, and non-profit christian organizations. Not sure if you or your group could use coaching and consulting services? Though not an exhaustive list, if you resonate with any of these statements, you could benefit from our coaching and consulting services.
- Church volunteers who want to grow in their leadership skills and spiritual maturity
- Missionairies who are burnt out, overwhelmed, or feel stuck
- Missionaries preparing to go on mission
- Church leaders who feel stuck or unmotivated
- Churches and organizations overwhelmed with conflict
- Individuals who want to be a spiritual mentor or grow their ministry
- Pastors/Ministers who are starting a new church plant
- Churches looking to refocus their mission and vision or who are transitioning senior leadership
- Organizations struggling to find, grow, and maintain leaders and volunteers
- Churches facing declining attendance
How We Help
Leadership Coaching
- Communication & listening skills
- Recognizing and developing future leaders
- Identify, understand, & develop your leadership style
- Spiritual direction, growth & maturity
- Building healthy boundaries
- Stress management & emotional awareness
- Interpersonal skill building
Individual Coaching
- Spiritual direction, growth & maturity
- Spiritual gifts
- Building healthy boundaries
- Stress management
- Emotional awareness
- Interpersonal skill building
Organization & Church Consulting
- Mission statement development
- Vision statement development
- Team development workshops
- Discipleship pathway creation
- Leadership succession
- Leadership pipeline design
- Core values development
Brand & Marketing Consulting
- Analyze current brand and marketing strategy, processes, and development
- Create SWOT analysis and customized reports for internal use
- Provide branding and marketing recommendations & referrals
- Assist in creation of marketing plan and branding strategies
- Teach you how to impliment your marketing plan
Dr. Don Gilbert is an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church. He also holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology and Religious Studies. He is a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Teacher, & Speaker and is a licensed mental health counselor.
Speaking and Training
Topic Examples
Mental Health Triage
Understand the current mental health crisis and how to create a system for assessing individuals in your community seeking pastoral care. Learn how to triage individuals, be sensitive to their needs, how to respond, and when to refer to outside resources.
In the training learn:
- Why you need a system
- Practical ways to respond to mental health needs
- When to refer to the professionals
- How to create and impliment this system in your organization
A Leader Among Leaders
Create leadership pathways and programs to train existing leaders in the church to recognize leadership qualities in the body of Christ, disciple, and equip them for works of service. Ephesians 4:11-13
In the training learn:
- How to recognize potentional leaders
- How to disciple and equip leaders
- Develop leadership programs
- How to create and impliment this system in your organization
"Self Care" for the Selfless
Personal Care for Ministry Staff & Volunteers: In loving God, we are asked to steward our whole being; we can do this by learning how to maintain our physical and psychological health so that we can better serve God and love our neighbor. Mark 12:30-31
In the training learn:
- Taking care of physical and psychological health
- Learning tips for managing and reducing stress
- How to honor your emotional and spiritual needs
- The importance of fostering and sustaining relationship
- Finding balance in all areas of life
The UpSide of Marriage: Practicing Healthy Habits
The will to relate is man's most basic striving, upon which the fulfillment of all other satisfactions depends. There is in the heart of every human being, a powerful urge to seek to love and be loved.
In the training learn:
- Speak Up: The Gift of Understanding
- Listen Up: The Gift of Presence
- Grow Up: The Gift of Maturity
- Connect Up: The Gift of Intimacy
- Partner Up: The Gift of Togetherness
Neurodiversity, Faith & Church
People experience God in different ways because God created us each unique; respecting neurodiversity means not making assumption about what people want or need. How then do we serve this population in the church?
In the training learn:
- Understand what it means to be neurodivergent and how that can effect the way a person experiences God
- Practical ways to support the neurodiversity in your church
- How to create and impliment an inclusive system of support
- How to train your staff and volunteers to love well and support neurodiverse individuals in the community
Small Business & Organizations
Who We Help
- Organizations that have a lot of regular turnover in staff
- Entreprenuers working too many hours
- Organizations struggling to identify why their business isn't growing
- Business owners that feel tired, burnt out, stuck, or uninspired
- Entrepreneurs starting a small business or rebranding an existing business
- Small organizations that are struggling to find, hire, and keep staff
- Leaders looking to develop their teams
- Businesses that want help analyzing their strategies and business practices
Our focus is mainly on small businesses, non-profits, and organizations with under 10 employees.
How We Help
Small Business Consulting
- Analyze organizational structures
- Evaluate business processes, group dynamics, and growth plans
- Identify developmental needs
- Recommend a course of action to improve strategic direction, business operations, and company culture
- Provide training and development for leadership and staff
Staff Coaching
- Communication & listening skills
- Recognizing and developing future leaders
- Identify, understand, & develop your leadership style
- Time management skills
- Stress management & emotional awareness
- Interpersonal skill building
Brand & Marketing Consulting
- Analyze current brand and marketing strategy, processes, and development
- Create SWOT analysis and customized reports for internal use
- Provide branding and marketing recommendations & referrals
- Assist in creation of marketing plan and branding strategies
- Teach you how to impliment your marketing plan
Speaking and Training
Topic Examples
Personal Care When you Care for Others
Effectively take care of others by being your best self: When your profession needs you to spend most of your time thinking of and caring for others and to always be in a healthy frame of mind, it makes it hard to shift the focus back on you. Sometimes it can even feel selfish. Yet, taking care of yourself is an important if not critical piece of taking care of others. Taking care of yourself is not just about addressing or limiting professional stressors it is also about enhancing your
overall well-being.
In the training learn:
- Taking care of physical and psychological health
- Tips for managing and reducing stress
- How to honor your emotional needs
- The importance of fostering and sustaining relationship
- Finding balance in all areas of life
A Leader Among Leaders
Create leadership pathways and programs to train existing leaders in your organization to recognize leadership qualities in the staff and equip them for leadership.
In the training learn:
- How to recognize potentional leaders
- How to disciple and equip leaders
- Develop leadership programs
- How to create and impliment this system in your organization
Excellence or Perfectionism
Healthy perfectionism is an oxymoron; it is not about healthy growth, success or striving for the positive. Healthy is a growth mindset or the pursuit of excellence- which is quite a bit different than striving for perfection.
In the training learn:
- What is the cycle of perfectionism
- How to break the perfectionsim cycle
- How to create an environment of excellence
- Practical tools to practice progress
Workplace Wellness
Whether employer or employee, good health leads to better quality of life, lower risk of illness, disease, and injury, increased work productivity, and greater community involvement.
In the training learn:
- Understand why employee wellness is a priority for today's workplaces
- Understand pillars of wellness
- Identify ways to incorporate wellness into the workplace
UpSide Principles for Living
Speak UP, Step UP, Grow UP, Look UP, Listen UP, Partner UP. There is enough downside already- let Dr. Gilbert teach your team from his Principles for Living so they can focus on the UpSide of Life.
In the training learn:
- What it means to Speak Up, Step, Up, Grow Up, Look Up, Listen Up, and Partner Up in your industry
- Practical ways to impliment these principles for living to better your workplace
About Coaching
Coaching works with individuals and leaders to help them maximize their ability to lead their teams well. It emphasizes active listening rather than lecturing by asking the right questions instead of just providing answers. This is a powerful management training tool that assists businesses at all levels to utilize the leadership skills within themselves to maximize performance.
About Consulting
Consulting is more than just giving advice. Consultants facilitate learning by including members of the organization in the process. Consultants are people who provide expert advice in specific fields and possess a comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter, using it to help solve a client's problem. Consultants work with topics such as marketing, information technology, operational improvement, and business strategy.
About Training & Speaking
Trainers are responsible for a wide range of skill development within a group/organization and changing the participant's behaviors. The purpose of speaking events or a lecture is to inform, persuade, or entertain. Speakers are subject matter experts (SME) that provide an overview of the subject in order to teach.
Leadership Development Impact:
"The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruites good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them."
-John Maxwell
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