LibGuides: LDST 505 MENTORING AND COACHING FOR LEADERSHIP: Your Assignment

Instructions - Summative Integration Paper

This assignment is a comprehensive 12-15 page paper (APA designates the Title Page as page 1) that integrates the course material into an assessment of the potential contribution you see mentoring and coaching making in your own personal and ministry context and in the church at large.

This paper has three main sections:

1. Review: Provide a brief Compare and Contract of mentoring and coaching. Also include important biblical/theological foundations for mentoring and coaching from a Spirit-led perspective as a part of your assessment.

2. Apply: Assess your personal application of mentoring and coaching. This is the core of your paper. Apply the skills and principles learned from this course into your own leadership and organizational context.

Summarize and evaluate your experience in your weekly mentoring and coaching practicum sessions. What benefits were experienced? What challenged occurred?
How did this experience inform your view of yourself as a mentor and/or coach? How do you plan to become more effective in these areas of ministry?
What is the current mentoring and coaching culture within your organization? Process the benefits and challenges that might be involved in introducing more of a coaching culture into your area of influence. (For example: the church often operates within a "telling" culture, the business world, a "directing" culture.There are challenges).
What would it look like if you were to apply coaching practices into your current context(s) for leadership development, discipleship, and/or spiritual formation.

3. Evaluate: Assess and apply the use of mentoring and coaching in the broader church context. This section of the paper draws heavily on perspectives introduced by Ogne and Rohl (2008) for implementing coaching principles into a changing ministry world.

From your own experience and observation, appraise leadership development in the church today within the changing cultural realities of post-modern, post-Christian thinking. How effective has the church been at preparing the next generation for leadership? What idea do you have for improving this process? How can the development of leaders be enhanced through mentoring and coaching? You may include both anecdotal and statistical evidence to support your views.

This is an academic paper to be written in formal APA style (including Abstract & Reference page, proper use of headings, punctuation, spelling, etc.). Points will be deducted for failing to include all the requested material, inadequate support, and non-academic writing (avoid the use of personal pronouns except when sharing a personal story as an illustration). Be sure to include at least five appropriate scholarly sources to support your positions.

Mentoring Resources

Biehl, B. (1996). Mentoring: Confidence in finding a mentor and becoming one. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers.
Clinton, J. R, & Clinton, R. (1991). The mentoring handbook: Detailed guidelines and helps for christian mentors and mentees. Altadena: Barnabas Publishers.
Clinton, J. R. (1988). The making of a leader: Recognizing the lessons and stages of leadership development. Colorado Springs: NavPress.
Clutterbuck, D., Belle Rose Ragins, B.R. and Lisa Matthewman. (2002). Mentoring and An international perspective. Butterworth Heinemann.
Curry, A. D. (1997). “Mentoring and Discipling.” The Christian educator’s handbook on adult education. 1993. Edited by Kenneth O. Gangel, and James C. Wilhoit. Grand Rapids: Baker Books.
Daloz, L. A. (1999). Mentor: Guiding the journey of adult learners (The JosseyBass Higher and Adult Education Series). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Davis, R. L. & Denney J. D. (1991). Mentoring: The strategy of the master. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Downer, P. & MacGregor C. (1997). Eternal impact: Strengthening your faith by standing together. Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Drovdahl, R. (1995) The Developmental use of mentoring. Nurture that is Christian. Edited by James C. Wilhoit and John M. Dettoni. Wheaton: Victor Books.
Dunn, T. (1991). Spiritual mentoring: Guiding people through spiritual exercises to life decisions. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
Durey, D. D. (1997). Steps toward spiritual growth: One-to-one mentoring for effective spiritual development. Portland: Foundation of Hope.
Elmore, T. (1996). The Greatest Mentors in the Bible: 32 Relationships God used to change the world. Denver: Kingdom Publishing House.
English, L. M. (1998). Mentoring in religious education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
Engstrom, T. W. & Rohrer, N.B. (1995). The fine art of mentoring: Passing on to others what God has given you. Newburgh: Trinity Press.
Guptan, Sunil Unny. (2006). Mentoring: A practitioner’s guide to touching lives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Response Books, a Division of SAGE Publications.
Johnson, , W. Brad & Ridley, Charles R. (2004). The elements of mentoring. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Krallmann, G. (1994). Mentoring for mission: A handbook on leadership principles exemplified by Jesus Christ. Hong Kong: Jensco, Ltd.
Kram, Kathy E. and Rose Ragins. (2007). The handbook of mentoring at work: Theory, research and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Matthaei, S. (1996). Faith matters: Faith-mentoring in the faith community. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International.
Murray, Margo. (2001). Beyond the myths and magic of mentoring. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Otto, D. (1997). The gentle art of mentoring. Eugene: Harvest House Publishers.
Sinetar, M. (1998). The mentor’s spirit: Life lessons on leadership and the art of encouragement. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin.
Smith, G. M. (1984). The fire in their eyes: Spiritual mentors for the Christian life. New York: Paulist Press.
Wagner, E. G. (1994). “Strong Mentoring Relationships.” The Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper. Edited by Al Janssen and Larry K. Weeden. Colorado Springs: Focus on the Family.
Wright, Walter C. (2001). The gift of mentors. Pasadena, CA: De Pree Leadership Center.
Yendol Yendol-Hoppey, Diane & Dana, Nancy Fichtman. (2007). The reflective educator’s guide to mentoring. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Zachary, Lois J. (2005). Creating a mentoring culture: The organization’s guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Coaching Resources

Bacon, T. & Spear, K. (2003). Adaptive Coaching. Mountain View: Davies-Black Pub.
Collins, G. R. (2001). Christian Coaching. Colorado Springs: NavPress.
Crane, T. G. (2007). The Heart of Coaching. San Diego: FTA Press.
Creswell, J. (2006). Christ-Centered Coaching. St. Louis: Lake Hickory Resources.
Creswell, J. (2008). Coaching for Excellence. New York: Penguin Group.
Donahue, B. & Bowman, G. (2006). Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Gempf, C. (2003). Jesus Asked. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Hall, C., Copper, B., & McElveen, K. (2009). Faith Coaching. Hickory: Coach Approach Ministries.
Hargrove, R. (1995). Masterful Coaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
Kinlaw, D. C. (1999). Coaching for Commitment. 2nd ed. San Francisco: JosseyBass/Pfeiffer.
Miller, L. J. & Hall, C. W. (2007). Coaching for Christian Leaders. Danvers: Chalice Press.
O’Neill, M. (2000). Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Shula, D. & Blanchard, K. (1995). Everyone’s a Coach. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Stoltzfus, T. (2005). Leadership Coaching. Virginia Beach: Tony Stoltzfus.
Thompson, J. A. (2005). Coaching Urban Church Planters. Manhattan: Redeemer Church.
Webb, K. E. (2012). The Coach Model for Christian Leaders. Active Results LLC.
Whitmore, J. (1992). Coaching for Performance. London: Nicholas Brealey Pub.