Support

Facing conflict and tension can be demanding and challenging, particularly for those in leadership roles. It can often be difficult to understand how and why tensions are escalating and to find constructive ways forward.

We can provide support for Christian leaders in a numbers of ways:

  • Personal Coaching
  • Mediation
  • Team Development

Please see the relevant pages for more information, or contact us if you would like to discuss how we might offer support.

Personal Coaching

Our coaching is primarily focussed on equipping leaders to navigate through the demands of conflict or major change.

Typically we will work with you over a period of several months, and our work together may involve:

  • Work consultancy for your ministry
  • Coaching or mentoring on an on-going basis
  • Coaching on managing yourself in a situation of challenging conflict
  • Support with strategic planning
  • Help with setting up a dialogue process for your church or Christian context

Please contact us if you would like to discuss whether coaching would be a helpful resource for you.

Mediation

Sometimes a working relationship reaches a difficult place where a third party is required to help create a space for the parties to listen to one another and to constructive conversation.

We can offer a limited amount of interpersonal mediation. Typically this involves :

  • Initial conversations with the parties separately to understand their perspective and to determine whether mediation is an appropriate way forward.
  • A facilitated joint conversation over a few hours to explore the main issues in a structured way and to enable steps towards resolving the issues and healing the relationship

Please contact us if you would like to explore mediation as a possible way forward.

Team Development

Working together as a team can bring joy and creativity, but can also be tension filled and potentially destructive if differences become a source of tension or misunderstanding.

We can provide support and tailored training to enable your team to work well with difference. In particular, we can offer:

  • Understanding different personalities and perspectives within a team
  • Develop ways to enable difference to be a source of strength
  • Bringing out the best in each other
  • Strengthening communication, engagement and accountability

Please contact us if you would like to discuss the requirements for your team.