Coaching is a leadership skill

You don’t need the title “coach” to lead like one. Base, school and ministry leaders learn to develop people instead of carrying everything themselves.

Ways to learnAsk us a question

What changes in your leadership

You develop people

Instead of solving every problem, you ask questions that help people find their own way. They grow, and you carry less.

You multiply leaders

People who are coached start to lead with confidence. Responsibility spreads across the team.

Your team gets healthier

Honest conversations replace silent frustration. Conflicts get talked through earlier.

You disciple with more depth

Coaching skills fit mentoring and discipleship: listening well, and helping people hear God for themselves.

Skills you practise

  • Listening without fixing
  • Asking open, powerful questions
  • Helping people set their own goals
  • Giving feedback that builds up
  • Leading a team conversation
  • Coaching across cultures and languages
I used to give answers. Now I ask one more question, and my staff surprise me every week.
— Fritz Fröhlich, school leader in Tirana and coach in the network

Ways to learn

  1. Start here · 90 minutes, online

    What is coaching? An open evening

    Meet three coaches, see a short coaching conversation, ask your questions.

    See the next date

  2. 5 days · in person

    Coach training, level 1

    Basic coaching skills with lots of practice in small groups. For leaders and future coaches.

    15–19 February 2027, YWAM Herrnhut

  3. On your base · 1 to 2 days

    Coaching skills workshop for your leadership team

    We come to you, in your language where possible, and work with your real team situations.

    Ask for a workshop

  4. Ongoing

    Be coached yourself

    The fastest way to learn coaching is to experience it. Many leaders start here.

    Find a leadership coach

Who trains

  • Markus Weber

    Limited time
    • Deutsch (German)
    • English

    Leadership, Teams +2 more

    Herrnhut, Germany

  • Fritz Fröhlich

    Has time now
    • Deutsch (German)
    • English

    Leadership

    Tirana, Albania