How Coaching Impacts Leaders in Churches

Eddie is a Senior Coach for Lake Hickory Learning Communities and Valwood Christian Leadership Coaching (www.valwoodcoaching.com) and a founding partner for The Columbia Partnership (www.thecolumbiapartnership.com). His coaching experiences are deep and wide. He serves as a Congregational Coach for churches of various denominations, internal coach for Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. He is a member of International Coach Federation and received final approval for PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credentialing in 2008. Eddie is the author of four books dealing with preparing the church for a more effective ministry in the 21st century. He has also authored over 250 published articles and has recently completed a book with Leonard Sweet on the coach approach to building an EPIC church. The Gospel According to Starbucks was released by Waterbrook Press in January, 2007. His most recent book is Reaching People Under 40 While Keeping People Over 60. Eddie also serves as a lead coach the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence project that is funded by the Lilly Foundation to develop coaching strategies for pastors and congregations across the Southeast United States and across denominational lines. On his personal website (www.transformingsolutions.org) you will find free leadership newsletters to assist in the coach approach to church programming and ministries. Randy Pierce, is a native of North Carolina, graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has an excellent track record in the business development/channel sales segment of the software industry through his management roles at DaVinci Systems, Powersoft, Sybase and Idiom Technologies. Randy, now based in Boston, MA is a coach and consultant for McGhee Productivity Solutions coaching business professionals on true productivity and work/life balance focusing on alignment, integrity and accountability (www.mcgheepro.com).