by Rich Hansen | Sep 3, 2019 | Coaching
Do you know the median age in the USA? It’s 38 years. But what if our population was overwhelmingly teens and young adults? Many nations in the developing world face exactly this challenge! Huge swaths of idle youth with no skills, no plans, no hope are...
by Rich Hansen | Aug 8, 2019 | Coaching
This past February, I spent a week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sharing in many venues about the transforming power of coaching for Christian leaders. Several young adults who attended my presentations expressed interest in an ongoing team to learn coaching skills and...
by Rich Hansen | Jul 11, 2019 | Coaching
Writers never want to “bury the headline.” My headline today is personal good news. I recently stepped out of retirement to become a part-time missionary serving global leaders in Africa. In this article I want to share the WHAT, HOW, WHY, and WHO of my new part-time...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 26, 2019 | Coaching
Why has coaching become so important to me? Why did I invest time and money to travel for four weeks meeting leaders in Ethiopia and Zambia? One answer is Isaac, a young man I met my last day in Addis Ababa. Isaac attended one of two conversations about coaching...
by Rich Hansen | Feb 8, 2019 | Coaching
All of us have reached cul-de-sacs or dead ends in our professional or family lives. We know what we want is “out there,” but we’re boxed in and see no clear path forward. Or we were making progress toward our dreams but are now bogged down or feel like giving up....
by Rich Hansen | Jan 24, 2019 | Coaching
A young pastor just out of seminary was chatting with an older pastor just about to retire after many decades in the church. “What would you say is the key to your success?” the young pastor asked. “Two words,” the aged pastor replied, “good decisions!” “Yes,”...