Coaching & Consulting

Dr. Heath Lisenby provides Executive Coaching and Consulting for leaders, teams, and organizations. Whether a business owner/entrepreneur, senior-, mid-, or entry-level leader, or those leading in ministry, coaching and consulting usually go hand-in-hand, forming a dual focus on both individual and organizational development.

Coaching is growth-oriented, present- and future-focused, and aimed at helping individuals and teams develop personally or professionally, remove obstacles, and reach their goals. Coaching is a collaborative partnership and not primarily focused on advice giving.

Consulting is focused on helping organizations (businesses, nonprofits, churches) clearly understand their challenges and opportunities and develop solutions to improve their culture, leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and values-vision-operational alignment. Consulting works best by partnering with leaders to improve organizational health, solve complex problems, and pursue continuous improvement. Consulting often includes assessments and training components for leaders and teams.

More about Coaching

Coaching is values-driven. Professional Coaching assumes that each person in the relationship is guided by his or her values and beliefs. While the Coach makes known his guiding Christian values and beliefs, he respects the freedom of others to hold similar or different values and beliefs.

Coaching is client-directed. Coaching is designed to address issues the person being coached would like to consider. These topics could include (but are not limited to) business or career development, leadership development - individually or teams, relationship enhancement, emotional intelligence, lifestyle or time management, life balance or transitions, decision making, ministry development, and achieving short-term or long-term goals that are important to the client.

Coaching is not a substitute for other professional services. Coaching is not therapy, counseling, advice-giving, mental health care, or treatment for substance abuse. The coach is not functioning as a licensed mental health professional, and coaching is not intended as a replacement for mental health counseling, psychiatric interventions, recovery from past abuse, professional medical advice, professional financial or tax advising, legal counsel, or other professional services. Should the coaching client identify a need for additional professional support of any kind – the client assumes full responsibility for seeking out additional professional care or advice.

Coaching requires commitment. Coaching will most likely be an ongoing relationship that may take a number of months, although either party can end the coaching relationship at any time. Although in-person meetings are preferred, some or all of the coaching may be through telephone or video-conferencing contact. Email will be used primarily to arrangement appointments and provide brief exchanges related to updates, questions, or payments.

Coaching support is wide-ranging. Coaching interventions can involve brainstorming, values clarification, questioning, the completion of assessments and questionnaires, the completion of written assignments, education, goal-setting, exploring motivations, skill development, identifying plans of action, accountability, making requests, agreements to change behavior, and examining lifestyle choices.

Coaching effectiveness is built on honesty and respect. Coaching is most effective when both parties are honest and straightforward in their communication.

Coaching is confidential. Coaching is a confidential relationship and the coach agrees to keep all information strictly private, except in those situations where such confidentiality would violate the law or endanger someone’s life.

Coaching is a worthwhile investment of time and resources. The coaching fee is discussed prior to services beginning. The fee must be prepaid or paid at time of service unless another arrangement is in place (such as provided by your employer). Twenty-four hours notice is required if client wishes to cancel or reschedule an appointment.