The CCNI Core Competency Series is designed to provide the CCNI membership a greater insight into the competencies that make Christian coaching superior to all other forms of coaching. The CCNI Core Competency Series is provided by the CCNI Board.
CCNI Core Competency #4
Cultivates Trust and Safety
Presenter: Bob Weinkle
This presentation will be an interactive experience where the concepts of cultivating trust and safety between coach and client are explored together through the sharing of best practices, personal experiences, success stories and challenging situations. At the end of the seminar, attendees will be able to transform learning and insight into action by thinking more deeply about, and experimenting with, building trust and safety with clients.
Christian coaches offer a supportive environment that fosters a deep-abiding trust, but it is not assumed that the client will reach full potential without God’s influence. Trust and safety are communicated when the coach fully respects the client’s journey and the pace at which God is working with them.
Our efforts in providing a trusting and supportive environment model God’s interest and care. Jesus invested considerable attention on the individual. The Holy Spirit is portrayed as “one who comes alongside” for the purpose of encouragement and instruction. (John 14:6; Acts 4:31) The attributes necessary to foster trust are realized in the full expressions of the attributes of faith, hope and love. (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
A CCNI credentialed coach:
- 1. Honors each person as a unique creation of God, with a specific calling and gifts.
- 2. Communicates trust and safety by fully respecting the client’s journey and the pace at which God is working with them.
- 3. Uses biblically based concepts of Christian unconditional love when building trust with clients.
Definition of Cultivating Trust and Safety: Coaches partner with the client to create a safe, supportive environment that allows the client to share freely while the coach maintains a relationship of mutual respect and trust.
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Bob is an award-winning leader with over 35 years of experience in the military, corporate, federal government, and non-profit sectors. Bob is a published author, speaker, instructor, facilitator and served as an Associate Professor of Leadership and Management at Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College. Bob holds credentials as a CCNI Certified Professional Christian Coach (CPCC), ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a NCDA Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP)™. He is the founder of Trifecta Coaching and Leadership Consulting where he provides leadership and career coaching services.
Bob’s educational background: MS in Organizational Behavior & Executive Coaching; University of Texas-Dallas; MS in Logistics Management, Florida Institute of Technology; BS degree in Communications, University of Tennessee; and a graduate of Harvard University’s National Leadership Preparedness Initiative (NPLI) executive program.
As a retired senior military officer and a retired federal senior supervisor, he has lived and worked in over 22 countries around the world and found God’s love for people in each location.
