Stay true to your calling as a leader.
Lead with clarity and purpose.

Coaching for leaders of churches and non-profits

I specialize in pastors seeking a blend of coaching and spiritual direction, and leaders reshaping faith formation programs to meet the needs of a changing congregation.

Coaching is a transformative conversation that helps you move from where you are now to where you want to be.

Hire me as your coach when you...​

• Need dedicated space to tap into your inner wisdom.
• Lead alone and could benefit from a trusted conversation partner.
• Want to make meaningful progress toward specific goals.
• ​Are ready to create a plan and stay accountable to it.​
• Feel pulled in several directions and seek clarity on the best way forward.

I will listen for your calling and aspirations, what motivates you, and where you feel dissonance. I will ask you questions that help you clarify your values, discern the next wise step, and take action to realize your goals.

You don't have to navigate this journey alone. Let's work together to help you lead with clarity, conviction and impact.

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About Coaching

Coaching is different from mentoring, consulting, or therapy. In a coaching relationship, the focus is always on progress toward your hoped-for outcomes. The coach’s skill is in listening well and asking insightful questions to move you toward clarity, courage and commitment to action.

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Testimonials

"Working with Shana has been an energizing and transformative experience. Her coaching sessions helped me take my scattered, fleeting ideas and narrow them down into a clear, cohesive plan for the next stage of my life. Shana has a unique ability to listen deeply and ask the right questions, guiding me toward clarity and confidence in my decisions. I always leave our sessions feeling empowered, motivated, and ready to take action. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for insightful and impactful coaching!" --Jan Hochstetler, educator & retired administrator

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A typical coaching session is 50-60 minutes long. You can be coached once about one thing, a set number of times to work on specific goals, or regularly for your ongoing leadership growth.

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Wisdom Calls! Being coached helps you listen for Wisdom
and follow its guidance

“Wisdom Calls” is a reference to Proverbs 8:
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1 Does not wisdom call
    and understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights, beside the way,
    at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates in front of the town,
    at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
4 “To you, O people, I call,
    and my cry is to all who live.
5 O simple ones, learn prudence;
    acquire intelligence, you who lack it.

“Anyone can access and interact with wisdom and use it to make a beautiful life for yourself or for others. You can create with it, like a designer. In fact [wisdom], in Hebrew, isn’t simply intellectual knowledge, the word is also used to describe a skilled artisan who excels at their craft like a woodworking or stone masonry. So, you show you possess [wisdom] when you put it to work and develop the skill of making a good life.”
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     --Tim Mackie and Jon Collins in the
        Bible Project video of Proverbs 8

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