Chris Holmes’ coaching is speaking to the adaptive challenge facing church leaders today. His work with our District Superintendents is bringing clarity and focus to the developing role of mission strategists. He combines his years of pastoral ministry with the art of coaching to help shape leaders for the 21st century.

Chris Holmes is an excellent coach for persons in leadership, and the Holmes Coaching Group is outstanding in training people to become coaches.

Chris Holmes’ coach training is superior in quality and content.  He offers practical advice on how to approach a wide variety of coaching situations.  His wealth of experience is a comfort for those of us who are just starting out.  I’m exceedingly glad I was able to do all my training with Chris.

Chris has developed the real gift of careful listening and reflective questioning – both essential to our spiritual development and our practice of leadership with others. We grow as persons and leaders through challenge, transparency and continual learning, all of these outgrowths of coaching from one who listens and questions with care.

The coach training that Chris Holmes offers has been right on target for our diverse group of trainees. The material is flexible and offers that space to explore the ways people from different cultures relate, and how to most effectively coach them.

Chris Holmes’ work with our clergy, both to introduce the art of coaching to the entire group and then to work with a smaller group who became coaches themselves, has helped transform the clerical culture of our diocese from being competitively wary of one another to being collaborative and supportive. I could not have hoped for a better outcome. Coaching works and it changes the culture positively.

In addition to his outstanding skills as a coach and trainer, Chris is a strong, effective, and compassionate leader.  He became president of ICF MD in its infancy and brought the chapter to new heights.  Chris is a professional who cares deeply about his work, his clients and his colleagues.

Coaching is one of the purest forms of empowerment and Chris Holmes is changing the church and its leaders through his Coach Approach Skill Training. Leaders are changing how they lead and how they work with others because of the Holmes Coaching Group. Leaders who have received coaching or training from Chris and his team all come away invigorated, with a new set of tools for leadership and more confident in their leadership..

Chris Holmes is passionate about equipping leaders to equip leaders and it is reflective in his training. The training I received continues to be a valuable asset to my ministry. I believe coaching is an art and Chris has perfected the art of coaching.