New Leadership at Christian Coaches Network

I am pleased to announce a new leader at Christian Coaches Network. As of July 1, 2012, Marcie Thomas has taken over from me as President and Director of this great organization.

I have been honored to work with the hundreds of Christian coaches who form the CCN membership. These coaches cover every area of professional coaching imaginable. They are a very, very smart and engaged group of people with a love for the Lord and a passion to help people, organizations and communities.

As far as practical help to CCN, I will not be going far. I’ll be available to the new Director in an advisory capacity, facilitating some CCN calls and in general being an ambassador for an organization I think is both worthy and worthwhile.

Being able to pass along responsibilities means I am more able to concentrate my time on my past and existing clients (and of course future ones) and on building out the increasingly in-demand Clarity Model Training.
It will also allow me to spend more time training and presenting on practical leadership topics and teaching the Word both locally and as I am privileged to speak and teach further abroad.

So … an exciting time ahead for me, and a new chapter for Christian Coaches Network. If you are a coach or considering becoming one, I encourage you to check the organization out. The cost of membership is unbelievably low in my opinion for all that you get.

And if you are looking for a personal coach … whether life, leadership, career, executive, wellness etc., this is the place to find them. Go to the Find a Coach area of their website and find the individual who can best assist you.

Of course, if you are a leader or executive looking for an executive coach,  please contact me and I would be pleased to have an exploratory conversation with you. If you are a Christian Coach, plan on taking Clarity Model Training sometime soon. You will be glad you did.

Executive Coach, Gary Wood Assumes Leadership of Christian Coaches Network

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


CONTACT:
Gary Wood, President and Director
Christian Coaches Network
705.687.2711
gary@christiancoaches.com
www.christiancoaches.com

The largest public search platform worldwide that is devoted entirely to finding professional Christian coaches has changed leadership.

On February 1, 2010, Executive Coach, Gary Wood assumed leadership of the Christian Coaches Network from founder Judy Santos, who has provided vision and direction to the organization for the last 12 years.

She says of her choice of Gary Wood as successor, “He has been on the CCN Advisory Board since it’s inception in 1998.  I have worked with him on various projects, taught with him and appreciated his wisdom and friendship over the last twelve years.  I pass the torch to him with confidence and a sense of peace that this is a change that was orchestrated by God.”

Currently Christian Coaches Network supports hundreds of professional coaches from 11 countries and a broad spectrum of life experience, professional background, expertise and denominational affiliation.

Individuals or organizations who are searching for a professional coach can now find CCN members who represent almost every area of personal, business or ministry specialty, ranging from life, relationship and marriage coaching to career, leadership and executive coaching.

CCN provides support,  connection and professional development opportunities to members. This is supported by three levels of recognized certification within the Christian coaching field.

CCN’s new Director, Gary Wood is a professionally credentialed coach who has more than 35 years business and ministry experience. Since 1998, through his executive coaching firm G.E.Wood and Associates, Gary has worked with an international clientele of corporate, government, business and nonprofit leaders.

In recently addressing member coaches, Gary said of his additional role, “I may assume the public face of CCN but I am far from the total substance. Together we make the whole. The very fact that CCN continues forward bears out the fact that God has plans … plans that include each one of us.”

ABOUT – To learn more about Christian Coaches Network and its membership services or to search for a professional Christian coach, visit their website at www.christiancoaches.com.

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The Adventure of a Lifetime

Occasionally in life you meet a truly remarkable individual. You can usually look back and comment on some particular quality that made them stand out in your mind and elevated them to a place of esteem.

I have lived with such a remarkable individual for 36 years.

Alice is my wife, my best friend and my confidante. We met some years earlier but were married on this day in 1973. We believe we have lived an adventure that is a whole story in itself. I love to tell the early parts of that adventure and have Alice correct me where I embellish our first meeting in grade 8 and my awkward attempts at getting her to notice and skate with me at the local arena a couple of months later.

We've traveled a long way since then. Marriage, children, life. Thousands of people have crossed our paths, some of them remarkable individuals in their own right, who have impacted who we are today. Around all the people and the ordinary and extraordinary details of our life together are stories ... stories of both great joy and real tears, of stepping out and living life to the full ... all stories that are uniquely ours.

In my recent book, 52 Solutions for Those Who Need a 25 Hour Day, I said of Alice, “I have never walked alone in leadership or business. We have walked together.” If you have ever done it, even for a short time, it is something special to spend time with a remarkable individual. You learn so much. Sometimes even moments can change you. Imagine that walk lasting an adult lifetime.

So to whoever is reading this  ...  just know that I love Alice Wood. By God's grace we have enjoyed 36 wonderful, adventurous years. I dream of many more. We shall see what unfolds ...