JESUS THE MASTER COACH: How the 100 QUESTIONS OF JESUS enable ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, to have LIFE-CHANGING INTERACTIONS

JESUS THE MASTER COACH provides strategic and practical ways to apply the Heart of Jesus where it matters in your life today.  Without using religious language, you will learn to be an effective communicator that connects powerfully in family, workplace, community, and church conversations and relationships. 

By providing newly discovered categories for the 100 Questions of Jesus found in the Gospels, you will have a new appreciation for the coaching and conversational opportunities each day.  You will learn how to meaningfully meet and network new people, communicate across boomer/millennial/generational "Z" barriers, improve parent/teen dialogues, increase in your conversational intelligence, craft significant questions for important meetings, accelerate your impact as an authentic communicator, listen to what really matters to the other, and ignite hearts at home and work one conversation at a time.  Real-life stories will empower you with the ability to honor the person even in conflict and tension that is increasing in our highly polarized media and culture. Our plan is that you will use this read to help create "cultures of honor" wherever there is dishonor.

If you want a sure foundation for Christian, spiritual, leadership, and professional coaching then you can read and reflect on group questions provided here that will empower woman, men, and youth.  Each chapter offers a personal or group study opportunity that can deepen your appreciation for conversational coaching that was a major part of the biblical narrative.  This book will enable you to acquire personal and professional leadership effectiveness that is based on biblical core values and purpose that have stood the test of time and return-on-investment.

The analysis and application of the questions of Jesus, instead of the teaching of Jesus, is a new approach to discipleship, spiritual formation, and management that is the result of years of research, teaching, and training in graduate school education.  Thousands of students in Psychology, Business, Leadership, Education, Communication, Divinity, and Government have contributed to the results presented here over a twenty-year period.  Over 10,000 coaches have confirmed the validity of this approach as they have created a transformational movement of the father-heart of God to the nations.

This book contains some key answers to the ethnic, political, and ideological division of our time.  It offers an ambassador-level training to bring reconciliation and redemptive hope to our communities and nations.  This is not because of the author's expertise, but because of the Jesus expertise revealed in the creative and innovative way He communicated. 

The resource section will provide several ways to move forward for the reader or group including free resources, training courses, association membership, and opportunities to tell your story of personal application to our global audience.  This book is intentionally designed to help you become the best FOR the world that is desperately looking for men and women who can steward unforgettable conversations.

In thirty nations and fifteen languages at the time of this publication we are seeing sustainable change and effective teams' function because of this approach to relational leadership.  The intersection of purpose and passion that this approach targets in personal and organizational dynamics is a result of biblical principles that work even when we are not quoting the bible with others.  The quality of our conversations is a barometer of the quality of our relationships.  This read is intended to enable you to see that you are only one conversation away from a breakthrough; either to you or through you.  You will discover it in the stories presented here and yours to come.

I'm a coach, so it would be easy to assume this book is targeted to that audience. NOT SO! Anyone who desires to make a difference one conversation at a time - at work, at home, in any and every encounter - will benefit from this book. It is full of incredible insights into exactly how Jesus impacted so many lives - then and still now - in simple, yet powerful conversations. His methods were transformational! As a coach, I love how the author provides resources that clearly indicate how each conversation Jesus had aligns to coaching principles! Your conversations will become masterpieces if you digest and apply this content!

In recent years I’ve asked myself, “Why didn’t Jesus write?” Reading Dr. Joseph Umidi’s book, Jesus The Master Coach, reminded me of the importance of not only reflecting upon “what” Jesus taught, but “how” He taught. Jesus’s “how” prepares the soil of the human heart to receive the seed of the Word and nourish it, resulting in abundant fruit. Writing conveys content. Conversations cultivate relationship. The gospel writers tell the stories of Jesus’s conversations, which are framed by His 100 questions. An experienced global leader recently reminded me of the importance of asking questions to truly teach people (formation) instead of only getting the right answer (content). Dr. Umidi’s life reflects this wisdom. From the first time twenty years ago that I sat under Dr. Umidi’s teaching in the seminary classroom, to the more recent past of walking through doctoral studies with him chairing my dissertation committee, his influence in my life continues to encourage the convergence of God’s call. My heart resonates with his for both hearing myself and helping others hear the Father’s heart and follow His Son in His kingdom’s way. In reading this book, may we all slow down enough to learn from our Master’s humility by asking a “care-full” question that can open up a kingdom conversation.

—Dr. Mark Jacob Coté