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What is Coaching?
Tom House is a renowned MLB and NFL throwing coach. His coaching clients include Tom Brady. Surprised that Tom Brady personally hired a...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Everything I Do Seems to Make Things Worse
I once worked for a leader whose leadership style and abilities were built almost entirely out of the leadership that he had seen and...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Dec 27, 20222 min read


Solving Organizational Problems - Initial Steps
A leader told me the other day that their business had a major internal process problem. After hearing more about the problem, I told...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Dec 13, 20221 min read


If You Are The Son Of God...
Would you believe me if I told you that the devil’s main temptation of Jesus, was that Jesus was not in fact the Son of God? “If you are...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Dec 2, 20224 min read


Your Church/Business/Organization is a Reflection of the Person/People That They are Following
Your church/business/organization is a reflection of the person/people that they are following. "You said that twice, Ioannis." I can't say it enough. In fact - STOP! Reread that sentence at least two more times… because in it is usually the human answer to almost every problem that you have in your church. “Ioannis, my church/business/organization is NOTHING like me.” Then, you are either totally out of touch with who you really are, or you are totally correct. "Wait, you

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Nov 4, 20227 min read


Diagnosing Church Health
Ioannis was a subject matter expert guest on Will Dole's "Stopping to Think" Podcast, discussing how to diagnose the health of your...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Aug 31, 20221 min read


How to Manage Your Time and Avoid Burnout
Ioannis was a subject matter expert guest on the "Strap on Your Boots" podcast discussing Time Management and Burnout. Podcast:...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Aug 5, 20221 min read


Problems are Meant to Be Solved
“Ok class, here are your math problems. Please live with them for the next couple of years.” What? No, that isn’t a real quote from a...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jul 19, 20221 min read


How To Prevent People From Falling Through The Cracks!
Below is a base level version of the follow-up procedures that we successfully used as pastors to make sure that our people, including...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 28, 20223 min read


Ministry in the Marketplace
Many pastors are you eyeballing the marketplace, wondering if they have a "tent making" skill (or, maybe a better one) that could earn...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 28, 20221 min read


Signs of Burnout
The GIF is pretty funny to watch, but not to experience. Learn how to identify the signs of burnout. Here are a few of them: Easily...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 15, 20221 min read


Creative Types in Leadership
Many “creatives” feel "pushed-out" or even rejected from pastoral or business leadership. The rigors of the needed structure can either...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Two Tips for Measuring AND Building Healthy Team Culture
Hey pastors and leaders… want to measure how good your culture is and will be in a few months? 1. Listen to how well your people disagree...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 9, 20222 min read


What to do when no one follows you
I was at the park with my daughter. The playground was packed! A little boy screamed out, “who wants to play cops and robbers?” Only his...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Facing the Devil
My wife and daughter were mid-conversation with me while at the dinner table, but I was only half listening. The upper part of my legs...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 3, 20227 min read


The Leader in All of Us.
Ioannis was a guest on Natasha Bazilevych's podcast Speak with Power; and "shared his incredible wisdom and expertise on such topics as...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Jun 2, 20221 min read


"When you institutionalize, you dehumanize."
That's a quote spoken by Ioannis during a podcast that he was on. Leadership is about serving people. Jesus made that clear, especially...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
May 18, 20221 min read


A Coaching Testimonial from a Leader of Leaders
David leads a 600+ member Chamber of Commerce, that is the leading voice for business in their community. Can you really go one more day...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
May 3, 20221 min read


The Purpose of Coaching
Coaches are not therapists for businesses or ministries. Coaches are not advice hotlines. Coaches do not exist to give you quick tips...

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Apr 27, 20221 min read


Busy = Value?
“I wish you would have called me 6 months ago…” That was the response that I got from a FORMER pastor, who was incorrectly still on a list of pastors currently pastoring in our area. If I remember correctly, I had just told him about what we do in Grats Transformational Ministry Coaching and he had just finished telling me about how difficult of a time he had had in ministry; and that he and his family had finally just had enough. They stepped out of ministry and he wasn’t

Ioannis Gratsinopoulos
Apr 14, 20226 min read
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