"Novo Coaching provided practical coaching training and insights to our key ministry leaders to help improve their coaching skills. In doing so, they made a valuable contribution to our leadership team’s personal and ministry development.
They tailored their coaching training to our church’s values and goals and were able to adapt material and create relevant scenarios which suited our context well. They were flexible and encouraging during the training and gave valuable suggestions for follow up and implementation of the training concepts for our day-to-day ministry, which we greatly appreciated."
- Mark Conner, Senior Pastor, CiyLife Church, Melbourne
“John Rietveld together with Dave and Kim Zovak have done a wonderful job helping us develop a coaching culture among the staff of NewHope Baptist Church.
There is tremendous power in sharing a common language and embracing a set of tools that empower the team to maximise each others best ideas and develop our interlocking God given strengths. Not only has the learning journey been profitable, it has been a lot of fun as well. I recommend the work of Novo Coaching.”
- Allan Demond, Senior Pastor, NewHope Baptist Church, Melbourne
I believe coaching is the right toolkit and paradigm to develop leaders (and healthy disciples) for the challenges of our time. In an era where the Australian church is aging and in decline, coaching empowers missional pioneers and innovators in action-reflection learning. Coaching targets the issues relevant to the challenges of individuals, church leadership teams and mission groups, instead of diverting time into "hit or miss" learning.
The NOVO trainers are not only expert coaches but thoughtful theologians and experts in adult education. Combined with extensive experience in church leadership, these qualities make them the "stand out" trainers in Christian coaching in Australia. I have no hesitation in giving NOVO coaching my highest commendation. I encourage anyone interested in the future of the Australian church to join the "coaching revolution" and undertake training with NOVO.
- Janet Woodlock, Director of Women's Ministry, Churches of Christ in Victoria and Tasmania
“It was amazing to watch lives being changed through the course of this training. Not only was the information valuable and practical, but participants also took steps forward in their personal lives as we practiced coaching each other.
This must be a powerful tool, indeed, if raw beginners (plus the Holy Spirit, plus the method) can apply their new skills to help each other toward significant life change.”
- Deborah W.
"As Director of the MinistryTrax program at CityLife church, I would wholeheartedly recommend to you the coaching staff of 'Novo Coaching'. Kim and Dave, together with their experienced team, have worked with CityLife for the past three years in the area of coaching, training and staff development. They bring a professionalism and quality to their work which is grounded in a biblically-coherent theology and a 'go-the-extra-mile' attitude.
We have witnessed significant personal and professional growth in those who have been coached by Novo and feel that their contribution to our MinistryTrax interns has been particularly empowering."
- Lynn Moresi, Director, MinistryTrax, CityLife Church, Melbourne
“Lately I’ve been feeling a bit hopeless about the next ministry cycle due to past cycles not ending well. I’ve been trying to understand how the way I’ve been approaching relationships played a part in the past cycles ending badly. I now think that employing the techniques learned in the Core Coaching Skills workshop will help me to develop better team relationships, vision and a mission action plan. I’m excited to begin coaching and am beginning to look upon the next phase of ministry with more hope.”
- S. W.