Practical ways to cultivate emotional maturity as a form of discipleship
In my years of coaching pastors and leadership teams, I’ve come to believe that the emotional maturity of a congregation rarely rises above that of its leaders. If leaders are...
EQ, Leadership and You
Let’s say that you’re starting a big project, one that really matters to you, and you get to choose a team of people to work with to make it happen....
When Empathy Makes Things Worse
Very few people are actually opposed to empathy. Most of us value empathy and wish we had more of it, for ourselves and for the world. We just have questions....
Hospitality: Becoming a Person who Welcomes
In the last podcast, we explored the guiding principle of hospitality with writer and spiritual director Laura Baghdassarian Murray. We hope you enjoy this excerpt from her upcoming book, Becoming...
Naming the Stars: How to Develop Guiding Principles
Remember, guiding principles are those bright stars that help us navigate our lives; they are our deeply held values, our fundamental commitments, that we reach for when the togetherness forces...
How Love Makes Us Strong
In the podcast this week, we explored the guiding principle of resilience with writer and spiritual director Rusty McKie. We hope you enjoy this excerpt from his book, The Art...
Integrity: Living Into Our Design
All of us want to be people of integrity. Unfortunately, sometimes the word "integrity" can be so broad that it's meaningless, or so specific that it comes with heavy baggage....
Who are you, really? Understanding your guiding principles
Who are you, really? Who are you when no one is watching? What do you do when no one is there to decide for you? What do you value when...
Cleaning up our messes as a way of life
Life is messy and we will make messes as we live it. We’re made for big promises that may take a lifetime to keep. Marriage is one example, pursuing excellence...
Becoming Whole, Together: How People and Systems Really Change
When I was new in faith and in ministry, I had a straightforward view of personal transformation. I wanted to help people “come to Jesus.” If you confessed Jesus as...
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A Productive and Inspiring Work Environment, Grounded in a Deeper Level of Discipleship
(This is the first of a two part series focusing on the work culture within churches. The second part of the series, written by our colleague Nate Pyle, will be...
Navigating Off The Map With Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST)
Navigating my Ford Ranger to an unfamiliar destination for the first time, I discovered that the directions hastily scribbled on a scrap of paper, maybe on the back of an...
Leadership Off the Map
Remember maps? Before Siri’s disembodied voice told us where to go, we had all kinds of maps –road maps and key maps and the big folding maps that never quite...
How Understanding Family of Origin Work Helps Me Lead
Understanding the concept of sibling position in Bowen theory allows me to maintain leadership responsibility without resorting to shame or blame. Early in my training in Bowen theory, I made...
Building Trust and Risking Trust in Adaptive Change
Building Trust and Risking Trust in Adaptive Change Leading adaptive change in a church or any other organization requires a foundation of trust. As a leader builds trust, people grant...
A Lifelong Student of Leadership
I’ve had a lifelong interest in leadership. The first book I read on leadership was in 1986. Burt Nanus and Warren Bennis wrote “Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge.” In this...
Can I Coach Myself?
At The Leader’s Journey, we offer coaching for leaders who want to experience a growing capacity to achieve the results in life and leadership that matter most to them. In...
The Effect of Focus
I taught a communication course at a local university for a number of years. Mostly what that meant was that I helped college students prepare and deliver speeches in class....
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