Why many leaders have a shadow side and why you simply have to shine a light on it if you want to serve with health and joy.  Integrity and authenticity are not things you find in the dark. Fist bump.

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Heart, Pastor Mark

How rock hard times are character forming, and how to spin obstacles into wisdom. The paradox that the times when the bottom falls out, are often the the very times where you are growing into a person of uncommon depth and character.

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Heart, Pastor Mark

You can only serve people to the degree that you can forgive them. If you cannot let go when people act wit treachery or betrayal, you will punish them, stop growing yourself, and do ministry closed off instead of wide open. This is a heavy one. Hope it helps.

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Heart, Pastor Mark

How the best ministry leaders reject power and claim authority, and how authority can only stand in public if it stands in your private life. You gain authority by being a trustworthy guide at home, THEN in your church, NOT the other way around.

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Heart, Pastor Mark

How to make sure your church is a great place to work, your staff wants to stay and your team is on a journey to great destinations.  How you ask? Choose learning over performance.

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Heart, Pastor Mark

How effective leaders are leaders who know how to focus on the right things in the right sequence, and know that the best ideas and solutions often come during recovery times in-between blasts of work.

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How to define the win BEFORE having important convos with staff and the people you serve. This is the best way to move emotional overload towards a conversation that moves the dial instead of just stewing on it. Ha!

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How to move from noticing and naming strong emotions to choosing a positive outcome, in the moment, on the fly. We do this by pausing, breathing, delaying or leaving OR publicly naming the emotion we instinctively want to hide... Good times. Hope this helps!

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How to notice and name the five core emotions before they lead to an emotional flood. 

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Rawr!! 

Heart, Pastor Mark

How to prepare for strong emotions well ahead of their arrival and how to have a game plan for things that cause emotional struggle. This one is a game changer Ranger!
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