What a journey! Thanks for listening and being a part OF this leadership podcast. Listen in as we reminisce on our podcast experience over the past few years and sum up some of our most formative leadership knowledge!

(And it's only right that we experienced hardware difficulties during our final episode. The cracks and pop resolve after the first 5 or so minutes...)

Starting from an email conversation with Avrum, the OF Leadership crew talks about being a mature leader who can stand for something while be resilient (yet open) to criticism. Listen in as we discuss being a differentiated public self, influence people(s) from a distant without a "personal" relationship, and how can we put skin in the game to build something worthwhile.

"Leadership is 100% Inspiration." - Dan Larsen is a leadership enthusiast and a recently retired teacher who has developed his leadership philosophy found a simple framework to communicate the lens through which he sees and teaches leadership.

As the OF Leadership Crew gets together, Zac has decided this episode would be great to talk about mentorship as a topic, as well as the crew's experiences with mentorship. Two of our members are certified through Resilient Leadership and are actively able to provide insight into guiding people through the lens of the Resilient Leadership Framework, which is rooted in Bowen's Family System Theory.

Talking with the OF Leadership Crew in this episode is Tyler! Tyler is a longtime listener and has been wanting to be a guest on the podcast for a long time! We appreciate Tyler's vulnerability, sharing his story. It's a his unique story but with many themes which resonate : dealing with childhood trauma and unknowable expectations, anxiety about making decisions, the stress of indecision, and the drain of an unfulfilling job. Thanks to Tyler for sharing!

In this episode the OF Crew takes a look at Judson Brewer's book Unwinding Anxiety. Judson Brewer applies Cognitive Behavioral Theory, alongside a meditatively-inspired awareness perspective to understand and approaching the underlying processes that generate the and perpetuate anxiety. It's an interesting lens to look at and see what Bowen's Theory tells us about and alongside Jud's work.

In this episode, the OF crew does an "Interactive Read-aloud" where we listen to one of Friedman's Fables, by Edwin Friedman. In this short fable, we see various relational dynamics in this hypothetical couple's tennis game that many people will be able to relate to.

Geert's Hofstede's study has found the United States as the most individualistic culture in the world. The [of] crew examines this with the Bowen Family System's Theory lens and the tenant of individuality vs. togetherness.

The Leader's Journey by Herrington, Creech and Taylor, uses System's theory whilst looking at church congregations. The [of] crew analyzes their most intrigued portions.

The [of] crew tackles a controversial topic from up in the Murray Bowen system tree.