Developing Imperfect Leaders

S4:E6 – The Big Finale - Reflecting on Four Seasons of Developing Imperfect Leaders

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team looks back on season 4, as well as everything we learned about God, leadership, and ourselves in four seasons of Developing Imperfect Leaders.

Season 4 Recap Questions:

What was your favorite topic from season 3 and why?
What was an “imperfection” in your leadership - an area of opportunity for growth for you personally that emerged as we recorded season 4?

DIL Podcast Reflection Questions:

What will stick with you most from doing this podcast project?
What excites you most about leadership development in the next 5 years?
What is the 1 thing you want our listeners to consider as we wrap up this podcast project?

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S4:E5 – Will Jesus really be enough in the end?

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team looks at growing as followers of Christ. We discuss methods for continuing to pursue growth in Christ over the years and see how Jesus becomes bigger as time passes.

Quote of the Week:
Today’s quote comes from C.S. Lewis in the book, “Prince Caspian.” For context, Aslan is the Jesus figure in this story and Lucy is the character speaking with him.

“Aslan" said Lucy "you're bigger".
"That is because you are older, little one" answered he.
"Not because you are?"
"I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”

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S4:E4 – Why would anyone become a Christian?

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode we share our testimonies and some gospel basics. We explore the new realities that happen when we become a Christian, including the things we gain, lose, and change.

Quote of the Week: Today’s quote comes from Book VIII of Augustine’s Confessions. He writes of his conversion,

“So was I speaking and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when, lo! I heard from a neighboring house a voice, as of a boy or girl, I know not, chanting and oft repeating, 'Take up and read; take up and read.' … I opened, and in silence read that section on which my eyes first fell: 'Not in rioting and drunkenness… but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its lusts.' … No further would I read; nor needed I: for instantly … all the darkness of doubt vanished away.”

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S4:E3 – How do I navigate leadership and mental health?

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team considers what it means to lead others while navigating ongoing mental health problems.

Quote of the Week: Today’s quote comes from an article by Joe Carter on the Gospel Coalition website titled, “How Church Leaders Can Be A Non-anxious Presence.” He writes,

“Being a nonanxious presence requires displaying a calm and gentle demeanor, especially in the face of crisis or conflict. This calmness isn’t about being disengaged or indifferent but rather being composed, thoughtful, and gentle with others, which provides a stabilizing influence. A nonanxious leader must manage his emotional reactivity. Emotional reactivity occurs when an external event triggers intense emotions disproportionate to the cause.

If we’re nonanxious, we won’t succumb to such emotional reactivity because we don’t get swept up in the anxieties, fears, or emotional dramas of the groups or individuals we’re leading. We avoid knee-jerk reactions to situations and instead respond thoughtfully and deliberately, which can help de-escalate tense situations and encourage others to think and respond calmly.”

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S4:E2 – Should my mental health run my life?

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team examines the relationship between mental health, spirituality, therapeutic culture, and following God in a fallen world.

Quote of the Week: Today’s quote comes from C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain and it reads,

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”

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S4:E1 – What questions are young adults asking?

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team works through some of the questions that came up in their recent session with the Young Adults Ministry at Hope. Join us as we consider some of the questions that young adults are asking.

The Questions:

What’s a leadership / spirituality book that you recommend for young adults?
Why would anyone want to be a leader? (Explain Context)
Where should young people invest their lives and why?
What is something you appreciate about the next generation?
What is 1 thing you want to tell the next generation?
What is 1 thing you want to tell the next generation about following Jesus for the long haul?
Any closing thoughts or takeaways?

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S3:E15 – Season Three Recap!

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team recaps season three by considering the following questions:

What was your favorite topic from season 4 and why?
What was the topic you felt was most important to consider this season?
What was an “imperfection” in your leadership - an area of opportunity for growth for you personally that emerged throughout the recording of these
What is something that you are looking forward to as we look ahead to Season 4 and more leadership topics to discuss?

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S3:E14 – Why do my parents get under my skin?

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team solves all your issues with your parents! NOT! The team discusses the unique ways that our parents can get under our skin, and what it looks like to not turn back into a teenager when we are with them. They consider the importance of emotional intelligence, healthy conflict, and following Jesus as we relate to our parents.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: Matthew 7:1-5 in the New Testament “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”

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S3:E13 – Why do bad things happen to good people?

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses something we all face: suffering. The team considers the pervasive nature of suffering, right and wrong ways to think about suffering, and the beauty of leadership that provides hope in the midst of suffering.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: “To trust God when we do not understand him is to treat him as God and not as another human being. It is to treat him as glorious -- infinitely beyond us in his goodness and wisdom.” - Elizabeth Elliot

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S3:E12 – Does my independent streak negatively impact my leadership?

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the reality that all of us have an independent streak in some way, whether we like it or not. We want control and we want to get our way and that can hurt the way we relate to the teams we are involved with. They discuss how an independent streak can hinder collaboration and creativity, and what to do about this problem.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: The quote comes from the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. He writes, “The most important action that a leader must take to encourage the building of trust on a team is to demonstrate vulnerability first. This requires that a leader risk losing face in front of the team, so that subordinates will take the same risk themselves. What is more, team leaders must create an environment that does not punish vulnerability.”

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S3:E11 – What is the goal of teaching?

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the goal of teaching including some wrong answers. Did you know that teaching isn’t about being impressive or knowing everything? The team tackles that reality and considers some helpful things to give away ideas to the people you are trying to teach whether they are toddlers or adults that you are leading.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: The quote comes from an interview with Chris Anderson of Ted Talks, titled: TED’s secret to great public speaking. (We can apply this to teaching as well.) In the interview he says: “Your number one task as a speaker is to transfer into your listener’s minds an extraordinary gift – a strange and beautiful object that we call an idea…[an idea is] a pattern of information that helps you understand and navigate the world.” https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_ted_s_secret_to_great_public_speaking

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S3:E10 – How Reliable is the Enneagram for Self-Understanding?

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the sometimes polarizing Enneagram personality test! They discuss using the Enneagram as a tool and not condemning it or treating it as the same authority of Jesus. The team considers how using the Enneagram as a tool can help us to have language for sin and see our need for Jesus. They also identify Paul’s Enneagram number and see the ways it can be helpful in our lives.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: The quote comes from an article from Christianity Today by John Starke titled: An Evangelical’s Guide to the Enneagram. He writes, “The strength of the Enneagram is that it exposes where we might need healing and what vices might be causing division with others and even within ourselves. As Christians, we use the Enneagram as a tool to find healing not by becoming our true selves but by finding ourselves more truly in Christ. And we become more virtuous not by authenticity but by imitation.”

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/november/evangelicals-guide-to-enneagram.html

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S3:E9 – Why Should I Learn What Matters to the People I Lead?

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the idea of currency - knowing why people serve and work - and what impact or value they expect it to have. They consider the importance of knowing and caring for the people you lead, as well as understanding their values and gifts. The episode focuses on volunteering, managing, and being an employee.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: This week’s quote comes from a book titled, The Volunteer Project. In the book, they write, “Researchers refer to the use of one's own skills and abilities to make a difference as participation efficacy. Volunteers have a belief that participation in your program will bring about a meaningful result. It is important that as leaders we understand that nearly every volunteer arrives with an unstated psychological contract expecting their participation to result in a positive and meaningful outcome for others.” The Volunteer Project, Kizer, Kreisher, and Whitacre, p. 13

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S3:E8 – Where Should I Look for Meaning in Life?

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the reality that every single person on the planet desires meaning and purpose for their lives. They discuss the healthy and unhealthy ways to seek meaning and how we tend to look for security and significance in life. They also consider the challenges of seeking meaning in a self-obsessed culture.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: Today’s quote comes from an article about a study conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education where they studied the mental health challenges of teenagers and young adults.

The study mentioned how young adults have a lack of “meaning or purpose,” an emotional void – nearly three in five young adults (58 percent) reported that they personally felt in the previous month. Half of the young people surveyed also reported feeling a “lack of direction” in their lives.

“Purpose involves an act of commitment to something in the world. And it’s something in the world that isn’t all about me, it’s not all about the self,” Damon said. “When you have that purposeful orientation, it prevents you from being self-absorbed and always worrying about yourself, being anxious and looking inward and saying, ‘Am I all right?’”

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/physical-mental-health/2023/11/01/lack-purpose-drives-anxiety-depression-young-adults

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S3:E7 – Developing Female Leaders Seminar Recap

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team reflects on the Developing Female Leaders seminar and shares why they are encouraged by the ways Jesus is at work in people’s lives. They also discuss the importance of leadership development and the joy of helping people grow in Christ. Go back and listen to the previous three episodes to hear the context of the conversation and be blessed!

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S3:E6 – Developing Female Leaders Seminar - Part 3

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:30:00 -0000

This episode is part of a series of episodes this season focused on how female leaders can integrate the gospel into their lives and leadership. These episodes are from a live recording of an LDI seminar titled, “Developing Female Leaders” where we gathered five women who work inside and outside the church to share about their lives and answer interview questions about being female leaders.

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S3:E5 – Developing Female Leaders - Part 2

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:30:00 -0000

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S3:E4 – Developing Female Leaders Seminar - Part 1

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:30:00 -0000

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S3:E3 – What Should I Do if I Don't Know What I'm Doing?

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the idea of ministry skills and what it looks like to learn your gifts and use them to bless others. They talk about what ministry skills are and the fact that we all have them, and why 360-degree feedback is so important to leadership development.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: “Practicing ministry while receiving guidance from experienced leaders allows interns to grow in their own practical leadership skills.” - LDI Program Documents

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S3:E2 – Does My Character Really Matter in Leadership?

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the centrality of character in leadership, including why character matters and the ways that leadership without character can hurt people. They also share the significance of character for the LDI program and the importance of growing in character in their own lives.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: “It is important that leaders know and take on the character of Christ. This is a process that requires knowledge, persistence, and guidance.” - LDI Program Documents

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S3:E1 – What Role Should the Bible Play in My Leadership?

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the role the bible should play in leadership, and why that matters. They also share why biblical thinking is so essential to leaders who work in the church but also in the marketplace.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: “Christian leaders need to understand how to read and interpret Scripture in order to navigate a world flooded with input and information.” - LDI program documents

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Who Should I Vote For?

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this bonus episode, the team welcomes the Senior Pastor of Hope Community Church, Steve Triechler to answer the question, “Who should I vote for?” The LDI crew and their guest discuss how, when, and if followers of Christ should engage in politics, including how to talk to people with whom we disagree politically. This episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and A LOT of questions intended to help imperfect leaders to grow.

Quote of the Week: “Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.” -Jonathan Haidt, Righteous Mind - Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion

Steve Treichler is also the host of Roman Untangled.

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S2:E15 – Season 2 Recap

Tue, 21 May 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team recaps season two by considering the following questions:

What was your favorite topic from season 2 and why?
What was the topic you felt was most important to consider this season?
What was an “imperfection” in your leadership - an area of opportunity for growth for you personally that emerged throughout the recording of these
What is something that you are looking forward to as we look ahead to Season 2 and more leadership topics to discuss?

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S2:E14 – What is the Best Way to Rest?

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team welcomes LDI Intern, Matt LaFrambois to the microphone to discuss rest. The LDI Crew discusses how they rest and considers how adding God into our rest is the way to find the restoration we actually need.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “You don’t need to unburden or collect yourself and then come to Jesus. Your very burden is what qualifies you to come. No payment is required; he says, “I will give you rest.” His rest is gift, not transaction. Whether you are actively working hard to crowbar your life into smoothness (“labor”) or passively finding yourself weighed down by something outside your control (“heavy laden”), Jesus Christ’s desire that you find rest, that you come in out of the storm, outstrips even your own.” — Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

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S2:E13 – Why Can’t I Stop Comparing Myself to Others?

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team welcomes LDI Intern, Sami Schwink to the microphone for a discussion on comparison. Why do we feel almost compelled to compare ourselves to others? The LDI Crew considers how to turn comparison from a curse to a celebration of God’s creative design.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “The problem with comparing our lives to others can be traced to our hearts that produce the comparison. When we desire the life someone else has, we are saying in our heart that the gifts God has given us just aren’t enough. Our discontentment, jealousy, and bitterness points a finger at God and tells him that he has gotten the story of our life wrong, and we can write it better.” -Christina Fox, Dare not Compare, The Gospel Coalition

Additional Resource: The Comparison Games We play, Kaelyn Larson, Red Tree

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S2:E12 – How Can I Break a Shame Narrative?

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the definition of a shame narrative and walks through ways to break them by talking through some of their own current shame narratives and the truth statements they use to combat them. Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “We can know that we are listening to and internalizing a shame narrative when we are consistently beating ourselves up in our own mind. We might say things that demonstrate that we are really down on ourselves, that we don’t matter, or that we suck. Remember, shame says, “I’m bad” at an internal, personal, value level. We can know that we are listening to and internalizing a shame narrative when we find ourselves unwilling to take care of our own needs or assert our desires in a relationship. We can know that we are listening to and internalizing a shame narrative when we are in constant comparison to others, or in consistent need of approval from others. We can know that we are listening to and internalizing a shame narrative when we are not taking care of ourselves (physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally), because we are unwilling.” -Paul Stiver and Kaelyn Larson, Breaking a Shame Narrative, HopeCC Resources

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S2:E11 – What is Shame and Why is it Stealing My Joy?

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team welcomes their Sound Engineer, Austin Sego to the microphone to discuss shame and its corrosive effect on joy. Join the LDI Crew for an honest discussion on the roots of shame and why the Gospel is the antidote.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “The character of God is the basis for our connection to him, not our intrinsic worth. Self-worth, or anything we think would make us acceptable to God, would suit our pride but it has the disturbing side-effect of making the cross of Jesus Christ less valuable. If we have worth in ourselves, there is no reason to connect to the infinite worth of Jesus and receive what he has done for us. So if you feel unworthy of God’s love, you can turn in one of two directions. You can turn inward, in which case you are looking for a little self-worth to bring to the Lord, and that is pride. Or you can turn to him and discover that he has a heart for the unworthy.” -Shame, Interrupted, Ed Welch

Brené Brown on Empathy

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S2:E10 – How Do I Know If I'm Operating in My Spiritual Gifts if I Don't Know What They Are?

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team leans into theology and discusses spiritual gifts, how we can know our gifts, and how to begin to use them for the common good.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: Various Quotes and ideas generated from Wanye Grudem’s Systematic Theology: A spiritual gift is “any ability that is empowered by the Holy Spirit and used in any ministry of the church.”

“Gifts are related to both natural abilities and miraculous things empowered by ‘one and the same Spirit’ for the common good. (As seen in 1 Corinthians 12:7)”

The purpose of spiritual gifts are “to equip the church to carry out its ministry until Christ returns”

Three things about Spiritual Gifts:

Each and every follower of Christ has some gifts.
There isn’t one gift we all have.
No one has every gift.

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S2:E9 – Why Would I Belong to a Church?

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the value of the local church and why every follower of Christ should be committed to a church.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “In God’s church we find something worth being devoted to—an embassy of God’s kingdom, a family of God’s people, the bride of the Lord Jesus. It is remembering what the church is, and whose the church is, that makes hard work glad work, and keeps us joyfully devoted.” -Why Bother With Church?, Sam Alberry

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S2:E8 – How Can I Know When to Ask for Help?

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:30:00 -0000

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

In this episode, the team discusses when it’s time to ask for help. In a culture geared toward independence, competency, and perfection, how do we even begin to ask for help?

Quote of the Week: “Our problem is our delusions of strength that keep us from seeking the grace that strengthens us in our weakness. We just don’t like to be weak. We don’t like to think of ourselves that way, and we don’t want others to see us that way. So we act as if we know things that we don’t know, and we don’t ask the questions we need to ask. We act as if we can handle things that we can’t handle, and we don’t seek the help that’s available. We act as if we’ve conquered things that we have not conquered, and we don’t reach out for help for the battle. It is all a failed quest for the self-congratulatory glory of independence.” -New Morning Mercies, Paul David Tripp

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S2:E7 – What Does Spiritual Warfare Really Mean?

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team defines spiritual warfare and considers its impact on our lives.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.” -1 Peter 2:11 (ESV)

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S2:E6 – Why Aren’t People More Excited About My Ideas?

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses how to sort through ideas and cast captivating vision that draws in others.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: ”A leader points the way to a solution and gives a compelling reason why something must be done now.” -Andy Stanley, Making Vision Stick

“Buy-in by others hinges on your ability to convince them that you are offering a solution to a problem they are convinced needs to be solved.” -Andy Stanley, Making Vision Stick

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S2:E5 – What Should I Do if I Hate My Job?

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses an article that offers six reasons to quit a job. Join the LDI Crew as they consider the value of work and the difficulties of toil.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: 6 Signs it’s Time to Leave Your Job:

It’s no longer encouraging your growth.
You’ve achieved what you set out to achieve.
You actively look for ways to avoid your job.
You regularly approach work with exhaustion, burnout, or dread.
It’s causing you to develop bad habits.
Your workplace has become unhealthy.

— John Coleman, 6 Signs it’s Time to Leave Your Job, Harvard Business Review

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S2:E4 – Who Should I Listen to on Social Media

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0000

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

In this episode, the team discusses the wise intake of information and advice from social media. Amidst carefully curated, influencer heavy social media content, what are we supposed to take away?

Quote of the Week: “What we spend our time looking at greatly affects what we’re thinking about. Everyone knows what it’s like to have negative thoughts while online. One woman might be anxious and worried after reading a friend’s update on her sick family member. A different woman may feel lonely after seeing a group photo of a social gathering posted online. Another woman might doubt the validity of God’s Word on a particular subject because a popular influencer has a new view and everyone seems to agree.

“What we see on social media affects how we think. It also affects how we view others. It’s important for each of us to consider—in what ways am I negatively affected by social media? Who invites me toward folly? So often, our thoughts lead us to temptation. Spending time on social media can tempt us toward discontentment, unkind judgments, bitterness, or envy of someone’s possessions or accomplishments.

“As you think about your own areas of temptation, consider how social media influences your struggle. Discernment is not avoidance of the world; it’s the ability to go into the world and embrace the good while avoiding the bad.” —Melissa Kruger, What Social Media Users Need, The Gospel Coalition

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S2:E3 – Who [IRL] Should I Listen To?

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses wise counsel and who we should listen to in real life. The LDI Crew also considers characteristics of people who may be considered wise counsel.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “True wisdom and knowledge cannot be found apart from Christ. Colossians 2:3 tells us that in Christ is hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Christ is wisdom made flesh. ‘And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption’ (1 Cor. 1:30).

“In addition, giving advice, no matter how helpful, apart from the truth of Christ can often encourage a recovering Pharisee to add your suggestion to an already long list of things to do to make life work apart from the grace of Christ. Our idol-producing hearts are quick to take any helpful advice and put all our hope in it. We are quick to make a solution into a savior.” - Christina Fox, The Problem with Good Advice, The Gospel Coalition, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/problem-with-good-advice/

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S2:E2 – Who Should I Date?

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the LDI Crew tells you exactly who you should date! NOT.

Instead the team discusses all things dating, including wisdom in how we think about dating, relationships, and more!

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: Naty’s Four Pro-Tips of Who You Should Date:

Date a follower of Jesus.
Look into if they are actively pursuing their faith.
Are they in regular accountability with other people, besides you?
Do they listen when you talk?

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S2:E1 – Why Should I Become Less Self-Obsessed?

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:30:00 -0000

Welcome back for Season 2! In this episode, the team discusses why we should move toward humility and self-forgetfulness in culture driven by self-satisfaction and the pursuit of individual happiness.

Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Gospel-humility is not needing to think about myself. Not needing to connect things with myself. It is an end to thoughts such as, ‘I’m in this room with these people, does that make me look good? Do I want to be here?’ True gospel-humility means I stop connecting every experience, every conversation, with myself. In fact, I stop thinking about myself. The freedom of self-forgetfulness. The blessed rest that only self-forgetfulness brings. True gospel-humility means an ego that is not puffed up but filled up. This is totally unique. Are we talking about high self-esteem? No. So is it low self-esteem? Certainly not. It is not about self-esteem.” - The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness, Timothy J. Keller

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S1:E15 – Season One Recap

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team recaps season one, by talking through a questions.

Question 1: What was your favorite topic from season one and why? Question 2: What was the topic you felt was most important to consider this season? Question 3: We always like to be up front about the fact that we are imperfect leaders who have room for growth and further development. What was an “imperfection” in your leadership (an area of opportunity for growth for you personally) that emerged throughout the recording of these episodes? Question 4: What is something that has surprised or excited you about undertaking this podcast project? Question 5: What is something that you are looking forward to as we look ahead to season two and more leadership topics to discuss?

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S1:E14 – Why Should Leaders Make Things Fun?

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses FUN! Our culture values humor, yet the church can tend to shy away from utilizing the gift of joy and laughter. Join the team for a discussion about laughter, humor and fun.

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “People do that which is fun" —Steve Treichler (Senior Pastor, Hope Community Church)

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S1:E13 – Why Am I So Devastated by Feedback and Criticism?

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses feedback and why it can often feel more painful than helpful. The LDI Crew also talks about the relationship between evaluation, coaching, and appreciation in a healthy cycle of feedback.

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “We need evaluation to know where we stand, to set expectations, to feel reassured or secure. We need coaching to accelerate learning, to focus our time and energy where it really matters, and to keep our relationships healthy and functioning. And we need appreciation if all the sweat and tears we put into our jobs and our relationships are going to feel worthwhile” — Thanks for the Feedback, Douglas Stone

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S1:E12 – Is There a Correct Way to Apologize?

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses how embracing the gospel allows us to accept responsibility for our mistakes and offer genuine apologies to those we’ve hurt. The LDI Crew also discussed what makes a good apology.

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “If apologizing were a way of life, no walls would be built. Relationships would be authentic. Certainly people would fail, but the failures would be dealt with in an open and honest manner. Regrets would be expressed; responsibility would be accepted. Restitution would be made. Genuine repentance would be our intention, and we would stand humbly and say, “I need somebody to forgive me.” When apology becomes a way of life, relationships will remain healthy. People will find the acceptance, support, and encouragement they need.” — The Five Languages of Apology, Gary Chapman & Jennifer Thomas

5 Apology Languages Expressing Regret Accepting Responsibility Genuinely Repenting Making Restitution Requesting Forgiveness

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S1:E11 – What Should I Do if I Lack Self-Awareness?

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:30:00 -0000

Happy Thanksgivings to all our listeners! We are so thankful for you!

The first step in growing in self-awareness is admitting we all have room to grow in our self-awareness. In this episode, the team discusses our need for gospel friends to help us on our journey toward healthy emotional intelligence.

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “We lead more out of who we are than out of what we do, strategic or otherwise. If we fail to recognize that who we are on the inside informs every aspect of our leadership, we will do damage to ourselves and to those we lead.”—Emotionally Healthy Leadership, Pete Scazzero

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S1:E10 – How Much Weight Should We Give to Personality Tests?

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this week’s episode, the team discusses personality tests such as Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, and Strengthsfinder. Our cultural views of personality tests exist on a spectrum ranging from a path to “self-actualization” to things to be feared because they are “unbiblical” in nature. The LDI crew examines helpful uses for these assessments when grounded with gospel truth.

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Søren Kierkegaard says that the normal human ego is built on something besides God. It searches for something that will give it a sense of worth, a sense of specialness and a sense of purpose and builds itself on that. And, of course, as we are often reminded, if you try to put anything in the middle of the place that was originally made for God, it is going to be too small." — The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness, Timothy Keller

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S1:E9 – What Should I Do if My High Standards Consistently Make Me Fell Like a Failure?

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:30:00 -0000

In this week’s episode the LDI team dives into questions surrounding the topic of failure. How do we even begin to define failure? Why are most of us so obsessed (knowingly or unknowingly) with failure? How are our desires for comfort and ease tied to our fear of failure and decision making? How do we overcome our often paralyzing fear of failure and begin to follow God with confidence in our decision making?

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “We’ve assumed that we’ll experience heaven on earth, and then we get disappointed when earth seems so unheavenly. We have little longing left for our reward in the next life because we’ve come to expect such rewarding experiences in this life. And when every experience and situation must be rewarding and put us on the road to complete fulfillment, then suddenly the decisions about where we live, what house we buy, what dorm we’re in, and whether we go with tile or laminate take on weighty significance.” —Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung

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S1:E8 – Should I Have a Side Hustle?

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses the art of navigating side hustles and the pressure culture places on us to or live up to its (or our own) unrealistic expectations. The LDI crew gives strategies for identifying both unhealthy expectations and the things in life we pursue that will ultimately point us toward ourselves rather than God. Let’s go idol hunting together!

Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “An idol is whatever you look at and say, in your heart of hearts, “If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.” -Counterfeit Gods, Timothy Keller

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S1:E7 – When Should I Quit My Job?

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses decision making. Comfort and ease can be major drivers in our decision making, but the LDI crew offers other factors to consider. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “If God opens the door for you to do something you know is good or necessary, be thankful for the opportunity. But other than that, don’t assume that the relative ease or difficulty of a new situation is God’s way of telling you to do one thing or the other. Remember, God’s will for your life is sanctification, and God tends to use discomfort and trials more than comfort and ease to make us holy.” —Just Do Something, Kevin DeYoung

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S1:E6 – What Do We Do With Toxic Relationships?

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses relationships and why they are worth having. While truly toxic relationships do exist, we now live in a culture quick to label difficult, challenging, or inconvenient relationships as “toxic.” Quick dismissal of others can impede our growth as leaders and work in opposition to how God desires for us to be sanctified. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Relationships will push you beyond the limits of your ability to love, serve, and forgive. They will push you beyond you. At times they will beat at the borders of your faith. At times they will exhaust you. In certain situations, your relationships will leave you disappointed and discouraged. They will require what you do not seem to have, but that is exactly as God intended it. That is precisely why he placed these demanding relationships in the middle of the process of sanctification, where God progressively molds us into the likeness of Jesus.” —Relationships, Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp

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S1:E5 – Who Should We Cancel?

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the LDI crew discusses creating boundaries in relationships as an alternative to cancel culture. Boundaries, the healthy fence lines we create between ourselves and others, can allow room for forgiveness, dialogue and humanization of people with whom we disagree. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Forgiveness and opening up to more abuse are not the same thing. Forgiveness has to do with the past. Reconciliation and boundaries have to do with the future. Limits guard my property until someone has repented and can be trusted to visit again. And if they sin, I will forgive again, seventy times seven. But I want to be around people who honestly fail me, not dishonestly deny that they have hurt me and have no intent to do better.” — Boundaries: Henry Cloud

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S1:E4 – How Do I Navigate the Tension of Being Compassionate & Having High Standards?

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses how an unhealthy relationship with perfection impacts the ability to navigate the tension between having high standards and accepting that everyone needs an opportunity to learn and grow, and thus requires compassion. Development necessitates that leaders offer compassion and maintain realistic standards as others show vulnerability in the midst of trying new things. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Empathy is a choice, and it’s a vulnerable choice, because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something in myself that knows that feeling.” —Empathy vs. Sympathy, Brené Brown

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S1:E3 – Is it Possible to Be An Anxious AND Hopeful Leader?

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the team discusses hopefulness rooted in Jesus and how that hope works in us amidst anxiety. When we lead with an anxious posture, we tend to focus on our lack of control, uncertainty, or fear. As hopeful leaders, we look to the future, striving to see it through the lens of the gospel. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Instilling hope may seem like an obvious requirement for leading other people. Hope gives followers something to look forward to, and it helps them see a way through chaos and complexity. Knowing that things can and will be better in the future is a powerful motivator. When hope is absent, people lose confidence, disengage, and often feel helpless.” —Strength Based Leadership, Tom Rath & Gallup

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S1:E2 – How Can I Be a Stable Leader When I Consistently Deal With Imposter Syndrome?

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In this episode, the LDI Crew discusses the almost inevitable, anxious feeling of being a “fraud” in leadership. One key element in successful leadership is stability. The team offers helpful questions to think through to assess stability as a leader. Areas for consideration include: change, communication, connection, consistency, and managing the unexpected. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “As a leader, your followers need to know that your core values are stable. This will buffer them from unnecessary change and ensure they know what is expected. Our need for stability plays into nearly every decision we make.” —Strength Based Leadership, Tom Rath & Gallup

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S1:E1 – How Do You Know If You Are a Trustworthy Leader?

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:30:00 -0000

In their debut episode, the team discusses the topic of trust by addressing reliability, authenticity, truthfulness, communication, reliance on Jesus, and more. Each episode features a quote of the week, big takeaways, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.

Quote of the Week: “Trust is fundamental to our sense of safety, autonomy and dignity as human beings. It is also an integral part of every relationship we have. When we trust someone, we feel safe to share what is important to us including our thoughts, ideas, efforts, hopes, and concerns. When others trust us, they reciprocate in kind. It doesn’t mean we always agree, just that we listen to, respect and value what each other has to offer. In fact, trust allows us to disagree, debate, and test each other’s thinking as we work together to find the best ideas and solutions.” — The Thin Book of Trust, Charles Feltman

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