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A Thriving Leader: Seeing Ourselves Clearly to Sustain for

the Long Haul

Danny Wuerffel, Executive DirectorDr. Anthony Gordon, Director of Spiritual and Community DevelopmentAngie Winn, Director of Leadership and Organizational Development

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Potential Burnout Indicators

The Thriving IndexGauging the Health of the Leader, the Organization,

and the Effectiveness of the Ministry

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Kablooey

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SELF-AWARENESS

Life and Leadership:Looking Backwards to Thrive Forwards

Seeing Others: Moving Towards Others in Love

Seeing the Kingdom: Moving Outward to What Could Be

Seeing Self: Moving Inward to What Is

RESILIENCE

A Framework of Sight: Looking Backwards to Thrive Forwards

Sight of a Leader Competencies of a Thriving Urban Leader

IntegrityHumilitySelf-Awareness

EmpathyConflict ResolutionAccountability

Vision Casting AdaptabilityBridge Building

Seeing Others: Moving Towards Others in Love

Seeing the Kingdom: Moving Outward to What Could Be

Seeing Self: Moving Inward to What Is

RESILIENCE

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“A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what’s going on inside him or herself, inside his or her consciousness, lest the act of leadership create more harm than good”.

-Parker Palmer

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Where are we as a group?

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THRIVING

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STRUGGLING MODERATELY

STRUGGLING SEVERELY

Burnout Risk

LOW MEDIUM HIGH

Thriving Results

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Principles of Thriving and Sustaining

SOLITUDE COMMUNITY

• Journaling• Lectio Divina• Prayer• Silence

• Rest and Play• Mentorship/Coaching• Accountability• Corporate Prayer

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Individual Reflection and One-on-One Sharing

1. What is the biggest challenge you are currently facing? Does it fall in the context of you as a leader, your organization, or your ministry/neighborhood?

2. Where are you on the continuum of burnout? (Low, Moderate, High)

3. What principles/practices do you have in place to help with these challenges?

4. What principles/practices are you going to put in place to strengthen yourself, your organization, or your neighborhood and prevent or overcome burnout?

5. Share with someone and pray with them