The Senior Leader cohort recently spent a day around Emotional Intelligence as it relates to leading high performing teams. It was an exceptional day!
To be honest, I was taking notes as quickly as I could while wondering about how valuable this could have been for me early in my ministry.
While these 5 truths could apply to any of us, I focused them much more on pastors and spouses in congregations. The reality is that pastors and spouses operate in a space that few people understand.
So, here are the 5 truths related to Emotional Intelligence:
The more leadership responsibility you carry, the more the pressure goes up and the willingness to be vulnerable goes down!
As I reflect, I think of King David…before Nathan.
Awareness is the first step toward changing anything! (Emotional intelligence always begins with self-awareness.)
As I reflect, I think of King David…after Nathan.
We can’t control the world around us, but we can influence the world around us!
As I reflect, I think of the disciples, in Luke 9 and 10, before Easter…after Easter. Before Pentecost…after Pentecost.
As a child of God, we are loved without limit by our Father in heaven…because of whose we are and not what we do!
As I reflect, I think of Peter, after he denied Jesus and then his restoration after Easter.
Don’t let your gifts take you where your character can’t keep you!
As I reflect, I think of the qualifications to be a pastor in the pastoral epistles! Almost all of them reflect character and not a competency.
So, which of the 5 truths stirs you most? Is there anything you should do about that one?
Good points esp. vulnerability.
thanks for info