A Thriving Leader:
Seeing Ourselves Clearly to Sustain
for the Long Haul
Danny Wuerffel, Executive Director
Dr. Anthony Gordon, Director of Spiritual and Community
Development
Angie Winn, Director of Leadership and Organizational
Development
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The Thriving Index
Gauging the Health of the Leader, the Organization,
and the Effectiveness of the Ministry
Potential Burnout
Indicators
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Kablooey
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Life and Leadership:
Looking Backwards to Thrive Forwards
Seeing Self:
Moving Inward to What
Is
Seeing Others:
Moving Towards Others in
Love
Seeing the Kingdom:
Moving Outward to What Could Be
SELF-AWARENESS
RESILIENCE
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A Framework of Sight:
Looking Backwards to Thrive Forwards
Sight of a Leader
Competencies of a Thriving Urban
Leader
Seeing Self:
Moving Inward to What Is
Seeing Others:
Moving Towards Others in
Love
Seeing the Kingdom:
Moving Outward to What Could
Be
RESILIENCE
Integrity
Humility
Self-Awareness
Empathy
Conflict Resolution
Accountability
Vision Casting
Adaptability
Bridge Building
“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?
Thriving Results
You
Organization
Resilience
Self-Awareness
Resilience
STRUGGLING
SEVERELY
Self-Awareness
STRUGGLING
MODERATELY
Resilience
STABLE
Self-Awareness
STRONG
THRIVING METER
THRIVING
Ministry
Burnout Risk
LOW
HIGH
MEDIUM
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Principles of Thriving and Sustaining
SOLITUDE
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Journaling
Lectio Divina
Prayer
Silence
COMMUNITY
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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
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