Minimizing Trauma When Those We Love Question their Latter-day Saint Faith
Mark Matheson is a visiting professor of business at “the BYU of the East Coast”, Southern Virginia University. Matheson received a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix, a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard...
Motivation & Building Teams in Latter-day Saint Councils | Guest Post by Blake Dalton
Blake Dalton is a full-time teacher from West Valley City, Utah. He served a full-time mission in Eugene, Oregon. He has served as an elder’s quorum president, a high councilman, executive secretary, and currently serves as the bishop of his ward.
Also be sure to listen to Blake’s How I Lead interview.
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Becoming a Change Agent in the Lives of Those You Lead: What Every Leader Needs to Understand About Influence
You are a Bishop, and a 17-year-old in your ward discloses to you that he has been smoking marijuana You are a ministering brother that has just been given a “special assignment” to help someone on welfare ween off welfare You are a Sunday School President that wants...
Helping Those With Broken Bows
While serving as a Relief Society president in Texas, there were many opportunities to visit members who did not come to church consistently. One day I was pondering on how to best minister to the sister I was going to visit and a very clear and profound insight came...
Are You Willing to Re-Gather Precious Souls?
Aleisha Petersen has been married 14 years and is a mom to 4 young kids. Life took her family on an adventure through BYU-Idaho, NYC for grad school, Oklahoma for a residency, and Alaska for Military Service (she being the lucky passenger). They now reside in Colorado...
Mourning With Those Who Mourn: A Sacred Opportunity
Jeff Borders joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 19 and has had many opportunities to serve in leadership roles including Ward Mission, Young Men’s, Elders Quorum and in the Bishopric. Jeff works as the Respiratory Therapy Manager at a...
An Inspired Answer to Satan’s Traps
Brad Barber co-hosts The Next Step Podcast, which is based around the Church’s Addiction Recovery Program (ARP) and addiction in general. He grew up in the Church in southern California, served a mission, and attended Brigham Young University. Brad has seen many...
When Marriages Aren’t Working…
Sam Tielemans is a marriage and family therapist in Las Vegas, NV. He has spent thousands of hours working with people struggling with depression, anxiety, addictions, or challenges in marriage. He’s certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy and loves working with...
Family Centered, Church Supported – Have You Made The Paradigm Shift?
Dave Keller spends much of his life simply trying to get through the day! His greatest treasure is the gift of the Holy Ghost, although his sweetheart, Rachel, is a close second (sorry Sweetheart: HG and I have been together longer!) He is the father of 6 children and...
