by Leading Saints | May 18, 2023 | Newsletter |
There is a quadrant that is often used when teaching leadership in the Church. Maybe you have seen it. It combines the power of love and the power of expectation in one quadrant. Elder Andersen has referenced it in a few trainings, and it was even referenced in my...
by Leading Saints | May 4, 2023 | Newsletter |
In my most recent newsletter message, I highlighted that doctrine is less effective if it is framed poorly. I shared some dramatic examples to communicate my point, but most of the examples sounded like they were framed by some type of anti-Mormon. My attempt at...
by Leading Saints | Apr 20, 2023 | Newsletter |
When it comes to people disengaging from the Church, we often hear the same typical reasons… • Social issues • Church history • Negative church culture • Church doctrine or theology For believing Latter-day Saints, this is sometimes hard to understand as we have such...
by Leading Saints | Apr 13, 2023 | Newsletter |
As with any institution, at Leading Saints we are constantly striving to refine our messaging so that we can continue to grow our audience. During this process, our board of directors has been trying to answer the question, “What problem does Leading Saints solve?” In...
by Leading Saints | Apr 6, 2023 | Newsletter |
At the recommendation of a friend, I recently read the book, Unreasonable Hospitality. It was a great read about how one specific New York restaurant become the highest-rated restaurant in the world. And they did it mainly through their focus on hospitality. Because I...
by Leading Saints | Mar 30, 2023 | Newsletter |
In the last few months during various firesides I have been asked to give, I led the audience through an exercise about how they define doctrine. It is always amazing to me how a group of orthodox Latter-day Saints can define doctrine so differently. And yet our...
by Leading Saints | Mar 23, 2023 | Newsletter |
I was encouraged this past fall as I led a 10-day Church History tour. As we visited many of the Church historical sites, it was obvious that work had been done to encourage the missionaries to describe historical events more transparently than what I remember...
by Leading Saints | Mar 16, 2023 | Newsletter |
Do you have one of those friends who seems to have consistent experiences of receiving clear spiritual direction from God? Or in a leadership context, do you hear about the leader who seems to be receiving clear divine direction almost daily regarding what the next...
by Leading Saints | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletter |
In 2022 I felt like I went on a remarkable journey of self-development. I think Ryan Gottfredson frames it best with his term “vertical development.” I am learning concepts and becoming more aware of my story and it has become more clear to me how I can personally...
by Leading Saints | Mar 2, 2023 | Newsletter |
There is a natural reflex that leaders feel when an issues arises. I call it the “gotta-do-something” reflex. This dynamic happens when something breaks in the organization or in the lives of those in the organization. Someone is preaching “false doctrine”. The leader...
