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Breaking Our Dependence on Praise

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / October 28, 2014 / 0 Comments

“You like me.  You really like me!”  Let’s face it. We are all guilty of defining our self-worth by what others think. When people praise us we feel successful.  Are we? Courageous and adaptive leadership requires leaning into our own incompetence, and pointing out the incompetence of our congregations.  Leading beyond our own competence will […]

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Holding Steady (Maintaining Presence)

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / October 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

Congregations today are chronically anxious. When the anxiety of the congregation rises, leaders come under attack. We know this intellectually, but understanding that something will happen and actually riding out the experience are two different things. Every change leadership theory has a name for the leader’s needed presence during times of high anxiety. Edwin Friedman […]

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Join me for my PEN talk: This Wednesday 10/15/14

By Susan Beaumont & Associates / October 12, 2014 / 0 Comments

PEN talk: “Adaptive leadership: What is it, really?” with Susan Beaumont Drawing distinctions between adaptive challenges and technical solutions has become commonplace in congregations seeking to change, perhaps too commonplace. These terms are being overused and misused in ways that diminish their impact. We lull ourselves into thinking that we are being truly adaptive when […]

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