Tag: staff

Academics & Vocation, Leadership Development, Spiritual Formation

Spiritual Mentoring | A Resource for Equipping the Saints

Have you ever wondered how you might multiply the efforts of your ministry on campus? I have.

And after 6 years of hard work on the same campus I heard a colleague express something that unlocked a part of the mystery for me in this area…

His statement was something to the effects of:

Student after student, when asked “what made your experience at BU so significant?,” shared a rendition of the same answer: it was the meaningful relationships that they formed.

And almost to a person, they would identify a faculty or staff person who had taken some intentional time to be with them — to be a listener, someone who asked good questions, an encourager, someone who challenged or pushed them, a shoulder to cry on, a mentor, a teacher of life — a friend.

Leadership Development

The Ears Have It

Leadership is an acoustical art. At least that is how Leonard Sweet describes it in his book Summoned to Lead. Leading, he suggests, is less about vision, and more about listening…an acoustical art.

If you ended the year wondering if you can work with “those people” for another year, I offer these thoughts not as a leadership “how-to”, but a reflection on things we can all practice to promote a healthy team culture that values acoustical artistry over the eyes and the egos.