When you know who you are, you get results.

In leadership, many think almost exclusively in terms of getting results. Results do matter, and there's no getting around that in leadership. But chapter five of Rare Leadership argues that our top priority should be our culture and then from there we pursue results. Who are we as a group, as a company? How is it like us to act? People who focus only on results and not on culture often end up creating toxic environments motivated by fear.

This week we're looking at the difference between management and leadership, how to build identity and belonging that shape culture, what maturity has to do with community building, and more.

The goal of this series is to equip you to live and lead with more emotional intelligence and resilience on your walk with God.

The book Rare Leadership by Marcus Warner & Jim Wilder combines theology, brain science, and decades of counseling and consulting experience to equip you to cultivate maturity in yourself and others, develop strong group identity, keep relationships bigger than problems, and more! Over the course of this series, we'll be unpacking the four habits of a rare leader: Remain relational. Act like yourself. Return to joy. Endure hardship well.

Check out the free discussion guide for this book in the description links.

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💛 HOPE TOGETHER CONFERENCE: https://hopetogether.com/deeperwalk/

Go Deeper:

🫡 Rare Leadership BOOT CAMP: https://deeperwalk.com/churches/rare-leadership-boot-camp/

💚 HEART-FOCUSED COMMUNITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/sp/heart-focused-community-course/

⚔️ IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/sp/identity-course/

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

Chapters -

00:00 Happy Birthday Ben! & Hope Together Conference

2:23 Chapter 5: Results vs. Culture

8:30 Management vs. Leadership

12:14 Building Identity

15:30 Building Belonging

18:27 How Has Culture Led to Better Results?

21:05 Community Builders & Maturity

25:57 Start Where You're At