The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

by Peter Scazzero

____ 5. No matter how busy I am, I consistently practice the spiritual disciplines of solitude and silence. ____ 6. I regularly read Scripture and pray in order to enjoy communion with God and not just in service of leading others. ____ 7. I practice Sabbath — a weekly twenty-four-hour period in which I stop my work, rest, and delight in God’s many gifts. ____ 8. I view Sabbath as a spiritual discipline that is essential for both my personal life and my leadership. ____ 9. I take time to practice prayerful discernment when making plans and decisions. ____ 10. I measure the success of planning and decision-making primarily in terms of discerning and doing God’s will (rather than exclusively by measures such as attendance growth, excellence in programming, or expanded impact in the world). ____ 11. With those who report to me, I consistently devote a portion of my supervision time to help them in their inner life with God. ____ 12. I do not avoid difficult conversations with team members about their performance or behavior. ____ 13. I feel comfortable talking about the use of power in connection with my role and that of others. ____ 14. I have articulated and established healthy boundaries in relationships that have overlapping roles (for example, with friends and family who are also employees or key volunteers, etc.). ____ 15. Instead of avoiding endings and losses, I embrace them and see them as a fundamental part of the way God works. ____ 16. I am able to prayerfully and...