Season 16
Transforming Leadership: Managing Anxiety Within Our Communities
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Welcome to Season 16, Transforming Leadership: Managing Anxiety Within Our Communities. This season we will be exploring Systems Theory, also called Family Systems Theory. Ruth welcomes guest Steve Cuss, pastor and author of Managing Leadership Anxiety, Yours and Theirs, to help us unpack Systems Theory.
Season 16: Episode 1 | What’s Really Going On? Systems Theory and the Soul of Leadership
Welcome to Season 16, Transforming Leadership: Managing Anxiety Within Our Communities. This season we will be exploring Systems Theory, also called Family Systems Theory. Many of us have seen the…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 2 | The Most Powerful Leadership Tool: Diagnosing and Diffusing Anxiety
Welcome to Season 16, Transforming Leadership: Managing Anxiety Within Our Communities. This season we will be exploring Systems Theory, also called Family Systems Theory. Many of us have seen the…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 3 | The Sins of the Fathers (and Mothers): How Family of Origin Impacts Our Leadership
This week, Ruth and Steve delve into the topic of family of origin and its impact on leadership. Why do we need to do the messy work of untangling our…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 4 | Calm Presence: Leadership, Anxiety, and the False Self
Ruth and guest Steve Cuss continue to explore Systems Theory. This week they look at leadership, anxiety, and the false self. What are some examples of false selves and false…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 5 | The Freedom of Taking Responsibility
This week, Ruth and Steve are talking about differentiation. What is differentiation and how does it differ from individualism? Steve shares his framework of the Four Spaces and explains how…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 6 | Second Order Change: Recognizing and Dissolving Stuck Patterns
Sometimes our greatest anxieties can surround areas of stuckness, places where we know what we are doing isn’t working, but we can’t seem to find our way out. This week,…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 7 | It’s a Human Thing: Systems Theory in Non-Majority Spaces
This week we invited two additional guests to tackle this tender and challenging topic. Ruth and Steve are joined by Pastor Tina Harris, a former pastor and lawyer and currently…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 8 | Systems Theory and Leadership: Picking Up the Tools that Diffuse Anxiety
We’re nearing the end of our season on Systems Theory and leadership anxiety! In this last episode with Ruth and Steve together, the two give really practical help with concrete…
Listen and access show notesSeason 16: Episode 9 | Transforming Leadership: Spiritual Resources for the Journey
We are ending this season just as we started it: with Ruth going solo behind the mic. This time, she recaps Bowen’s 8 concepts, with particular emphasis on differentiation, encouraging…
Listen and access show notesBONUS: Ask Ruth #5 Excerpt
Over on Patreon, we concluded season 16 with our fifth installment of our Ask Ruth series. This episode included questions specific to this past season on Transforming Leadership: Managing Anxiety…
Listen and access show notesBONUS: A Conversation with Glenn Packiam on Being a Resilient Pastor, Challenges Facing the Church, and Cultivating A Spiritual Life
We can’t wait for you to hear this encouraging conversation between Ruth and Glenn Packiam, a pastor and author of The Resilient Pastor: Leading Your Church in a Rapidly Changing…
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