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The Trophy or The Towel: 5 Keys to Servant Leadership

Nancy Reece · Feb 15, 2019 · 1 Comment

5 Keys to Servant Leadership

Are you reaching for the trophy or the towel? A checklist for Christian business or ministry leaders that examines 5 keys to servant leadership.

I used to reach for trophies.  I set goals that included promotions, awards, recognitions, and things designed to advance my career.  Today I have a much deeper desire to pour into others through mentoring, coaching and discipling.    I call it reaching for the towel, and it’s an important question for the Christian business or ministry leader.  Jesus didn’t reach for trophies. He reached for a towel to wash his disciples’ feet. He modeled servant leadership.

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Nine Minute Moments

Nancy Reece · Jul 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment

In my last blog, I shared the painful struggle of being fired over 20 years ago. As a result, I began a 20+ year journey of learning to choose well, lead well, and finish well.

Being fired all those years ago was an incredibly painful experience. I lost confidence in my abilities, felt like a total failure, and simply wanted to crawl into a dark cave and lick my wounds. I seriously thought about giving up my YMCA career and starting all over in a new field. I had to make a choice. While on the surface the choice was between two career options, in reality it was a choice to either pull out of the self-criticizing death spiral I was in or let failure win. When you’re in the never ending cycle of defeating thoughts, it’s pure choice to replace those negative thoughts with ones that start to speak truth to your soul about who you are and Whose you are. Choose truth. [Read more…] about Nine Minute Moments

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