Description

CLI – Christian Leadership Institute: Module 2.0 Relational Life

This module of leadership competency explores the skills that are necessary for effectively working with and developing others. It identifies the areas of leadership that require a high level of emotional intelligence and relational skill so that the developing leader recognizes and understands the importance of healthy interpersonal skills as well as identifying possible pitfalls that can undermine their effectiveness.

Competency 2.50 Interpersonal Health: Description and Rationale

Leaders invest a lot of time developing the obvious leadership skills of vision, strategy, executing a plan and motivating people. While these skills, among others, are important the skill that influences all the others is the ability to establish healthy personal relationships. After all, what is a leader if they have no one to work with? This section will examine interpersonal health by focusing on the importance of healthy personal boundaries in the life of a leader.

The Authors

Doug Friesen is a pastor, teacher, church planter, mentor, ministry coach, and director of CLIMB, an organization that facilitates innovative ministries in Canada. Phil Jeske (PhD) is a missionary teacher, author, ministry coach and president of ICM, an international mission organization.  They are both specialists in their field of leadership development and travel internationally coaching teams within the Ministry Coaching Network (MCNet). They have a passion to mentor the next generation of servant leaders and help ministry teams start innovative ministries that will impact their nations. Both they and their wives  live near Vancouver, Canada with their grown children and grandchildren.