Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE!

 

If strong leadership leads to LIFE and GROWTH, then lack of strong leadership leads to death and stagnation. Are you a strong leader who contributes to and enhances life? Have you surrounded yourself with strong leaders who contribute to and enhance life? How do you do that?

 

 

 

 

Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE, not death!

 

In his Leadership Bible, John Maxwell quotes Church expert and statistician George Barna who asserts that “…the American church is dying due to lack of strong leadership… Nothing is more important than leadership.“ That’s a sobering thought! And I started wondering if it doesn’t also apply to the death and stagnation of other ministries, our ministries, and our businesses as entrepreneurs. If I’m honest, I can admit to you that one of my biggest fears is that I will remain stuck, or stagnant, and may not make a difference in the lives of other entrepreneurs as I grow in my entrepreneurial endeavors! It’s why I do what I do as the president of Karen Bourg Companies (http://karenbourg.com ), the {Inter} National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs, and the International Christian Mompreneur Network (http://nacwe.org ).

 

Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE – a Life with Passion!

 

I looked up LIFE in the thesaurus and found the following words – verve, vivacity, animation, energy, excitement, soul, kick, get-up-and-go, sparkle! I LOVE these words! I would also add GROWTH and PLUCK! These words add life and spark to my heart! They encourage me to live a life of passion as one being led, and as a leader.

 

I want to follow God‘s vision with passion! So do you! I want to follow the desires and passions that God has given me and His vision in the following areas:

B.E.L.I.E.F.S.:

B stands for Body:

E is for Emotion:

L is for Livelihood:

I is for Intellect:

E is for Environment:

F is for Family and Friends:

S is for Spiritual:

 

Take a moment to decide how you want to grow and follow the desires and passions that God has given you in these areas. What did you come up with? Share them with us here.

 

If you need extra help walking through and discovering these desires, download our free  B.E.L.I.E.F.S.  Assessment here:

LINK: https://nacwe.org/beliefspassionsassessment/

 

Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE and productivity, not stagnation!

 

In all of my programs and masterminds throughout the year, and of course, in my individual coaching experiences, I focus on growth. I want to put God first in my life in every area or dimension of wellness. I want to serve others well as he Has called me. I want to hear Him say, “well done, good and faithful servant!” And it’s not selfish to understand that I need to attend to my own personal growth and take care of myself or I won’t be able to take care of or lead others. How do you do that?

 

• Pray that God will build a hedge of protection around you and around those who lead you and around those whom you lead.
• Ask Him to continually pour into your life so that you grow to be the leader He has called you to be.
• Be intentional about growth as an individual and as a leader of others.
• Put it on your calendar! Hmmm… Have you heard me say this before?!
• Appoint strategic blocks of time in your day and in your week where you focus on growing in the Lord, growing as an entrepreneur, and growing as a leader.
• Surround yourself with people who lead by God’s design.

 

 

Jump into the NACWE classroom vault and take advantage of lessons on leadership.  We even have a program in the classroom called the Christian Women’s Leadership Institute!

 

Join our leadership mastermind as a beta test member and help us enhance and re-write the curriculum for the Christian Women’s Leadership Institute! Email Karen at info@nacwe.org

 

Lord,

I pray for every entrepreneur/minister who will read these words, that they will be encouraged to make plans and allow You to establish their steps, that they will strive to be leaders who speak of You and Your Word and whose lives manifest Your presence and Your power as they imitate the faith of those who have gone before us. May we grow as leaders who set an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. Keep us growing, GROWing, GROWING-unstuck, not stagnant!

AMEN!

The verses referred to in this prayer are Proverbs 16:9, Hebrews 13:7, and first Timothy 4:12 and were referred to in the first blog on leadership. Link to this blog here and link to it at the bottom of this second blog after the signature.

 

 

Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE, and Life  Means Growth!

 

As a NACWE group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/NACWEFreedom/ ), we spent 3 months learning to GROW as individuals and entrepreneurs and to TELL others about our offers (NACWE Classroom April, May, June 2019). SO MUCH FUN!

 

We learned that:

• growth doesn’t just happen-you have to be intentional about it,
• you have to know and be aware of who you are before you will experience significant growth,
• you must see value in yourself and add value to yourself before you can add value to others,
• it’s important to pause and reflect along the way and allow growth to catch up with you,
• motivation gets you going and discipline keeps you growing,
• it’s your responsibility to create an environment within which growth thrives,
• you have to develop strategies to maximize growth,
• bad experiences, when managed well, can lead to great growth,
• your character growth determines the height of your personal growth,
• growth stops when you lose the tension between where you are and where you could be,
• you have to trade off some things to be able to receive things that help you grow,
• growth is stimulated by asking why,
• you have to find examples to follow because it’s hard to improve when you have no one but yourself to follow,
• growth always expands your capacity, and
• growing yourself enables you to grow others!

 

[Maxwell, John C.. The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (pp. viii-xiii). Center Street. Kindle Edition.]

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Blessings & Celebrations,

Karen Lindwall-Bourg

“Achieve Levels of Success Worth Celebrating”

 

*Founder, Karen Bourg Companies

*Owner, President {Inter}National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs/International Christian Mompreneur

*Founder, RHEMA Publishing House

*Founder, RHEMA Lakeside Retreat Center

*Founder, RHEMA Counseling Associates

 

About Karen Lindwall-Bourg  

Karen Lindwall-Bourg is the President of the {Inter} National Association of Christian Women Entrepreneurs [est. May 2010] and the new President of the International Christian Mompreneur Network [est. July 2010], both athttp://nacwe.org . She and the NACWE Operations and Leadership Teams work diligently to provide

·       Community

·       Networking

·       Education

·       Missions opportunities

to Christian Women Entrepreneurs, Mompreneurs and Nanapreneurs alike all over the world!

 

Our Core Values are:

·       Community – we value Connection, Collaboration and Contribution

·       Networking – we value Nurture, New relationships and New and innovative offers

·       Education – we value Encouragement, Excellence and Expressiveness, and

·       Missions – we value Ministry and  Making a difference

 

Karen is wife to Fred, Mommy to 6 kids and 5 in-loves, Nana to “going-on” 10 grandchildren, and treat provider deluxe for a herd of Great Pyrenees who protect their north TX ranchette! She is an entrepreneur coach, author, publisher, retreat hostess and more! Learn more about Mastermind groups and “Celebration” coaching with Karen at http://karenbourg.com .

Other Posts on Leadership:

[Leadership] Learning Leadership from the Lord LLL1

[Leadership] Strong Leadership Leads to LIFE!  LLL2