Hi Reader,
Leadership can get surprisingly lonely.
You’re making decisions that affect your staff, your church, your family, and sometimes thousands of people. But when you’re the one everyone else comes to for answers, who do you call when you don’t know what to do?
That’s one of the things Annie F. Downs and I unpacked in our latest conversation.
Annie has built what she calls a personal “board of directors.” Different people she trusts for different parts of her life. Some are mentors. Some are friends. Some are counselors she pays because every leader needs a safe place to process what they can’t process publicly.
We talk about how you can start building your own board of directors, how to recognize the people who may already be in your life, and why AI shouldn’t become a substitute for them.
As Annie put it, AI can be a great place to go for intelligence, but not wisdom.
We also talk about recognizing grief before it takes you out, keeping work from becoming an idol, and why leaders need places where they can simply be normal people again.
If leadership has felt a little lonely lately, this conversation is for you.
🎧 Listen now and take the next step toward healthier leadership. Watch it on YouTube or tune in wherever you listen to podcasts.
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