Best Christian Workplaces
S5E10: Leading Under Pressure
Best Christian Workplaces : March, 23 2020
The COVID-19 crisis and the resulting financial crisis has created a lot of uncertainty for ministry and business leaders. Every ministry has been...
What is one of the most compelling life experiences a faith leader will ever face? Alec Hill, President Emeritus of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and author of Living in Bonus Time: Surviving Cancer, Finding New Purpose, faced his own dark night and came out with a fresh, new perspective that he calls, bonus time. Alec has a remarkable story to tell about how he faced his own moment of truth; what he learned through it all speaks to what matters most in life.
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In this episode:
- Preparing the next generation of leaders (02:49)
- Diagnosed with cancer in 2015 (03:07)
- Dealing with startling news (05:15)
- Living at home like house arrest (09:49)
- Keeping your spirits up through the difficult process of treatment (15:48)
- Dealing with survivor's guilt (17:20)
- Living purposefully (19:46)
- Discovering your own purpose: Bonus time (20:00)
- Making the most of the time that you have; investing deeply in people (21:04)
- Letting go of control (25:14)
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S5E28: How to Produce a Culture with a High Level of Trust and Commitment
Best Christian Workplaces : September, 21 2020
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