Welcome to Episode #68 of the Red Ink Revival Leadership Podcast. Today’s conversation is with Tony Cooke, a tenured church leader, former Bible College Dean, author, and mentor to church leaders around the world. Our conversation on Relationship Oriented Leadership takes us into the following topics:
* Leadership begins with relationships.
* Biblical characters and their dysfunctional relationships.
* Sanctification happens in the fires of relationships.
* The Apostle Paul’s broken relationship profile.
* The elements and potholes of empowering others.
* Gamaliel’s mentorship of the Apostle Paul.
* Barnabas’ friendship and encouragements with Paul
* John Mark’s challenges and rifts with Paul.
* Content leaders versus relational leaders.
* Barnabas’ redemption and nurture of John Mark.
* Ten thousand teachers but only a few fathers.
* A leader’s anxiety versus vulnerability and holding others accountable.
* The balance between task and relationship orientation as leaders.
* The beauty of nurturing and challenging those we lead.
* Our heart bleeds when people reject or transition out of our leadership.
* The healthy side of relationship anger versus shutting down.
* Observing team members’ emotions versus wrestling over the relational data.
* Working on relationships without the right tools is very difficult.
* Forgiveness, releasing debts, and understanding how to restore to wholeness.
* Developing differentiation in relationships to nurture our own identity.
* Jesus removed himself from hostile situations by holding healthy boundaries.
* Andrew missing out on Jesus’ inner circle group.
* Contrasting what you “need” versus what you “desire”.
Tony Cooke’s book on relationships is called Relationships Matter and can be found at tonycooke.org.
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Edited and produced by Evan (Emac) McAlister.
