Conferences
Leadership
Breakout Session #3 w/ Sue Miller
1:15 PM
In this Breakout I got to go and hang out with Sue Miller (for more about Her go HERE) from the Rethink Group. She is absolutely fantastic communicator. She brings a lot of passion fire to what she talks about. It was great to get to hang with her and process through how to handle the tough conversations that leaders face.
This was great for me on a personal level and was exactly what I needed as I process through my last day here.
Here are a few highlights from her talk.
The basics of the talk were unpacking what it should look like to deal with the hard conversations that come in ministry. As much as we would love for there to be no problems or conflict ever in our jobs it simply is not a realistic expectation. At the end of the day what we are doing at time can be attacked from all sides.
Here of a few quick points.
Have good Planning - Be intentional about where, when, and why for your meetings. Make sure that you are in a place that won’t cause embarrassment to anyone or create awkward situations. Also make sure you have plenty of time so you don’t leave left unsaid or undone.
Sometimes you are going to have a good meeting with someone – Meetings are processes and since there are no perfect people there can be no perfect processes. Expect bad meetings fight for good results and conflict resolution.
Own What you Need to Own – We are afraid to be seen as incorrect or wrong. We go into conflict trying to win an argument not have a healthy resolution. It is pride and the pressure we feel to control how other people view us.
She closed with the point that there is nothing more fantastic than coming out on the other side of a conflict that was resolved the right way.
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