Episode 629: Tod Bolsinger on Canoeing the Mountains, Disappointing People at a Rate They Can Absorb, and How to Handle Sabotage and the Anxiety of Leadership

Tod Bolsinger discusses why leadership is like canoeing the mountains these days, how to disappoint people at a rate they can absorb, and how to handle the sabotage and anxiety that come from leading a church.

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Leadership is about managing change. - @todbol Share on XLeadership starts with the experience of being vulnerable. - @todbol Share on XThe West is in a crisis of decline. - @todbol Share on XSabotage is when people prefer the status quo to the transformation. - @todbol Share on X

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