Cultivating Spiritual Practices

This course is designed to help participants learn what is needed to develop the heart, head, hands, and habits of a great leader, with Jesus as the model. The readings, videos, and other materials are designed to help participants uncover what might be holding them back from realizing their full leadership potential, while also developing the skills and habits needed to become a leader who leads like Jesus. Lead Like Jesus' definition of leadership says that "anytime you influence the thinking, behavior, or development of another person, you are engaging in leadership." So, whether you are a stay-at-home parent, a teacher, a CEO, an administrative professional, an electrician, a nurse, a coach, or a church leader, you are influencing the lives of others, and that makes YOU a leader!

Content Contributors:

• Lead Like Jesus Ministry

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop insight into the transformational leadership cycle and gain a deeper understanding of what it means to lead like Jesus.
2. Understand how to develop the heart of a great leader
3. Understand how to create the head of a great leader
4. Understand how to make the hands of a great leader
5. Understand how to complete the habits of a great leader

Requirements for Receiving Credit:

1. The completion and submission of five Reflection assignments demonstrate that the participant has read the required resources and reviewed the presentation content.
2. Engage in all topic forum discussions for all five sessions.

Required Text Book(s)

 Lead Like Jesus Revisited: Lessons from the greatest leadership role model of all time  | Blanchard, K.H., Hodges, P. & Hendry, P.H. (2016), TN: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson.

Faculty: Tami Heim, President and CEO of Christian Leadership Alliance

Tami Heim is the president and CEO of Christian Leadership Alliance. Her professional journey includes executive leadership experience in technology, marketing, publishing, and retail. She has served in executive leadership roles at Federated Department Stores and was the president of Borders, Inc. She was also the executive vice president and chief publishing officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers and a partner in a technology firm.

Tami was certified in for-profit board governance through the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Her nonprofit board experiences include EQUIP, Lead Like Jesus, Christian Alliance for Orphans, Growing Leaders, Christianity Today,  National Association of Evangelicals, Best Christian Workplaces, and Christian Leadership Alliance.

She completed the Christian Credentialed Nonprofit Leader  (CCNL) program in 2013 and now facilitates 10-week online cohorts for CCNL-Leadership and the Thriving Leader Series.