Cultivating a Spiritually Healthy Heart

Transformational leadership begins on the inside. This 10-week course intentionally focuses on a leader’s heart motivation and our “why” first. Defining our “why” is not an easy task. It requires soul-searching, understanding one’s core life values, and a desire for a destination that’s much more than pure profit or personal success. This course will explore critical questions every leader must answer, the differences between a spiritually healthy and an unhealthy heart, and how understanding and embracing our identity and an accurate self-awareness will make us much more effective influencers.

Content Contributor: Lead Like Jesus

Learning Objectives:

This course is designed to provide every leader, regardless of their life role or position, a better understanding of why our heart matters most in our leadership journey, what Jesus, the greatest leader of all time, teaches about the importance of the heart, and how we can practically embrace Jesus’ model of leading and influencing others in our day-to-day living. Upon completion, the participant should better understand why the heart of a leader matters, how to recognize a spiritually healthy and an unhealthy heart, and practical ways to lead with a healthy heart committed to the Father and not to the bottom line or selfish ambition.

Requirements for Receiving Credit:

1. The completion and submission of five Refection 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 as 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.

Note: To maximize your experience, plan 1-2 hours per week.

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.