Leadership Development

Empowering Leaders to Navigate Complexity

LeaderWise offers a wide range of Leadership Development Services to help you become the best leader you can be. Our services include Leadership Development Consulting, Coaching, Spiritual Direction, Reflective Supervision, Workshops, Programs, Retreats, and Cohort Experiences for Ministry Leaders. We offer customized programs to fit your specific needs and help you reach your goals. Whether you're a new leader looking to develop your skills or a seasoned veteran seeking new challenges, LeaderWise has the tools and expertise to help you achieve your potential.

Leadership Development Services

Consulting

  • Our mission is to accompany people and organizations who serve. Whether you’re a church, a non-profit, a social entrepreneur, or a wise leader who leads from a spiritual or principled foundation, we are here to accompany you, your team, organization, or congregation.

  • LeaderWise staff consultants bring decades of experience to you from a variety of disciplines. Some of the consulting work we can assist you with includes:

    • Conflict negotiation and management

    • Post-misconduct navigation

    • Navigating transition and change

    • Succession planning, execution, and search

    • Board development

    • Staff development

    If you don’t see your need listed here, contact us to see if we can connect you with an experienced staff associate.

Coaching

  • According to the International Coach Federation (ICF), coaching is:

    A thought-provoking and creative partnership that inspires clients to maximize their personal and professional potential, often unlocking previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.

  • Whether you are a spirit-filled professional seeking to lead in a new way or change your own behavior, or you are a leader seeking an accountability coach for an important project, you can trust LeaderWise to provide you with excellence in coaching. ICF certified, LeaderWise coaches are familiar with corporate and/or clergy coaching, and are waiting for you! Contact LeaderWise today.

spiritual direction

Spiritual Direction

  • Spiritual direction helps people deepen their relationship with the spiritual aspects of their humanity and accompanies people on a journey toward freedom and peace. Conversations with a trained Spiritual Director guide clients in reflecting on the movement of the Spirit in their lives.

    Spiritual direction is, in reality, nothing more than a way of leading us to see and obey the real Director — the Holy Spirit hidden in the depths of our soul.

    —Thomas Merton, Trappist monk

  • Spiritual direction is available to all people who have a spiritual impulse, including those who might not ascribe to a religious faith. The role of the Spiritual Director is that of a trusted companion who listens intently to the client and accompanies them as they discern and deepen their relationship with the Divine.

    Spiritual direction is offered both individually and in small groups.

  • Group spiritual direction usually takes place in groups of four plus a trained spiritual director. In group spiritual direction, all of the members of the group participate in the reflection and discernment process. Through group spiritual direction, in addition to deepening one’s own personal relationship with the divine, people create community through the processes of deep listening and authentic sharing.

Programs & Workshops

  • Leadership development is a lifelong endeavor. We are never done learning, and we are never done developing our gifts for leadership. At LeaderWise, we believe leadership development begins with self-awareness, and builds from there. We have many programs and workshops to offer you, and we can bring custom programs to your site. Just ask us!

  • Below you will find a list of programs we are regularly offering. If you don’t see what you need here, please contact us and we’ll figure it out together.

    • The Shape of Leadership

    • Transforming Conflict: navigating difficult situations

    • Boundaries Training

    • Increase Your Cultural Competence

    • Emotional intelligence and Leadership

    • Effectiveness in Ministry: honing the edge of emotional intelligence

    • Introduction to Enneagram

    • CrossForm: equipping congregations for the changing landscape of faith

    • Resilience in Ministry

    • Adaptive Leadership for 21st Century Church

    • 1-Day Leadership Intensives

Reflective Supervision

  • Reflective pastoral supervision supports the well-being, development, and safe and effective practice of pastors and ministry workers.

  • Ministry professionals meet 1:1 or in groups with a trained supervisor in a sacred, boundaried, and safe space to look at the supervised ministry practice from a number of lenses.

Ready to improve your leadership?

Contact us today to learn more about our Leadership Development Services and start your journey toward becoming the best leader you can be.