Lasting leadership does not begin with charisma or ambition but with surrender, stewardship, and servanthood. Dr Margaret Diddams and Dr Shirley Mullen coauthored Tried and True: The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership, which draws on John Wesley as a wise and surprisingly relevant leadership tutor for cultivating courage, humility, and hope for leadership that can last a lifetime. https://www.ivpress.com/margaret-diddams https://www.ivpress.com/shirley-a-mullen https://www.ivpress.com/tried-and-true WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Relevancy of John Wesley's Leadership StyleHealthy Organizations Need Healthy LeadersLasting Leadership Begins with Surrender, Stewardship, and Servanthood ABOUT THE GUEST: Dr Margaret Diddams is an industrial-organizational psychologist, leadership consultant, educator, and editor of Christian Scholar’s Review, whose work explores how Christian faith shapes leadership, character, and human flourishing. Having served in higher-education leadership, including as provost of Wheaton College, and in the corporate world at Microsoft, she brings both scholarly depth and practical experience to the question of what faithful leadership requires in complex institutions. She is coauthor, with Shirley Mullen, of Tried and True: The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership, which draws on John Wesley as a wise and surprisingly relevant leadership tutor for cultivating courage, humility, and hope for leadership that can last a lifetime. Dr Shirley Mullen served for four decades in the world of Christian higher education, most recently for 15 years as the President of Houghton University. She has earned doctorates in both history and philosophy. In retirement, she has served on several boards, and continued her mentoring of young leaders, as well as speaking and writing. Her book, Claiming the Courageous Middle, came out from Baker Academic in 2024. RELATED LINKS:https://www.ivpress.com/margaret-diddamshttps://www.ivpress.com/shirley-a-mullenhttps://www.ivpress.com/tried-and-true TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:00:37 - Introducing Dr Margaret Diddams and Dr Shirley Mullen 04:38 - Collaboration on their new book, Tried and True 06:34 - Relevancy of John Wesley's Leadership Style 08:07 - Mission and Organization Beyond John Wesley 09:35 - Healthy Organizations Need Healthy Leaders 10:27 - ...cultivate mission continually 11:37 - ...drift or unhealthiness when the leader look for affirmation 13:08 - ...healthy leaders have to care for themselves and their families 15:35 - Lasting Leadership Begins with Surrender, Stewardship, and Servanthood 16:27 - ...grounded in surrender to the Holy Spirit 16:42 - ...caretaker entrusted with a treasuer 17:10 - ...servant leadership 18:30 - Surrender in Everyday Leadership 19:08 - ...the opposite of surrender 19:28 - ...why am I leading? 20:00 - ...leading for a purpose 20:27 - ...we don't add to God's glory 20:59 - ...doing things FOR God vs time WITH God 21:23 - ...Lead in such a way that increases dependence on God 23:12 - Thinking Like a Steward 24:00 - ...past into the present into the future 24:52 - ...humility 25:37 - ...knowing when to let go 27:20 - ...freeing role of stewardship 28:11 - Living Out Biblical Servanthood 28:38 - ...what is the leader a servant to? 29:29 - ...servant to a larger mission and nurture the people 29:53 - ...passivity masquerading as empowerment 30:16 - ...focus on what needs to be done; give away the credit 30:52 - ...leadership is US 32:34 - ...servant-prophet 38:02 - Surrender, Stewardship, and Servanthood Work Together DID YOU APPRECIATE THIS PODCAST? Checkout previous episodes, leave a review, drop us a note or support the mission here: oururbanvoices.com
