Trust Must Come Before Leadership

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching 1 Comment

Before I graduated college I had a variety of uncomfortable jobs. One of those jobs was selling compliance posters (the poster you see hanging in break rooms explaining federal and state laws like minimum wage). I would start my day with about 10 posters and knock businesses door-to-door until I convinced a business owner to buy. I [...]

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Finding the Extraordinary to Fill Church Callings

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society 3 Comments

Imagine if you sat on the board of directors for a large Fortune 500 company that needed to find a new CEO to improve the dismal progress of the company. You are not allowed to conduct any formal interviews. You can only choose from people that live in a specific geographical neighborhood (about 350 people). [...]

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Unnecessary Sacrifice is Evil

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Leading LDS in Apostles, Bishops, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Leadership Skills 2 Comments

It should be clear that LeadingLDS as a resource isn’t reserved only for those in leadership callings. It should be a resource for all individuals looking to have more positive influence on individuals. This is the essence of leadership. In the LDS church, leadership sometimes comes with formal responsibility through a calling or assignment. Being a Bishop, [...]

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When You Aren’t Called to be the Leader — Call Yourself

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Relief Society 3 Comments

I remember a time on my mission when my zone leader was about to return home and therefore the mission president would have to call a new zone leader in the area. I was the district leader, and I had promptings I would naturally fill the role as the new zone leader. I punished myself [...]

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Words Home Teachers Should Never Speak

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching No Comments

This is an introduction to the guest post LeadingLDS contributed to ModernMormonMen.com. See link below to read full article. The home teaching checklist: Set the appointment … check. Knock on their door … check. Ask the “How’s work?” question … check. Be the children’s punching bag … check. Pet the family dog … check. Share brief [...]

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An Interview with Ron McMillan | Influencer

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Books, Change Anything, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Leadership Skills, Relief Society, Video, Visiting Teaching 5 Comments

I had the opportunity to sit down (through the internet) with Ron McMillan. He is a four-time New York Times best-selling co-author of Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, Influencer, and Change Anything. He knows his stuff when it comes to creating lasting change. The interview answers a lot of questions, including: How do you create lasting change in Elder Quorum [...]

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How Will You Measure Your Life? | Avoid Dissatisfaction at Church

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Leading LDS in Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Relief Society, Uncategorized 7 Comments

Clayton Christensen is remarkable. He’s been punching out quite a few books over the last few years. Many of them business focused and not exactly “light reads”. He recently came out with a book titled How Will You Measure Your Life? This is a book focused on life and priorities. I highly recommend it and more post [...]

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Clay Christensen & James Quigley — Innovative Home Teaching

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Leading LDS in Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching, Interviews, Uncategorized, Video, Visiting Teaching 6 Comments

Great inspiration comes to those that listen to genius. Great minds challenge one to think deeper about the problem in front of them. One of those geniuses is Clayton Christensen. Not only is he a Harvard Business Professor and famous author he is also a Latter-Day Saint and former Area Seventy. I enjoy listening to [...]

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Allowing Natural Consequences to Teach

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Leading LDS in Bishops, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Leadership Skills, Primary Presidencies, Relief Society, Uncategorized, Video 1 Comment

President Henry S. Truman had a small wooden sign on his desk that stated “THE BUCK STOPS HERE”. His desk displayed this sign throughout his administration. It’s a good motto — a motto all leaders should follow. Many interpret this motto not only as a reason to take responsibility of all things that happen in your jurisdiction [...]

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Home Teaching Introverts

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Leading LDS in Books, Elder's Quorum, High Priest Group, Home Teaching 6 Comments

As I read this book I thought about the methods we use to fellowship others — the biggest one being home/visiting teaching. If we have a family or an individual on our list that is more introverted should we be approaching it differently than calling and demanding a time to come and visit in their home? Could the fact that someone wants to come into their home — their “happy place” — their sanctuary — be so over stimulating that they dread the experience? Maybe the introvert that is strongly encouraged to attend the ward party is so uncomfortable that the act of “felloshipping” is just the thing that drives them to inactivity.

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