Tag: leadership stress

How Much Shut-Eye Do You Get?

When we don’t get adequate sleep we can become more rigid in our thinking and less adaptable. Rigid thinking impairs good decision making.

Do You Recognize These Symptoms of Stress?

Prolonged stress makes you more forgetful.

Leaders, What Does Leadership Stress Look Like to You?

The ideal level of challenge in your leadership is leadership stress: where you think your best thoughts, pray your deepest prayers, discover great ideas and solutions, your relationships are solid, and you are making measurable progress.

How Your Pressure Shapes Your Leadership

Chronic stress leaves the stress hormone, cortisol, in your body and brain for extended periods of time (as well as imbalancing brain chemicals called neurotransmitters).

5 Easy Tips to Avoid Youth Pastor Burnout and Exhaustion

Many youth leaders get discouraged and quit because they dont have a vision worth staying for or, if they do have a vision, a strategy for accomplishing it. Learn how to avoid youth pastor burnout.

10 Pastor Danger Zones for Leaders

It's the young minister who is more likely to try to brave it out alone. It's the young pastor who is more prone to end up a victim instead of a victor in these pastor danger zones.

Why Stress Makes for Effective Leadership Through Stress

Excerpted from 'Tempered Resilience' (IVP) by Tod Bolsinger, this piece explores how leaders can develop effective leadership through stress.

How to Manage Your Stress as a Leader

Ask someone how they’re doing. The common response: “I’m good, thanks!” Here’s the more candid version I’m hearing these days. “I think I’m pretty good, but I’m...