23: Fostering Leadership in the Classroom

Guest: Matt Coe

How can we lead well and cultivate Christ-centered leadership in our students? Matt Coe joins us to explore this big topic and share from his experience as a Sports Leadership instructor.

• “Just defining Christian leadership in itself is no easy task, and then, when you bring in the cultural element, and the virtues and values of what a good leader is in that context, it’s dramatically different.”
• GLOBE Project
• “If you have that underpinning of trust, then you can have robust conversations, then you can talk into people’s lives. A leader must be able to read the situation, must interpret the situation, and then use the right leadership quality for that moment, all wrapped in love.”
• “The character of our students is vital, the practical application of the skills that we are teaching them - organization, decision-making, teamwork, conflict - all of these things that we deal with in the mission world, we have an opportunity to teach that.”
• “As we release our students into the wider world, we need to be able to teach them to be adaptable and versatile and flexible.”
• “How can we always guide them back to the cross through the opportunities that we give for leadership?”
• “Everyone has capacities to lead in different ways.”
• Lead Like Jesus by Blanchard, Hodges, and Hendry
• “Everyone has their gifts, everyone has their strengths, so let’s play to those strengths and let’s form a team around it.”
• Leading from the Second Chair by Bonem and Patterson
• The Ideal Team Player by Lencioni

Did you miss our episode on growth mindset (Episode 15)? Listen here or read the article here.

For more about missionary kids, listen to Episode 22: Third Culture Kids with Michèle Phoenix.

What's changing our lives:

• Keane: Habitica
• Heather: Meeting friends’ kids on Marco Polo
• Matt: The creativity of students

Weekly Spotlight: Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center

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