1. Daring to Lead as Discipleship
Session 1: Difficult Conversations, Demanding Relationships, and Defining Communications

2. What is your discipleship quotient? Matthew 11:29

3. Discipleship is Like Four Square…
It Takes a Team
It Can Go on Forever

4. Difficult Conversations

5. What makes it difficult?
Topic
People
Situation
Corresponding Action

6. What intimidates you most? Topic or People?
Question # 1
What intimidates you most? Topic or People?

7. Why are Difficult Conversations Necessary?
People depend on leaders to keep order
Setting boundaries is healthy
People deserve to know what they are
doing wrong
Stewardship involves investing and divesting

8. Tips for Difficult Conversations
Don’t delay any longer
Make communication about them and not you
Ask questions
Listen more than you talk
Scripture is like salt for a reason
Avoid over-spiritualizing
Have a plan going in
Document

9. Demanding Relationships

10. Messiness of Mentoring
New Christians are pushy
Old Christians are territorial
80/20 rule
Remember the original 12

11. Defining Communications

12. Its not always what you say, but ____ ____ ____ ____!
A personal relationship requires personal attention
Convenience does not trump good sense
Effectual and fervent are great adjectives

13. What conversation do I need to have. Why am I avoiding it
What conversation do I need to have? Why am I avoiding it? What can be better if I follow through with that conversation? What could be worse?