These are the notes from my breakout session at #orange09. Very challenging stuff! 

Eternal roaring—what your saying on the inside isn’t coming out but it’s so good that is should… Do you ever feel this way?

There are significant lies about the kind of roar we should have in ministry that we as women believe:

• I have to be:

Stronger, bolder, more courageous

• I have to work:

Harder, longer, smarter, be the best

• I must:

Chokes back tears/ push down emotions

What are we trying to prove?

Princeton business survey:

Women are more assertive, bold, take more risks than their male counterparts

But what about LOVE! That is what we are gifted at!

If someone followed me around for a year, would they say my collective roar is a roar of LOVE?

4 Distinct Areas to look at as women in leadership

• Living into our unique leadership style:

Never stop growing

Become professional listeners

Become professional encouragers

Never try to be someone we’re not

Discover your strengths

Find helpful language to describe yourself and then share it with others. Discover who we are

Discover our unique spiritual gifts

Personality types

Celebrate the uniqueness of others

Never make your leadership about YOUR leadership

                        This is about the kingdom

                        This is about others

                        Root out selfishness

                        Work through our wounds

                        Find comfort in my own skin by realizing it is not about me anyway

• Creating a healthy rhythm of life

What season of life are you in? My life, my challenges, my unique experiences /Celebrate your seasons!/Live into your season, stop apologizing for your seasons…

Knowing what your values are //the kind of life we’re trying to lead//what are my priorities?

Knowing the importance of rest

Knowing the importance of my unique capacity //am I pushing myself too much?

• Forging Healthy Relationships with Male counterparts and Female counterparts

Men

            Seeing myself as a team player// “I have something to contribute to the team.”

                        Build bridges to the spouses of married team members //

                        Pick the battles you will fight!

                        Be wise with boundaries

                        Have a healthy sense of HUMOR!!

            Women

                        Avoid competition and comparison                        

Cultivate Friendship with female counterparts

Keep confidences—don’t gossip, don’t listen to gossip

Celebrate the successes of other women and grieve with the losses

• Handing our story to other women

                        Invest!! Invest in a girl and she will do the rest

                        Encourage

Develop

Hand over the keys—leadership

A roar that is competitive is different than a roar that is secure in who God has called us to be.

Be a woman of exceptional, extravagant, and selfless love! 

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