Managing Leadership Anxiety
Yours and Theirs
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2019
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Publisher's Description
You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External Pressures Does anxiety get in the way of your ability to be an effective leader? Is your inability to notice when you and those around you are anxious keeping you "stuck" in chronic unhealthy patterns? In Managing Leadership Anxiety, pastor and spiritual growth expert Steve Cuss offers powerful tools to help you move from being managed by anxiety to managing anxiety. You'll develop the capacity to notice your anxiety and your group's anxiety. You will increase your sensitivity to the way groups develop systemic anxiety that keeps them trapped. Your personal self-awareness will increase as you learn how self gets in the way of identifying and addressing issues. Managing Leadership Anxiety offers valuable principles to those who are hungry to understand the source of the anxiety in themselves and in the people with whom they relate. Readers will be empowered to take back control of their lives and lead in mature and vibrant ways.
Endorsements (17)
“Anxiety may be one of the main reasons many pastors leave the ministry. . . . Steve offers a helpful, gospel approach to managing leadership anxiety. This is a book we all need to read.”
“Steve Cuss leads you on a journey of discovery and practical approach that will literally change your relationship with worry and anxiety. Every parent and leader needs this book.”
“Leadership isn’t just what you do; it’s who you are. Steve Cuss helps us develop that part of who we are that handles (or mishandles) anxiety. This book equips you for those moments when you realize things are beyond your direct control.”
“How we manage anxiety matters, and Steve provides wisdom for every one of us navigating the invisible forces impacting our work and our health.”
Rev. Chuck DeGroat
“Anxiety draws us into a downward spiral. We need outside help to break in and redirect our vision. Steve Cuss offers us that kind of fresh, honest voice to snap us out of the downward spiral. Not only will we become less anxious, we’ll become more whole, hopeful, and fruitful. A much-needed resource for the church in these anxious times.”
“Through guided personal reflection and system analysis, Steve imparts wisdom that will help leaders last and churches thrive. This will be a book our team works through!”
“This is a brilliant book. One to slowly digest and share with your team.”
“Steve has brought to the surface things that I have never read in any other leadership books.”
“Steve compares anxiety with tangled fishing line, an impossible mess. Impossible, that is, until you learn a few basic techniques to unpick things, one little bit at a time. This is a book to kickstart that process. This is a book that is the equivalent of the expert untangler, speaking softly and confidently in your ear, ‘not that one; this one.”
Dr. Conrad Gempf
“I have seen the power of genograms and differentiation in my own life. Steve takes these and many other tools to help us enter the world of noticing and moving through internal anxiety and group dynamics. This book is a great primer for anyone trying to grow in their understanding of how to lead in the anxious world we live in.”
“I have struggled with anxiety all my life, and the only way I have learned to live with it is not to fight it away, but to invite God to be with me in it. That is exactly what Steve Cuss helps you to do in this book. This book will be a great guide as you walk with others and with your own mind on the hard road worn by anxiety into deeper and deeper freedom.”
“If you want to grow as a leader, then Managing Leadership Anxiety is a must-read. The principles laid out in this book are responsible for the transformation of many of the leaders in my own community. Steve is the real deal as he is a practitioner as well as a thought leader.”
“Steve Cuss clearly identifies the reality of emotional undercurrents in ourselves and others that stonewall connection and real progress. Steve is a needed voice among leaders today. If you want to build a culture of trust, connection, and impact in your home or organization, then you need to read this book.”
“Every Christian will benefit from reading this book. Pastors, seminarians, and congregational leaders will find this an especially helpful resource.”
“If you have been entrusted with the responsibility of leading any group of people, you owe it to yourself and to them to read this insightful book.”
“In Managing Leadership Anxiety Steve helps us look under the hood and not only trouble shoot but repair the often overlooked sources of anxiety in us as leaders, the teams we lead, and the organizations we serve.”
“Steve Cuss is an authentic pastor and a tremendous leader. He’s been one of my ‘go-to’s when I have anxious seasons. The principles he shares will become tools that you return to again and again.”
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