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If you're reading this (and aren't about to click away while rolling your eyes), you are a values-based leader.
In a nutshell, after looking inward to your gifts and your values, a you decide that the work you and your team does should help create a better world for yourselves, those you serve, and those who come after you. And as a fellow values-driven leader, I think that's great!
However, a values-based leader still has to eat, sleep, and pay the bills.
They have to have the time and energy at the end of the day to be present for their loved ones. And they have to have the practical skills and mindset that will make their organization sustainable for the long haul.
In addition, leading a team of people is made infinitely harder by the fact that all of us are people. We are beautifully diverse in our needs, motivations and backgrounds. At the best of times that leads to wonderful, visionary collaboration informed by all our different perspectives. At the worst of times to drama, politicking, and chaos that threatens to undermine the very values we are committed to uphold.
I've worked in "caring professions" for almost a quarter of a century now. More specifically, I've spent 20 years in university libraries from the front desk to the Dean's desk and pretty much everything in between. And you know what?
Leading a values-based team is harder than it has to be.
Building a better world without burning out in the process often feels like an oxymoron, if not an outright impossibility, in large part because it's so hard to get out of our heads and see beyond the tension of infinite possibility and scarce resources.
Sometimes you need a seasoned coach (who's not your boss) to help you work through a tricky problem or intimidating project that has you stuck at a dead end.
Sometimes you can see an amazing mountaintop miles off in the distance, and you need a mentor to help you train for the climb and stay on the path.
And almost always, the journey would be easier with a few like-minded friends who can laugh, cry, and learn with you along the way.
Enter the Kind Leadership Guild.
The Kind Leadership Guild is a professional community that provides short-term coaching, long-term mentorship, and ongoing fellowship with values-driven leaders who have committed to building a better world without burning out. If you're a leader who could use a supportive, objective advisor and community of fellow leaders to help you build a better world without burning out, here's how it works:
- For $50, you can book a 1 hour trial conversation with me about a leadership challenge you're struggling with. it can be a situation with a team member, political drama, a tough budget decision, a big project that's overwhelming you-- you name it. I'll listen, I'll help you clarify said problem, and we'll start sketching out a potential solution for you to implement.
- If you find that chat helpful enough to keep the conversation going, and we believe you would be a good fit, you can accept my invitation to join the Kind Leadership Guild.
- The Kind Leadership Guild currently costs $200 a month, and your price will never increase for as long as you're a member.
- Guild membership includes unlimited support via email, a monthly 1 hour check-in call where I will coach you through your current pressing challenges, and also serve as a mentor as we start uncovering and healing the deeper issues that may have led to those challenges in the first place.
- I'm currently recruiting the founding group, so once we have a few members on board, We will roll out a group chat or forum where we can all start building a true community of kind leaders. I know I want a secure, asynchronous platform available 24/7 that allows members to be able to use nicknames or pseudonyms if they wish, but we will make that decision as a group.
The Guild will run for as long as it is financially, emotionally, and energetically sustainable for me and enough leaders to be worth our mutual whiles. Might be a few months, or a few years, or longer. It's lifespan will be determined by its mission, not the other way around. So with all that said...