The Formation Digest with J.L. Tanner

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For leaders compelled to become healthier humans and grow healthier organizations.
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How to best guide your people to work together to fulfill your shared mission.
An integrative and practical approach to defining organizational values.
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There's no such thing as a right answer in your formation journey.
An invitation to join the Formation Community with courageous humility.
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The three lies of leadership culture driving us to apocalypse.
We are on an accelerating trajectory toward another needed reformation, and we must understand how we arrived at our current deformity to be formed…
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Creating a Culture That Truly Cares
Exploring the dynamics of leadership at the intersection of support and expectations.
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There’s no such thing as a leader formation alum.
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Why leadership by bestseller is a doomed strategy for becoming a better leader.
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The three lies of leadership culture driving us to apocalypse.
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How to create a strategic plan for your organization that won’t just sit on your bookshelf for the…
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Do you care enough?
Why caring for the people you lead may require more than you think.
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Why leadership by bestseller is a doomed strategy for becoming a better leader.
What does it really mean to learn?
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Formation is Individual and Collective
It's a process and a structure.
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You can’t lead others where you aren’t also going.
Prescriptive vs Adaptive Leadership
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How to create a strategic plan for your organization that won’t just sit on your bookshelf for the…
Hint: The process is the plan.
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How to Transform Your Boring Job Description Into a Vibrant Career Builder
Adapt your job description. Align it with your strategic plan. Every quarter.
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You weren’t created to lead alone.
Serve your team. Be generous. Practice curious vulnerability.
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Four steps to move beyond leadership theory into action in order to become a better human and leader.
What does it mean to be formed?
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There’s no such thing as a leader formation alum.
Formation is an ongoing process.
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The Formation Digest with J.L. Tanner
The Formation Digest with J.L. Tanner
Leadership culture is built on individualism, industrialism, and consumerism, which robs our people of their humanity and meaningful work. Join the movement to lead from a healthy core by focusing on your formation.

The Formation Digest with J.L. Tanner

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