Growing a Calmer Self

The Leader's Journey Podcast

The gold standard of leadership is calm, principled presence in the face of challenge. This requires commitment and practice to do the inside-out work of growing a calmer self. About Nate Pyle

Nate is an author, blogger and ordained pastor in the Reformed Church in America. In 2015, Nate released his first book, Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood, with Zondervan. He contributed to Learning Change: Congregational Transformation Fueled by Personal Renewal. Nate’s second book, More Than You Can Handle: When Life’s Overwhelming Pain Meets God’s Overcoming Grace, released in March of 2019 with Zondervan. Currently, Nate serves as the pastor of Christ’s Community Church in Fishers, Indiana where he lives with his wife and three children.

"And so the biggest growth edge for me when it comes to growing a calmer self was growing my understanding of myself and who I am, and who I believe I've been created to be and what my values and beliefs and principles are and that's still an ongoing learning, but before I could ever grow a calmer self, I just had to figure out who my self was." – Nate Pyle

Conversation Overview

• What is the role of self?
• Managing yourself vs changing others behavior
• Calm vs reactive
• Examples of calm leadership
• Growing our capacity to manage ourselves
• Examples of calm leadership

Links and references

• Murray Bowen
• Edwin Friedman
• Steve Cuss book, managing Leadership Anxiety
• Nate Pyle Website
• Nate Pyle Books
• Chronically online
• Better Together
• https://twitter.com/NatePyle79