5LQ Episode 448: Dr. Henry Cloud

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Dr. Henry Cloud, author of Boundaries and Necessary Endings. They discuss how trauma affects decision making and how pruning away healthy things is actually helpful in following intended vision. BEST QUOTES “A lot of times in high performers, their unprocessed hurt does their thinking for them.” “If you are going to get from where you are today to wherever you’ve decided your vision is, it won’t happen unless you let go of some things you are doing today.” “Over time you have a different audience, a different demographic, a different emphasis in the mission, and it’s very difficult for people to create a necessary ending.” “That’s leadership: to figure out what’s got to end.” “There’s no such thing in the New Testament as people taking up resources and not being accountable for a return on that investment.” “If you look at COVID, a lot of people are having to prune ways they used to do church and create stuff for the new season.” “We have been trying to get more focused on equipping people on the crucial life skills.” “The biggest challenge for any parent or spouse right now is focus.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Lifeway.com/CoronaVirus 5LQ Episode 404: Necessary Endings Book Breakdown Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud Churches That Heal Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Boundaries.me Leadership University For instant access to 100 of Dr. Cloud’s leadership videos for free text “CLOUD” to 33777