(Ep. #28) Lead Well: The Leader's Inner World, Part 1

What does God actually look for in a leader's inner world? In this episode of Lead Well — our biblical leadership podcast series — we are tackling three of the most overlooked qualifications from 1 Timothy 3: temperate, sober-minded, and not given to wine. These are not personality suggestions. They are character requirements. And every single one of them is about what is happening inside you before it ever shows up outside you.If you have ever worked under a leader who could not hold it together under pressure, made impulsive decisions that everyone else had to clean up, or was clearly being run by something other than the Holy Spirit — this episode explains exactly why that happens and what God requires instead.We break down the Greek words behind each qualification, look at what the research says about emotional regulation and leadership effectiveness, and ask the question most leaders never stop long enough to answer: is there anything that has more control over you than you do?This is Part One of a two part series on The Leader's Inner World. Part Two covers not violent and not quarrelsome — what happens when the leader gets pushed.The Awkward Pastor — biblical leadership that says what everyone is thinking but nobody is saying.