68. Tony Cooke – Relationship Oriented Leadership

Welcome to Episode #68 of the Red Ink Revival Leadership Podcast. Today’s conversation is with Tony Cooke, a tenured church leader, former Bible College Dean, author, and mentor to church leaders around the world. Our conversation on Relationship Oriented Leadership takes us into the following topics:

• Leadership begins with relationships.

• Biblical characters and their dysfunctional relationships.

• Sanctification happens in the fires of relationships.

• The Apostle Paul’s broken relationship profile.

• The elements and potholes of empowering others.

• Gamaliel’s mentorship of the Apostle Paul.

• Barnabas’ friendship and encouragements with Paul

• John Mark’s challenges and rifts with Paul.

• Content leaders versus relational leaders.

• Barnabas’ redemption and nurture of John Mark.

• Ten thousand teachers but only a few fathers.

• A leader’s anxiety versus vulnerability and holding others accountable.

• The balance between task and relationship orientation as leaders.

• The beauty of nurturing and challenging those we lead.

• Our heart bleeds when people reject or transition out of our leadership.

• The healthy side of relationship anger versus shutting down.

• Observing team members’ emotions versus wrestling over the relational data.

• Working on relationships without the right tools is very difficult.

• Forgiveness, releasing debts, and understanding how to restore to wholeness.

• Developing differentiation in relationships to nurture our own identity.

• Jesus removed himself from hostile situations by holding healthy boundaries.

• Andrew missing out on Jesus’ inner circle group.

• Contrasting what you “need” versus what you “desire”.

Tony Cooke’s book on relationships is called Relationships Matter and can be found at tonycooke.org.

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Edited and produced by Evan (Emac) McAlister