Maybe you’ve felt yourself leading from the extremes: hiding your true thoughts and emotions in order to keep the peace, then over-reacting to relatively small issues or problems at other points. Is “authentic leadership” just another meaningless buzzword, or can it be something bigger (and even better) than a hashtag?

When we’re separated from our values – even unconsciously – we become separate from ourselves. It takes courage to live and lead authentically.

That kind of integration takes courage. It isn’t built overnight, but it can start now.

Join our host, Rev. Sarah Ciavarri, and an engaged learning cohort of fellow faith leaders live and online!

• Participate in eight three-hour webcast sessions

  Be there on Thursday mornings – from April 8 through May 27 – as Rev. Ciavarri applies groundbreaking research by Dr. Brené Brown to the area of church leadership. Based on what they learn, participants will build an integration plan for continued development after the course concludes.

• Practice within a safe context

  During the course, participants will have break-out sessions to discuss and apply what they’re learning in order to prepare for real-life situations.

• Develop meaningful connections

  Leadership never grows to its full potential inside a vacuum. The reality is, having people in your life who are walking a similar path makes the journey easier and more fulfilling. This course is a great opportunity to meet other like-minded leaders that have shared the same experience.

Sarah Ciavarri, M.Div. is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator-Consultant, Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, and a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation. For eight years, Rev. Ciavarri has been a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator on a variety of topics including resilience, vulnerability, and shame. She is a faculty member with Coaching4Today’s Leaders, as well as the author of Find Our Way to Truth: Seven Lies Leaders Believe and How to Let Them Go. Rev. Ciavarri has been the Director of Spiritual Care at Augustana Care in Apple Valley, MN for over 12 years.

While Dare to Lead training is frequently provided in corporate settings at a significantly higher cost (approximately $2,000), we are grateful to Rev. Ciavarri’s willingness to offer this course at a fraction of the price. With that in mind, we are requesting that registration be limited to church leaders only. This includes pastors, judicatory leaders, church planters, bi-vocational pastors, and new, emerging, or discerning leaders. If you fall into one or more of these groups, welcome!

Additionally, due to the nature of the material presented and discussed, being in a place of relative emotional health and/or stability prior to attending this course is recommended.