building a sustainable life.

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Are you sensing God’s call to develop your gifting in helping and nurturing others? Join us for our Mentoring Essentials Cohort and explore how to become an effective mentor. Learn more and join our free introductory webinar on June 22nd (21st, depending on your location). Click through to find out more!

The Mentor Essentials Cohort is Finally Here

June 15, 2023
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Do you want to know how to set strong professional boundaries in mentoring? Read this article to explore the law, professional limitations, relationships, self-awareness and professional supervision. Click through to learn more and get questions to reflect on!

Are your professional boundaries slipping? 

June 1, 2023
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Are you a mentor or leader struggling to keep your personal boundaries? Click through to read this article to explore why our boundaries fail and how to recognise and prevent them doing so. Discover your personal warning lights, what to do to get boundaries back in place and resources to help you grow your mentoring skills.

Are Your Personal Boundaries Slipping?–How to Read the Warning Signs 

May 25, 2023
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Are you a mentor looking to improve your active listening skills? Click through to read this article to explore how to be present and stay focused on your mentee, pay attention to what isn’t said, reframe what your mentee says, don’t make assumptions and ask thoughtful questions. Assess your competency level and get personalized mentor support and development.

Six ways to Improve your Listening   

May 11, 2023
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Are you a mentor looking to build strong relationships and avoid common pitfalls? Click through to read this article and explore how to maintain strong motivation and create healthy margins to recharge yourself. Discover your competency level as a mentor and uncover helpful resources to grow your skills.

Key Behaviours that form Relational Bonds: Knowing, Encouraging and Helping Others

April 13, 2023
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Click through to explore how the story of Paul in the Bible can be applied to modern day ministry. Reflect on the questions and discover what success in ministry truly is.

What is Success in Ministry?

February 2, 2023
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Happy Christmas, everyone! We are so grateful here at Verve Lead for all our readers, and we are praying and hoping you all are having a peaceful and happy holiday season with your loved ones.  While being a time for celebration, Christmas is also a time of great meaning. It was the turning point in history; bringing us our savior

Christmas Blessings

December 23, 2022
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Are you interested in improving your professional practice and finding support in your career? Professional supervision may be the answer. In this article, we delve into what you can expect during a professional supervision session and the benefits of engaging in this process.

Professional Supervision: the Sessions

October 27, 2022
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Focus on the Supervisor Welcome to week six in our series on what we can learn from the Seven Perspectives for Professional Supervisors. Last week, we delved into the relationships between the Professional Supervisor and their Supervisee. This time, we are narrowing the lens on the Professional Supervisor themselves; examining their professional process and what is going on inside of

The Seven Perspectives: Perspective Six

September 22, 2022