Why do most leaders think competency is the finish line, when it’s actually just the beginning?
In this episode of Linch with a Leader, Mike Linch sits down with Dr. Harv Powers, licensed clinical psychologist, pastor, and author of Redemptive Leadership, to explore the five stages every leader moves through on the way to genuine influence.
Drawing from over 40 years working with leaders in crisis, Harv explains why most leaders don’t fail because they lack skill or knowledge — they fail at the level of character. He shares the darkest season of his own life, when his marriage ended and he resigned from his job feeling like a complete failure, and how that exact crucible became the foundation for everything he now does helping leaders navigate their own breaking points.
Mike and Harv unpack Harv’s Redemptive Leadership framework, including the stages of Competency, Intelligence, Character, Transformation and Redemption, and explore why emotional intelligence is the number one predictor of success in any field. Harv explains why our shadows never fully disappear and must instead be stewarded, why every leader eventually faces their own “well of Midian” moment, and why the leaders who resist their crucible season often stall out right where they are.
They also discuss one of the most freeing truths in leadership: God doesn’t use us in spite of our brokenness. He uses us because of it.
And for leaders in the middle of their own crisis, Harv offers a powerful reframe:
Name it. Own it. Steward it.
Dr. Harv Powers is a licensed clinical psychologist, ordained minister, and president of The Redimere Group, a faith-based nonprofit focused on leadership development for faith-based leaders and organizations. He is the author of Redemptive Leadership and has spent over 40 years working with leaders in crisis around the world.
Read ‘Redemptive Leadership’: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0998789690?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
