There will be many opportunities to praise the New Staff’s work and progress, but there will also be times to question them and challenge them to do better.<\/p>\n
This is an excellent post from Andrea Buczynski’s blog and so very relevant for coaching and mentoring New Staff. Enjoy the post, and check out Andrea’s website for more excellent posts about leading spiritually and strategically!<\/p>\n
speaking the truth with\u00a0love<\/a> \u201cSpeaking the truth with love\u201d does create a challenge. Holding love and truth together when you\u2019re talking with someone about hard things and things that need to change, takes courage and grace. Communicating that I am for you when I have something to say that may strain our relationship calls for a true inner strength. It does not require harshness. It does require being filled with the Spirit.<\/p><\/div>\n The challenge of the tension got me thinking about combining the truths of those two passages – Ephesians 4:15 and I Corinthians 13:4-7.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what that might look like.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a friend, spouse, parent, or leader, speaking the truth with love is one of those commitments we need from each other. No growth without it. 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\n<\/strong>Posted on<\/span> February 19, 2012<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span> Andrea Buczynski<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nI gave an example. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen anything yet on the action point you had for last Friday. Can you bring me up to date on what is happening?\u201d One person just said out loud, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t harsh!\u201d In that moment, I realized that in that part of the world, most correction or truth-telling from people who loved them was harsh. The association was that love and truth together was punishing, condemning, shaming. Nobody wanted to be that way. They were stuck, so they avoided it entirely.<\/p>\n\n