So You’ve Been Called as Stake President: Now What?

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transcript of this podcast Highlights 3:00 Be intentional about
your leadership and it will reach more people. 4:00 Kurt served as
a bishop and then served in a stake presidency. 5:40 Principle one
- Lead the leaders NOT the stake 9:05 Principle two - Consider
mandatory stake programs and themes 11:40 Principle three - How to
lighten the load through overcommunication 13:45 Principle four -
Minimizing targets 16:00 Principle five - Shepherding the lost
19:00 Principle six- Empower the stake Relief Society president
20:30 Principle seven - Being a stake president also has to do with
the president’s wife. Invite her into the experience. 22:30
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