When Life Doesn’t Seem to Work for Those We Lead | An Interview with Roger Connors

Roger Connors has worked in leadership consulting for over 35 years
and is a graduate faculty professional member of Utah Valley
University. He is also adjunct for the Woodbury School of Business
MBA program, and a four-time New York Times and Wall Street Journal
bestselling author. His most recent book is Divine Patterns:
Seeking the Blessings of Heaven. Roger has served as president of
the Kennewick, Washington mission, stake president and branch
president in the Provo Missionary Training Center, and currently
serves in a Provo young single adult stake presidency. Highlights
01:15 Introduction to the topic of patterns 01:30 Roger’s
background in leadership 03:30 How can we have smoother transitions
in leadership? Start with results. Know what you want to accomplish
How do we get people to change their thinking? Create new and
powerful experiences 07:20 Cognitive bias and but leading by the
Spirit 12:00 How can we get people to change their thinking? 12:40
Real life examples of suspending belief bias from when Roger was a
mission president 14:30 As leaders we keep doing the same things
over and over expecting different results 15:00 Roger talks about
his new book Divine Patterns: Seeking the Blessing of Heaven. He
explains how patterns tell us what to do. Especially patterns in
the scriptures. 16:50 Where do we start as leaders when we are
trying to help someone? Roger suggests starting by identifying
patterns that could help that person in their specific situation.
17:20 We need to be careful applying patterns where they don’t fit.
For example, the 5 steps of repentance. 22:30 We don’t earn
blessings, we qualify for them by doing what we can. It’s up to God
to deliver what He sees is best for us. He will make sure that the
right thing happens at the right time for us. 23:40 Promising
blessings as a leader 26:50 You can have what you want or you can
have something better. Remember that God’s will is always better.
30:00 When you give your life to God, He will make something out of
you that you could never make out of yourself 30:40 Roger shares
experiences of listening to two different apostles speak and the
very different talks they gave about following the spirit 32:15
Hold on, continue faithful, and God will come through for you. Bind
yourself to Jesus Christ. 33:20 Roger shares his own difficult
experience of coming home early from being a mission president
because he was diagnosed with cancer. Trials can make us feel like
victims. Roger’s advice is to stop focusing on why it’s happening.
The right question to ask is what? What should I do next? 35:00 The
main takeaways from Roger’s book Be conscious of the patterns found
in the scriptures to help yourself and others Trust in the Lord’s
timing and His way 35:50 Roger shares his own personal experience
of trusting God and following promptings 38:15 God wants to be
involved in your life. As leaders we need to help people see the
hand of the Lord is their lives. 40:00 Roger shares how to find
patterns in the scriptures using Ether 12:6. He shares his own
trial of faith. 42:50 More scriptural patterns. There are a lot of
simple scriptures that have powerful concepts. 45:30 Remember that
patterns are not formulas Links Divine Patterns: Seeking the
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