Being a faith driven entrepreneur or company leader is one of the hardest jobs in the world
Spiritual advisors can help lighten the load and shorten the journey.
This website is designed to encourage entrepreneurs, investors, and company leaders to consider hiring a spiritual advisor.
Demanding nature of the work
Entrepreneurs and leaders often carry immense personal responsibility, constant financial uncertainty, long hours, and the need to wear many hats.
Substantial levels of failure and success
Ventures often falter due to poor market fit, cash flow issues, team conflict, and much more. But success can mean wealth, personal growth, and long-term impact.
High levels of uncertainty and risk
Entrepreneurs and leaders often create something new in a dynamic environment with many unknowns and no guaranteed path to success.
Leader Health
The stresses of leadership can have devastating effects on personal spiritual, mental, financial, and relational health.
Your Venture plays an important role in God's Redemption of all of creation.
Is it possible...
to achieve your kingdom impact goals for your company and not burn out at the same time? As an entrepreneur or company leader, the two most important things you do are make decisions and create the company culture.
Making decisions apart from God and Christian values will not help you achieve your goals.
As my friend Julie Barrios who trains spiritual directors to work with entrepreneurs says, as the leader you exhale your DNA into the company. If you are not being formed in the image of Christ, then the DNA of your company is not going to be in sync with God. Intentionality in your own inner journey and how you lead are necessary to advance God's Kingdom in your work. With all the other tasks that are required to run a company, it can be challenging to integrate your faith into your work without help.
Comparing Spiritual Advising to Other Approaches
Counseling
Starting Question :
How do you feel about issue X?
Goal :
Problem focused Emotional health
Strategy :
Past focus on trauma and self-management techniques
Coaching
Starting Question :
What are you going to do about X?
Goal :
Goal focused, goal determined by founder Skill improvement Personal change
Strategy :
Future focus on a goal; identify gap between desired goal and current reality, create a plan to bridge the gap
Spiritual Direction
Starting Question :
What are you going to do about X?
Goal :
Where do you see God in X?
Strategy :
Present focus with tools of prayer and spiritual disciplines
Corporate Chaplaincy
Starting Question :
What are the spiritual and emotional needs of employees?
Goal :
Evangelism Well-being of employees
Strategy :
Pastoral care that is primarily responsive and widely available to employees
Mentoring
Starting Question :
How do you do X?
Goal :
Completing tasks
Strategy :
Rely on the mentors’ past experiences and lessons learned
Peer Groups
Starting Question :
What’s your business and life plan?
Goal :
Feedback on plans Encouragement
Strategy :
Cohorts in accelerator programs or CEO roundtables
Comparing Spiritual Advising to Other Approaches
Approach
Starting Question to Leader
Goal
Strategy
Counseling
How do you feel about issue X?
Problem focused Emotional health
Past focus on trauma and self-management techniques
Coaching
What are you going to do about X?
Goal focused, goal determined by founder Skill improvement Personal change
Future focus on a goal; identify gap between desired goal and current reality, create a plan to bridge the gap
Spiritual Direction
Where do you see God in X?
Relationship focused (with God) Spiritual health
Present focus with tools of prayer and spiritual disciplines
Corporate Chaplaincy
What are the spiritual and emotional needs of employees?
Evangelism Well-being of employees
Pastoral care that is primarily responsive and widely available to employees
Mentoring
How do you do X?
Completing tasks
Rely on the mentors’ past experiences and lessons learned
Peer Groups
What’s your business and life plan?
Feedback on plans Encouragement
Cohorts in accelerator programs or CEO roundtables
Spiritual
Advising
How
do the founders and the company align with God to carry out the mission?
Company’s
and Entrepreneur’s missions fulfilled
Mission
clarity, team culture building, integration in all business functions,
leadership development, focus on founders’ team flourishing
Spiritual Advising Toolbox
It was actually not until we started having our advising sessions that I was able to really define a success metric for me that felt right I’m understanding that relationships are what really matter more than work or success.
I’ve learned a lot from the of theology of work, like being a leader isn’t necessarily always glorious; you’ve got to be able to take up suffering for people that you're working for My resiliency is higher than it’s ever been before.
With a spiritual advisor being able to ask questions and get answers that are rooted in the teachings and wisdom of God has been one of the most impactful parts of relationship.