How I Lead as Bishop | An Interview with Neil Henderson

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Neil Henderson serves as bishop in his ward in Gorleston, England. He has previously served as a Young Men president and 1st counselor, counselor in numerous bishoprics, high councilor, and in the stake Young Men presidency. As a student he studied carpentry and joinery and also served in the British Army infantry RSV for around 10 years before joining the Fire and Rescue service in 1997, where he currently serves as a Watch Manager. Neil is a convert and the only member of the Church on his side of the family. His wife Carolyn (née Bone) served in the Canada Toronto mission, and they have two sons who served missions in Ghana and South Africa. Highlights 02:15 Neil’s story of conversion and how he got connected to the missionaries 18:15 Demographics of Neil’s area 20:20 Getting called as Bishop 23:00 Neil’s 1st principle of leadership: You aren’t going to fix everything 27:00 Principle 2: Don’t try to do everything yourself 29:00 Tips for one-on-one meetings with leaders; they create improvement plans 33:20 Principle 3: Keep meetings to time and use technology when appropriate When appropriate they meet over Zoom for meetings because it’s a rural area that is very spread apart They use Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and Zoom to connect 42:30 To be a leader is to walk in the footsteps of Christ. Links Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast Get 14-day access to the Core Leader Library

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Let's talk about the plague of pornography for just a minute.
0:07.0	Wow, this is one of the biggest issues that so many deal with in these latter days, but few talk about it or even know how to
0:14.2	talk about it and when they do talk about it is usually in a private setting with
0:18.9	a leader who is expected to know how to navigate struggles with pornography.
0:23.9	Thankfully, leading Saints has put together a remarkable resource called
0:28.1	Liberating Saints.
0:29.6	It's a virtual library with 25 plus presentations focused on helping leaders be better prepared to help
0:35.9	someone overcome struggles with pornography.
0:38.7	We cover topics like how to minimize shame in the Bishop's Office, how to talk with children about pornography, and even
0:45.1	how to talk about female pornography use in Relief Society.
0:50.3	If you'd like to review the Liberating Saints Library at no cost for 14 days, simply go to
0:55.2	leading Saints.org.14. That's leading Saints.org slash 1.4. While you're at it, we'll give you access to all of our virtual libraries that cover
1:05.7	several leadership related topics. So click the link in the show notes or simply
1:10.1	visit leading Saints.org. 14. I am here with Neil Henderson. How are you Neil?
1:29.0	Very well, thanks, Kurt. How's yourself?
1:31.0	Even better, especially that I get to listen to your accent for the next few minutes.
1:35.3	So this is good. And we are connecting from different sides of the globe. You are in
1:45.0	Goulston, England right? Yes, right?
1:46.0	Right, yeah.
1:47.0	And that's on the east coast of...
1:49.0	Is that right?
1:51.0	England.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leading Saints, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Leading Saints and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.