One of the ways you might like to follow up with this week’s podcast on the leadership journey of Moses is to reflect on some of the things that have contributed to your own leadership journey.
Keep in mind that while Moses’ story fits neatly into three stages, your journey may have more phases. Look out for events and times that have marked turning points between phases. Use the second template (or your own variation on it) to reflect on your own story.
Key stages |
Formative years |
Exile years |
Leadership years |
| Turning points | Intervening against the Egyptian | Meeting God at the edge of the desert | Striking the rock |
| Defining moments | Standing up for the Hebrew slave | Choosing to intercede | |
| Important people | Mother, sister, Pharaoh’s daughter | Wife, father-in-law | Aaron, Joshua |
| Crucial decisions | Deciding where his allegiance lay | Defying Pharaoh and leaving Egypt | |
| Times of testing | Tests faced by his people and family | The loss of his vision | Complaints of the people |
| Notable successes | Courage of others | Signs and wonders | |
| Regrettable failures | Rejection | Striking the rock | |
| Life lessons | Sense of injustice and of identity | Experiencing the mighty hand of God | |
| Sense of calling | Choosing to stand with the Hebrews | Call episode in chapter 3,4 |
| Key stages | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | … |
| Turning points | |||
| Defining moments | |||
| Important people | |||
| Crucial decisions | |||
| Times of testing | |||
| Notable successes | |||
| Regrettable failures | |||
| Life lessons | |||
| Sense of calling |
The Crucible of Leadership 