What is GRG?

We are a ‘relational leadership network’ helping each other lead better than ever. That’s a mouthful, so here is some of what that means:

  • We are committed to our relationships with each other. In other words, we would be connected whether the organization existed or not. The organization is simply a tool to help us maintain our connection and invest more intentionally.
  • We are leaders who believe that nothing great happens without great leadership. Therefore we want to lead with passion, excellence, and learn all we can to be as effective as possible.
  • We believe support, encouragement and accountability (SEA) is something every leader deeply needs, and all of us need more.
  • We care deeply about other leaders and want to help them lead like never before.
  • We are apostolic builders sent by God to lay foundations. It also means that we value a wide variety of gifts, callings, and perspectives in Jesus’ name. (1 Cor 3:10)

Our Core Values

People

We all want to belong. Authentic relationships don’t just happen – they are built with care over time.

We endeavor to:

  • Build intentional relationships
  • Believe the best, listen well, and forgive often

Growth

Anything alive grows and changes. We pursue growth in the entirety of our lives and in every endeavor.

We are committed to:

  • Lean into accountability, coaching, and lifelong learning
  • Continue on the path of spiritual formation

Jesus

We desire Jesus-centered lives, marriages, families, businesses, and ministries. Jesus holds the center. As leaders, we are first to listen, own mistakes, and forgive.

We make a daily choice to:

  • Pursue Jesus first
  • Take personal ownership of our lives and growth

Leadership

We are not meant to lead alone, but many leaders feel lonely. We provide SEA (support, encouragement, and accountability) to point leaders, with the intention that their families, teams, and organizations grow, too.

We choose to:

  • Believe in and develop leaders
  • Develop and work in teams

What Makes Us Unique?

Uncomfortable Transparency

When people begin to relate with us as a group they tend to be taken back by the transparency of our relationships. We believe that living in the light includes making sure there are no hidden things that trick us into a false sense of righteousness.

Support, Encouragement, Accountability (SEA)

No leader has enough of these three vital relationship elements. Although we often have structures that would imply these things, the reality is almost always quite different. GRG’s desire is to support your purpose, encourage you to press into Jesus and the people he’s placed in your life, and hold you accountable to the mission, vision and values of your organization.

Relationship First

We are committed to a very high value on our relationships at home. If a leader’s marriage is struggling we will choose to make sacrifices in the ministry, business, or organization over the marriage. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be struggles along the way or that a spouse can use this priority to sabotage or control what God is doing.

7th Year Sabbatical

We encourage our leaders to take an extended sabbatical every seven years for the purpose of disconnection, perspective, and refreshment. The key pieces of sabbatical are endings, neutral zone, and beginnings. Intentional coaching and a sabbatical team are vital for this process to be healthy.