Helping Saints Find Purpose in Church Service | An Interview with Simon Fagg

Simon Fagg lives in Colchester, England, and runs his own leadership development consultancy. He is an executive coach where he helps his clients lead their teams more purposefully. For the last 25 years he has been facilitating learning and strategy workshops to some of the world’s leading companies, enjoyed working in nearly 40 different countries across the globe, and has learned so much from different national and organizational cultures.

A lifelong member of the Church, Simon’s service includes a full-time mission to England Birmingham, bishop, stake president, stake Young Men president, and FSY director. He currently serves alongside his wife as an assistant national director for communications in the UK. Simon loves to learn, sing, read, walk, ski and play volleyball. He and his wife Leah are the blessed parents of six daughters and one son, and grandparents to three wonderful granddaughters. Their youngest daughter was stillborn 20 years ago and this bittersweet experience was transformational for their family and faith.

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Highlights

3:45 Introduction to Simon Fagg, his professional experience, and experience in church leadership

9:20 Simon’s perspective on the dynamic of church leadership. The differences between leadership in the church and in business.

12:30 How do we motivate people to get their ministering done or serve more?

16:30 Infusing individuals with purpose to help motivate them. Hearing vs. doing.

21:20 Come Follow Me was announced and we assume that everyone was on board but there is a lot more to be done and steps in between hearing about something and then actually doing it.

22:20 Identifying barriers that prevent you from achieving a goal. You have to take your foot off the break to be able to accelerate.

25:30 We have a great purpose in the church but sometimes we forget that individuals are finding purpose outside of it. These individuals aren’t doing as much in the church. How can we help these people?

30:00 Think of what you are going to bring instead of what you are going to get. For example, instead of wondering what you are going to get out of sacrament meeting you should bring an open heart and mind. Reach out to someone new.

32:00 Building others to be able to serve in your capacity when you are released. How can we prepare our replacement?

36:45 The handbook says, “Being a faithful disciple in order to help others become faithful disciples is the purpose behind every calling in the church.”

38:20 Having tough conversations to help others in their discipleship and leadership

44:45 Jesus Christ sees people deeply. We need to figure out how to do this too.

49:00 Challenging others to change in a loving way. Seeing people with an eye of faith.

53:10 Simon shares a story of inviting someone to change.

56:50 Preparing the rising generation

1:07:00 Three leadership principles that Simon wished he knew sooner. The first is quiet leadership.

1:09:30 Simon shares his final thoughts on leadership and service.

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