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“No matter how good or bad our dad is, we need our heavenly Father to step in and speak into our identity.” – Linda Davis
Linda shares that it is our earthly father’s role to ‘call out the gold’ in their children-especially girls who start to lose confidence relative to boys in their teenage years. Confidence in our value and worth is more important then competence for success in life. As women, we tend to consistently underestimate our abilities and chances for success. The message of confidence and courage is also a critical role for fathers with daughters (and sons) at home and for men in the business world who, as corporate sponsors, want to retain and develop high performing women. It is actually our heavenly Father who loves us, partners with us and equips us to be courageous in stepping out, taking risks, learning to fail, letting go of perfectionism, and negotiating for what we want (in a way we wouldn’t naturally do).
When Linda came to faith in the Father at 38, she started to change her priorities but it didn’t really change her identity. It took her 20 years of walking with Jesus for that to change.
She was reinforced by her Dad that her ‘who’ and her ‘do’ (performance) were the same. It was only when she encountered God‘s love through personal ministry, that she saw these as different. Forgiveness and getting rid of lies and negative mindsets (that we may carry around unknowingly) is the key to breakthrough. As we forgive and renounce lies, hand them to the Lord, He will graciously replace them with the truth of how He sees us and feels about us (even on our worst day).
He always trades-up! We hand Him unforgiveness, lies and brokenness and He replaces them with love, truth and wholeness.
Whether we are coaching non-believers or walking alongside people who know Jesus, we need to be confident in who He says we are and embrace the truth. We want to be confident and believe in our value, and make sure that unforgiveness and lies are not blocking us from experiencing the love of God. After that, we can reveal the Father’s love to others. The courageous part is taking action and stepping into the things that are scary or things you’ve never done before. We trust that He has our back and we go out, take risks, learn how to fail, and keep going!
Linda believes that when we fail, and we are partnered with Him, He’ll show us what to do for even greater success. For more information about Linda Davis you can e-mail her at linda@ldavisleadership.com or find her website at http://ldavisleadership.com.
What You Will Learn:
How do we as women develop greater confidence in our worth?
Why do women need confidence and courage?
Why do women need a sponsor?
How do we identify the lies we’ve accepted as truth?
How do I trust my heavenly Father when I had a poor earthly father?
Why is it important to gain confidence and courage?
What is the benefit of risking and failing?
What is a power pose?
Resources:
- Download your FREE copy of the Confidence and Courage for Women Resource HERE
BIO:
As an executive coach, Linda focuses on multiplying results for leaders who are:
-Needing to jumpstart the results of their sales organization
-Being groomed for promotion to a more senior role
-Looking to expand their employee engagement and leadership
-Managing a challenging organization
-Trying to determine a next step in their career.
Linda’s commitment to developing her self-awareness, purpose clarification, influence, executive presence, and balancing work with life, allows for richer work with her clients facing similar challenges. She has worked with clients in the US and abroad including Australia, Europe and Canada.
Clients say that Linda offers great listening, positive energy, insight and wisdom to empower them to achieve breakthroughs for themselves and their teams. Linda’s leadership background includes exceptional sales results as Hewlett-Packard’s General Manager for the Midwest region for personal computer and printing products.
