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S6 E8 | Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin | Nailing It: Redefining Leadership Through Suffering and Surrender

The Alabaster Jar · Aug 25, 2025 · 48:50

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In this conversation, Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin joins Dr. Lynn Cohick to talk about her new book, "Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender." Dr. Martin shares her journey of developing a redemptive approach to leadership, emphasizing the importance of learning from failure, embracing empathy, and surrendering perfectionism. They also explore the complexities of power, the challenges women face in leadership, and how true leadership is rooted in Christ-like sacrifice and service.

Resources Mentioned:   

The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity  

Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender by Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin  

Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions by John Kotter and Holder Rathgeber  

Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church by Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah  

Soulfire International Ministries  

Episode Sponsor:  

The Alabaster Jar is brought to you by The Center for Women in Leadership, a newly formed 501©3 nonprofit organization whose purpose is to equip women in a context that is biblically rooted, theologically robust, and ethnically diverse to thrive as leaders in the academy, the marketplace, and the Church. Follow them on Instagram @leadershipwithoutapology. 

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