Bryan D. Sims
Bryan D. Sims is a pioneer, coach, writer, and professor. Since 2001, he has worked as a leadership and organizational change coach with Spiritual Leadership, Inc. (SLI), helping leaders, teams, churches, and organizations to bring spiritual awakening and missional effectiveness. He has coached in Anglican, Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesleyan, Baptist, Presbyterian, and non-denominational settings. In his work with SLI, he also serves in leadership with the Movement Leaders Collective. Since 2011, Bryan has also been a professor of leadership at Asbury Theological Seminary. His teaching expertise relates to team leadership, equipping, leading change, adaptive spiritual leadership, and the link between leadership and discipleship. Bryan is a graduate of West Texas A&M University (1998) and Asbury Theological Seminary (MDiv, 2003) and has a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (2009).
“The solo-heroic leader’s desire for control is often based in fear. A leader who is afraid of looking less competent than others may intentionally or subconsciously make all the important decisions.”
— Bryan D.Sims, Leading Together: The Holy Possibility of Harmony and Synergy in the Face of Change
