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Grace & Salt is more than a leadership guide, it’s my invitation to you to pursue a journey of self-discovery and challenging leadership formation through the lens of Scripture.
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“This book is my chance to sit down and have coffee with you in a sense. Through words woven into sentences, and sentences woven into 12 key leadership lessons rooted in Scripture, I get the unique opportunity to share my story with you - and I don’t hold anything back in the hopes that my story and experience pushes you to grow in every aspect of your life. Grace & Salt puts into words what I share with you if we met for coffee and you were looking for that extra push to grow as a leader.
I’m grateful that you would take the time to visit my story on your journey because your story matters. I can’t wait to hear how Grace & Salt impacts you!”
Melissa McCormick
Career Coach | Author | Speaker | Business Strategist
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Colossians 4:6
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Not sure if Grace & Salt is for you? Read on for an introduction to the first three chapters of the book, as told by Melissa!
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LESSON 1
When I really sat with the words of Paul in Colossians 4:6, I realized that as followers of Jesus, it’s essential that we incorporate both grace and salt (truth), into our communication style as leaders in a fast-paced and often overwhelming world. Here in Lesson 1, this verse forms the foundation that carries us into the rest of the lessons. Ultimately, we learn that knowing how much grace and salt to bring into our conversations is not always straightforward and must be tailored to each situation - but the fruit of this careful application has the potential to transform how we approach leadership.
LESSON 2
Bringing my relational side into my work and leadership style was never something I really considered for the majority of my time in corporate America. But a closer look at Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians shifted my perspective. It’s here that Paul demonstrates how relationships make it possible for our message to be more effective. In Lesson 2 we learn that when we take the time to build relationships with the people we lead and work alongside, we in turn create an atmosphere of belonging that strengthens employees’ level of engagement.
connections & sense of belonging
serving & giving
LESSON 3
With the life of Jesus as our guide, Lesson 3 walks us through what it means to be a servant-leader, a term originally introduced back in 1970 by Robert K. Greenleaf. When I discovered Greenleaf and his framework for analyzing someone’s leadership style with the Greenleaf Best Test, I knew that I wanted to use it to analyze the leadership style of Jesus, our best example of servant-leadership. In this lesson, we do just this and much more to discover the importance of transitioning into a servant-leadership mentality and incorporating it into our daily leadership routine.
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CELEBRATION FOR GRACE & SALT
Sometimes the fear of the unknown is the obstacle to help us grow in all areas of life. Grace & Salt taught me to trust my inner strength to speak up and step out of my comfort zone. For anyone who wants to learn more about developing themself and building strong teams, I highly recommend this book.
— TRICIA BENNETT, SR. DIRECTOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TAYLOR COMPANY
Grace & Salt is a collection of carefully developed and selected leadership tools; including real-life scenarios, poignant bible verses and parables, self-awareness exercises, and sound leadership advice from a corporate veteran and faithful Christian, Melissa McCormick. This book provides insights on how to apply the correct amount of candor (salt) with the right blend of compassion and understanding (grace) to business and/or personal situations. Applying these insights to business or personal interactions provides an opportunity to deepen relationships, better understanding others, and greater inner peace.
— MELISSA WOLFE, OWNER, FOSTER BRANDS, LLC
In her book Grace & Salt, Melissa crystalizes a lifetime of career and leadership experience in a single creative volume. The book provides a very enlightening overview of Melissa’s servant-leadership perspective in a series of lessons that address practical business situations that all leaders face. These lessons are presented in the context of spiritual quotes from the Bible, and they provide excellent common-sense skills and techniques that will help anyone interested in growing their leadership capability. Whether seen through the Biblical lens, or seen strictly from the business perspective, this book is an outstanding resource for leaders at any level of their personal development.