Melissa Rau

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EDUCATION

ABOUT MELISSA RAU

I\'m a senior level manager and strategist whose priority is to empower teams and develop leaders to help them achieve their greatest potential and affect positive change in the Church and the world. Skilled in Visioning and Planning, Fundraising, Strategy and Consulting, Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaking, Change Management, Scaling Up, Retreat Leading, Group Facilitation, etc; proven success with small and large-scale partnership and collaboration, project management, and conference planning. I care a great deal about Christian formation, discipleship, evangelism, music, the arts, children, youth, and family ministry, and most things church-related. Signature Strengths: Strategic, Activator, Ideation, Command, Competition; MBTI: ENTP-A; Enneagram 8w7Personal MissionGod’s Call on my life has been to live boldly, love extravagantly, and lead audaciously for justice, then peace. I am passionate about helping people acknowledge and fully embrace their belovedness through nurturing authentic relationship and supporting communities of practice. Core ValuesIntegrity: I am honest, direct, and aspire to live above reproach with accountability. Influence: I cultivate a range of networking relationships to support and inform positive outcomes that matter. Yes, I wanna be in the room where it happens;)Integration: I do my best to live holistically, striving to weave together and balance all facets of my life (personal, interpersonal, emotional, spiritual, vocational, etc.).Impact: I prefer not to waste my time with things that don\'t matter to me and passionately invest in the things that do.Innovation: Tradition matters, yet to remain relevant, I enjoy reimagining new ways forward to honor the past while collaborating with others to create a more equitable future so all can flourish.Inquisitiveness: I aspire to live, love, and lead in the spirit of curiosity, wonder, and adventure through deep listening, discernment.