Social Skills Training for Leaders
Discover this resource to enhance your social skills as you train to become a confident and effective leader, ready to communicate and collaborate with others.



Written by clinically trained psychologists, these 5 short sessions are excellent training to use with leaders as a component of a leadership team or small group leader prep meeting.
Skills include initiating a conversation, making friends, deepening friendships, recognizing when we are triggered, handling conflict, and setting boundaries. A short video by professionals accompanies each session.
Social Skills Training for Leaders
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About the authors
X. Nader Sahyouni is a licensed clinical professional counselor and a spiritual director with a Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation. He regularly speaks at retreats and conferences on the intersection of psychotherapy, spiritual formation, and brain science. He is the author of “Anxiety Transformed: Prayer that Brings Enduring Change,” as well as “The Three A’s Anxiety” prayer workbook. Nader lectures annually at North Park Theological Seminary’s Center for Spiritual Direction. He also volunteers as Asst. Director of Spiritual Foundations for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
Nancy has been a therapist in private practice since 2006. She has an extensive background serving clients of all ages and specializes in treating anxiety and the development and enhancement of social skills. Nancy has two young adult children and is well acquainted with the unique relational and emotional challenges of post pandemic era students.