Leadership gets complicated when strength meets someone else’s weakness.

In this episode of Summit After the Storm, Bart Wilbanks explores leadership boundaries under pressure — specifically the difference between helping people and rescuing them. Anchored in Galatians 6:2 (“Carry each other’s burdens”), this episode examines why carrying responsibility builds people, while rescuing them can quietly stop growth.

Drawing from the climb on Mount Kilimanjaro, Bart reflects on how everyone carried something — but no one climbed for someone else. Forward progress required participation, not removal of effort. The same is true in leadership, where good intentions can unintentionally create dependence and burnout.

This conversation speaks to leaders navigating people leadership, emotional load, and the pressure to step in and solve everything. It explores leadership boundaries, accountability, development, and why absorbing too much responsibility often exhausts leaders while stalling others.

If you’re leading people under pressure and struggling to know when to help — and when to step back — this episode offers clarity on carrying burdens without stealing formation.

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