Upon graduating from our various school studies, it is wise to remember that commencement is just that, it is a beginning, not an end. Remember that sill increases the more you use a tool. Do your best from the beginning, but do not consider yourself a finished product. You've only just begun!
In recent years we seem to have overlooked modesty. We should admit that we are novices in many areas and need wise counsel and support of those who have been in the business for a while. We need to remember that just as submission to authority is a two-way street, mentoring needs to go in two directions: leader to people in areas in which they are specially equipped; people to leader in areas where members of your team have gained expertise through years of priceless experience. Even when you have become a seasoned veteran, maintain an attitude of an amateur willing to learn from the marvelously gifted team members that surround you.
Whatever you do should not be done casually or haphazardly. Whatever is worth doing at all is worthy of your best effort.
Rather than impressing people with your giftedness, remember two basic factors that will hold you in high esteem with your team.
First, love your people extravagantly. If they are convinced from your tangible performance that you genuinely loves them, it is often easy for them to forgive many of your inadequacies. This kind of love evidences itself in the degree of sensitivity you demonstrate for them. It surfaces in your ability to spend time with them and really enjoy them s people, not as potential means for accomplishing your programs. It comes to light more dramatically as your people find that you are quick to assume the blame for something that goes askew, humbly admitting that you do not have all the answers, seeking and honouring their opinions, hurts with them when hey hurt, and is quick to ask their forgiveness if you feel that you have failed them. Such a leader does not come into the team environment exuding the impression that they know it all. You need to come in knowing that God has given everyone a gift and that the accumulated giftedness, working in harmony together, is what makes up the genius of your team. "I am humbled that God has called me to a position of leadership among such a superior group of people. I'll share what I know. You share what you know. Together we'll discover what we need to be and do. Together we'll work to bring about what we want to accomplish through this team."
Secondly, there are a great number of leadership tools out there for you to use. Personally find the material that deals with the spiritual, emotional, and mental support system you will need to succeed.
We will get tired serving, but we will never tire of serving. In our emotional roller coaster of life, we will feel inadequate until we reach a level we determine is success. Until then, along with unrealistic expectations put on us from others may tempt us to put inordinate amount of time and effort into your work. As a result, for those with families in particular, you may neglect those very people that are the most important to you. Then there are others who spend so much time with their families that they perform not enough service to their work. Both extremes of ambition and indifference must be avoided if a person is to succeed in leadership.
We are called to feed, lead and serve a group of people making up our team. We look for ordinary people called upon to do extraordinary things. Most of the time we dread giving out specifics to a job, we would rather go through a list of character traits and that's because it is more important to us what a team player is than what they are able to do.
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