Leadership Task - Leading

Can we assume that everyone knows that leadership has nothing to do with being a dictator. 

Lose the haughty, superior or overbearing attitude.

Has nothing to do with whipping people from behind, urging them to get or keep going.

Rather, leadership, is about going out in front, setting the pace and inviting your team to follow you.

Also careful not to get to far ahead, you may discover when you look back that no one is following you.

The other end of the spectrum is the indecisive leadership style, which is not really leadership at all. This could be because you have left the discipline of planning behind and opted to go for a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants philosophy.

So instead of being out front, leading, you lag behind, hoping your team will not move ahead too rapidly.  Worse than that, you may actually serve as brakes when your team wants to put their dreams into action.

What do you think when you leave leadership to others?  Probably go on paths not intended for your team or even giant circles - spinning your wheels rather than progressing.

The importance of effective relationships

It is my conviction that the most of the trouble experienced by a leader in their organization is not based on leadership but relationships.

If a leader is able to form effective, meaningful relationships with the people with whom they come in contact, in most cases, they will succeed in the organization. 

If they have severe relational deficiencies, they are likely to become a casualty to the organization and end up in some other profession. 

It would be extremely helpful if young leaders were to take whatever tests are necessary to see if relational deficiencies exist in their lives.  If they do exist, then the person should seek professional counseling to help them work out their difficulties or they should abandon their plans for a leadership position.


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Members of your team should be treated with love

When I have taken over a new team there are two things that I concentrate on - love my team lavishly and preach the Word everyday.

Some people are easy to love.  Remember to pray for them.  For those who are not easy to love, you will be spending a lot of time praying for them expecting that God works the greatest miracles of all in the lives of the "unlovely" people.

Develop a one-to-one relationship with your team members - remember to meet wtih them at least once every three months to ensure both of you are successful.

In those meetings ask a lot of questions - key questions about themselves. As a result, you will find yourself  becoming genuinely interested in them.  They in turn will see that you are interested in them.

There are quite a few practical ways of demonstrating love - remember the five love languages so that you will not do a "team" love but more expressions at the time when you meet one on one - although team celebrations are awesome.

Here is a team that "loves" - welcome to the world of auctions--

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