A quick leadership thought for a Saturday. I’ve spent much of the past few decades in senior church leadership, and – you know what? It’s hard! I have had seasons where many of my days literally consisted in running from meeting to meeting, all day long. That’s draining in the best of times, but can really be difficult to do when the church is in growth mode (you would think that’s the best of times, but we’ll hit that topic on a different day…).
In the midst of this, it’s very easy to slip into hyper-driven task mode, especially if – like me – you’re wired that way to begin with. You can get so results-focused that you roll over people, or – worse yet – forget about them. Two things to fight the tendency:
A quick leadership thought for a Saturday. I’ve spent much of the past few decades in senior church leadership, and – you know what? It’s hard! I have had seasons where many of my days literally consisted in running from meeting to meeting, all day long. That’s draining in the best of times, but can really be difficult to do when the church is in growth mode (you would think that’s the best of times, but we’ll hit that topic on a different day…).
In the midst of this, it’s very easy to slip into hyper-driven task mode, especially if – like me – you’re wired that way to begin with. You can get so results-focused that you roll over people, or – worse yet – forget about them. Two things to fight the tendency:
- Encouragement over attack. Sometimes you need to call out the bad. But if your only communication is when a “course correction” needs to be made, you will cause your team to fear you. Not respect you, fear you. Those are two different things;
- Listen. Even in the busiest days, set aside a few minutes where you sit down with a team member and listen – to understand where they might need help or resources, to hear what they’re doing, and to hear HOW they’re doing. P.S. Don’t interrupt and finish sentences to “keep things moving.”
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