This is Day 3 of a discussion of senior leadership patterns that disrupt effective decision making in the church. We’ve talked about the problems – now here’s what to do about them.
The biggest thing (and the hardest thing for entrepreneurial types) is to strategically release. Not abdicate, release. You can only personally do so much (or it may just be that you have an ego problem and think that you’re better than everyone else at everything. You’re not…).
You have a team that YOU chose to help the church to function and move forward. Give them opportunities to actually lead, which means making decisions about how something is planned or structured. If they are inexperienced, take it in baby steps and give them some easy wins. However, if they have a pattern of successfully leading, get out of their way (note that successful leadership is rarely defined as doing something exactly as you would have). As the directional leader, you have to set the end goal, but let them figure out how to get there…
I’ve worked with many leaders over the years, and I am a leader myself. The best bosses I’ve had clearly defined where they wanted to get and then gave me tremendous freedom to set the path and develop the systems – with a VERY high level of accountability (for results, not processes).
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