Surviving Leadership
My wife and I love Survivor.
I would love to be on the show, but because of my children’s age and current ministry situation, it would not be wise to apply at this time in my life.
This season is Heroes versus Villains: past Survivors fans loved versus past Survivors that fans loved to hate.
Funny thing is when you get a bunch of Heroes (usually classified as such for their leadership abilities) on the same team, there’s not a lot of bonding that takes place.
Leaders need people to lead. And when a bunch of them are on the same team, and no one is following because they’ve always been used to leading, no one knows what to do and the team exists in disaray. It appears that the Heroes are being much more Villain’ish than even the Villains.
Often times successful companies, organizations, and teams operate with a large mosaic of strong leaders. But instead of everyone trying to be in the driver’s seat; everyone knows their role ,what division they must lead, and don’t worry about the other divisions because they know that there are capable leaders there who they don’t want to get in the way of.
The key to a well oiled machine is to have talented leaders who can acknowledge their giftings, stick with those things, and move out of the way so other leaders can do their job well. This takes an environment where everyone appreciates everyone else’s giftings and where there is no fear of the takeover of roles and responsibilities.
More to come tomorrow-
In Kindergarten I was officially voted 'Most Inquisitive'.
I have been asking questions ever since as I believe that they are the catalyst to discovering the world all around us.
The answers to these questions have led me into an everlasting committed relationship with Jesus Christ, into a marriage with the love of my life, and into being the father of the two most beautiful children on earth.
It is my personal mission to glorify God with my life, advance His Kingdom through my ministry, and to love my family with everything I have.
I am the Pastor at Fellowship Church in Salem, Oregon and these are my thoughts on life.
One must realize that for the “heros” it’s still SURVIVOR which is all about individual survival and in the end not about everybody experiencing success. The villains know two age old secrets I’ve learned from being in corporate america; 1. keep a low profile. 2. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. I’ve worked for a huge well oiled corporate machine and what you say for success is true. Loved my job and we were very profitable. I’ve also been on church staff and the opposite was true … dismal experience. The corporation clearly knew what the goal was and worked towards it. Church … not so .. leadership was always looking for something “new” with no clear definition of a goal. The villains understand this (for now) the heros have yet to establish a clearly defined goal.