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Check
out Tom Nees' postings on leadership at www.leadingtoserve.com . Here
is an excerpt from a recent post:
"Every
leader I have known or read about has had to weather storms. They
are often caught by surprise. Which raises the question - how prepared
are leaders for trouble, if not opposition?
What if
leaders would take time to anticipate what might go wrong and plan in advance
to deal with potential problems. That's not negative thinking. It's
prudent personal risk management.
Too
often leaders have no one to turn to. They try to manage their risks and
challenges alone.
Go-it-alone
leaders miss the value of a coach or mentor - someone to confide in - someone
with an outside perspective willing to give feedback.
In his
book Mentoring: The Promise of Relational Leadership, Walter Wright compares
the Nepalese Sherpas who guided his mountain climbing group in the Himalayas
to the role of mentors and coaches. The Sherpas went before and
followed behind, attached to the climbers with a lifeline.
For
Wright, leading, like mountain climbing, is exhilarating but full of
danger. As a mountaineer or as a leader, he would never go it
alone. The Sherpas offered him life-saving advice that he recommends
for leaders:
1.
Walk your own pace.
2.
It's the journey that matters, not how high or how far you can go.
3.
The people you serve are more important than the summits you climb.
Leaders
don't need to fall off the cliff."
Now a
question I want to ask you...and need you to ask of yourself. Reliable
studies indicate that pastors who have a peer group with whom they discuss,
share, question and reflect have greater incidences of success in every
desirable and measurable category of ministry. So, WHO IS YOUR PEER GROUP?
Cheering for you,
Dave
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