Mistake #8: Not leading at the right level
By Stovall Weems
Very simply put, this mistake had to do with me spending time and energy on decisions and details that I just quite frankly didn’t need to be spending time and energy on. I would allow myself to become focused on problems or challenges that our leadership team was very capable of handling, and I would give unnecessary time and energy to fixing or tweaking something that others could easily do. I would spend time on planning details and calendar meetings that I honestly didn’t even need to be involved in.
When I spend time with our staff, what they need from me is vision, encouragement, inspiration and creativity. Not my preferences on where to do the next water baptism service, what to put in video announcements, or how to make our connection card easier to read. We have incredibly creative, pro-active people on our team that carry the vision and the heart of our church very well. They are capable of doing all these things better than I can. By getting involved in these types of things, I would begin to lead at a lower level and become a bottle neck to things moving forward. Unintentionally, I was conditioning the team to rely on my input before they could move forward with something instead of empowering them to think through it and do it themselves.
When leaders step up and lead at the right level it causes everyone else to step up as well. Jesus modeled this very well. But we must also recognize that giving people authority and responsibility also carries with it accountability. This was also modeled by Jesus. (Matthew 25: 14-30)
Leaders love solving problems- just make sure you are solving problems at the right level.
Stovall
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Either the training is excellent in this Organization or the discernment for good people is God driven.
I Think is a combination of both!
Good Job Pastor Stovall !
Great insight. Micromanaging in many organizations can be the result of not placing the right people in the right jobs and then wondering why the job isnt done right. Sometimes it just takes a little shifting of peoples responsibilities to get everyone working at their God given potential and corresponding level of accountablility.
Pastor,That is definitely a raw insight into leadership and a timely one.
That’s a great point Pastor,
Too many leaders micro-manage and end up making simple things much more complicated!
God Bless!
Thanks, Pastor! It’s a huge honor to serve as a part of the team. Thanks for trusting us as stewards of the vision!
Very very very nicely put, If more pastors would get that revelation my god what great things would take place in the body of christ. Thank you pastor Stovall and I want to say you have a wonderful staff, keep up God’s work.