Tweet It happened like this… Cheryl and I were eating at a restaurant… That’s happened many times before… There was a large family gathered at a table nearby… We’ve seen…
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Tweet I’m an idea guy. Ideas are plentiful, I know, but I tend to have more than average. As a leader in an organization, that means I throw out a…
Tweet A common email for me is one where someone is questioning their salvation. The typical person is one who has been in the church for a number of years,…
Tweet Even if you only memorize the first sentence of this verse, I think it has the potential…as all Scripture does…to change your life. What if you memorized this scripture,…
Tweet I ran across this diagram recently about a survey of people’s perceptions on the most ethical professions. I was especially interested, obviously, in my own profession. At least we…
Tweet What if we used the honey bee’s lifetime approach to Kingdom-building? I saw an article in Southwest’s Spirit Magazine last month. Did you know a bee produces 1/12 of…
Tweet People follow the leader… Because… One of the key aspects of being a leader is leading… Leaders have a vision that includes other people… Leaders are typically the ones…
Tweet This is a picture friends sent me recently. This couple from our small group have no parents here, so we’ve adopted them and their son Luke. Luke is holding…
A couple of young guys made an appointment and came to my office recently to pitch me an idea for a new ministry they hope to start. They had been told I have a passion to empower people to follow their dreams and callings. I instantly loved their heart and the new ministry, but what intrigued me was how nervous they were making the presentation. I understand, because any kind of presentation like can be nerve-racking, and we are a large church, but I’m also their pastor. It made me wonder if I had ever done anything to make them nervous about approaching me. I concluded that it was just the situation, and not our relationship, but it caused a healthy reflection for me for other areas of my leadership.
It forced me to ask how the people on our staff…the people I work with everyday…the ones I call a “team” feel about approaching me with an idea, an issue, or even a criticism or concern. That’s one reason I periodically ask our team this question as part of an annual evaluation process. (Read about that HERE.)
In my opinion, if you are a leader, the way the people you lead approach you says much about the quality of that leadership.
Here are 7 questions to consider about the way people approach you as a leader:
Tweet After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. Acts 28:1 I’ve been to Malta….what a beautiful island country! I even visited places…