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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Pressure of Service is on the Leader
Many people see the leader as the person on top - the one with the perks, the privileges and the praise. While that may be partly true, the fact remains that the leader is at the bottom of the pyramid. It's the leader who bears responsibility for the group not vice versa. It's the leader who must form the chain of productivity by using the very human links of associates and team members. The pressure of service is clearly on the leader.
It's the leader who must make the hard decisions quickly and carefully who goes and who remains, he is the one making the painful decisions that plug the money flow.It's the leader who must ensure that the needs of the group are met and who is responsible for making the work or ministry environment either happy or horrible. He must go the extra mile if the Organization is going to go farther down the road.
The Leader is a servant of all, not the greatest of all.
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Leadership is all about creating spaces for people to achieve the fullness of their potential and then stepping back to allow them to do so.
ReplyDeleteWhen you need water from a well, you go to it, let down your bucket and draw. A leader has to be like a well, where water is the analogy for ideas, support and assistance. A leader cannot be flooding and innundating, thereby drowning all and sundry with his views.
Great Leaders were serving their followers with humility as Christ washed the feet of his disciples, fed them, healed people etc. For a Leader to succeed, it is important to have good followers too. A mere Twelve disciples , ordinary fishermen, most were not highly educated,hardly travelled more that 150 kms in their lifetimes, well they spread the Gospel like no one else had.They were great followers ready to die for the cause of their master. Great Leadership begets even greater followership.
X John D'Cruz
Very thought provoking, in the light of living out a life of humble leadership.
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