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Followers: self Leaders: others
Followers: self Leaders: others
I was recently in another airport boarding yet another airplane. It’s that “open” style of boarding where you get guided on like cattle. It’s moments like that when people seem so sensitive and acutely aware of all their needs. Catching a plane calls on emotions that relate to a persons peace. Will I have a place? Will I get where I’m going? I’m having to “parade” in front of so many other people in getting my seat. The bottom line is it stirs, unwantedly, what is selfish about myself. I caught that one day. I thought, “It’s so easy to be selfish”. For everything to be all about me. Yet, it is so, not “all about me”. It’s all about me, just that I say, Lord, what am I here for, right now, right here in this particular situation. Only then, is it all about me. (Whew, that sure takes a load off).
The overriding reality I’ve witnessed is this. Selfish people have small worlds, little influence and few friends. People with influence and enjoy promotion are those who interpret the world outside of their own needs and give accordingly to others.
Leadership: Inspiration Instead Of Intimidation
Leadership: Inspiration Instead Of Intimidation
A.W. Tozer said, “God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues his labors always in fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty wind and sat in tongues of fire on every person…Whatever else happened at Pentecost, one thing that cannot be missed by the most casual observer was the sudden up-surging of moral enthusiasm. Those first disciples burned with a steady, inward fire. They were enthusiastic to the point of complete abandon”.
Leadership is defined as influence. To simply define leadership does not make you a successful leader. Successful leadership is the ability to pass certain “tests”. There’s the morality-test, the people-skills test and the family-test to name a few. Another important test is your ability to influence and motivate people by inspiration as opposed to intimidation. [You may “buy” a hand to do, but better is to “win” a heart to follow.] The result of inspirational leadership is for motivation in the heart’s of the people on your team. Leaders need to remember that an ounce of motivation is worth more than two pounds of threats, five pounds of pressure or ten pounds of condemnation. Bottom line: an inspirational leader has a greater degree of capacity to lead people past the problems toward their answer. An inspirational leader (though maybe inferior in natural talent) will supersede the results of the more gifted (but less passionate) leader every time! The question becomes therefore, what is demanded of you, the leader, in order to bring about the kind of passion in yourself and others that will get the job done well.
