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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.
