Tuesday, May 01, 2012

 

Known A Few Of These In My Day

Ron Edmondson on "7 Characteristics of the Bottleneck Leader":
  • Every decision ultimately goes through the leader…
  • Dreaming is limited to the pre-determined boundaries of the leader…
  • Waiting for the leader to make a decision becomes awkward and wastes time…
  • There is no clear vision or direction for the organization…
  • The leader never delegates…
  • Potential leaders aren’t recruited…they are controlled…
  • Everyone waits on the leader to make the first move…
This is one of those times that this standard "management practice" stuff rings very true int he church. This is in part becasue I think so many people get into church leadership in order to feel like they control things. It is pretty easy to take control of a ministry of some sort becasue relatively few people are interested in it. But I think this has a genuine spiritual dimension that should be explored.

God has made us all for ministry and that means leadership to one level or another. Part of maturity in Christ is having the freedom to take on things. not the mention the freedom to fail when we try - after all, we might succeed the next time.

This type of leadership breeds immaturity. I know, I know, it always seems like no one is capable so you HAVE to pick up ball. Hogwash! God has the ball and they are more capable than you think.

Besides - is your job to make them capable.
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