Developing Great Leaders...
Time to talk a bit about the MLS training sessions last week.
Roy Crowne talked to us about assessing our own leadership experiences and development, and asked us some really tough questions. (see the extended entry for a run down of these).
He also talked a lot about his own personal journey into leadership. It's really encouraging to hear that people that you think have always "had it all sorted" actually have had to engage in a long personal journey to get where God ultimately wants them. It also got me thinking again about an issue that Kathryn touched on at team training yesterday, and it centers around this question - "Primarily, does God call people to PURPOSES, or to specific PLACES?" i.e. Does god say "Here's what I want you to do, now find somewhere to do it" or does he say "here's where I want you to go, and do what you can when you get there", or is it a combination of the two.
And the more important question - Does God really care that much what I do, or is he actually totally concerned with who I am?
Anyway, back to Roy...
I guess the one thing that I was really challenged by during Roy's session was the suggestion that "Every issue that you'll ever face as a leader will be a relational issue". And as much as I agree with this suggestion, there's a part of me that thinks that's somehow far to simplistic - and if that it totally acurate, why has no-one ever said it before?
And also, he touched on the whole area of leaders having a "dark side" - the things that we know can easily draw us into danger areas and damage our effectiveness in ministry, leaving us focussed on what John Ortberg calls our "shadow mission".
The strange thing is, that as a magician, the idea of having a darkside somehow sounds mysterious and exciting, even though I haven't worked out what mine actually is yet. Maybe I need to find a different term to use when thinking through this whole area.
Roy Crowne talked to us about assessing our own leadership experiences and development, and asked us some really tough questions. (see the extended entry for a run down of these).
He also talked a lot about his own personal journey into leadership. It's really encouraging to hear that people that you think have always "had it all sorted" actually have had to engage in a long personal journey to get where God ultimately wants them. It also got me thinking again about an issue that Kathryn touched on at team training yesterday, and it centers around this question - "Primarily, does God call people to PURPOSES, or to specific PLACES?" i.e. Does god say "Here's what I want you to do, now find somewhere to do it" or does he say "here's where I want you to go, and do what you can when you get there", or is it a combination of the two.
And the more important question - Does God really care that much what I do, or is he actually totally concerned with who I am?
Anyway, back to Roy...
I guess the one thing that I was really challenged by during Roy's session was the suggestion that "Every issue that you'll ever face as a leader will be a relational issue". And as much as I agree with this suggestion, there's a part of me that thinks that's somehow far to simplistic - and if that it totally acurate, why has no-one ever said it before?
And also, he touched on the whole area of leaders having a "dark side" - the things that we know can easily draw us into danger areas and damage our effectiveness in ministry, leaving us focussed on what John Ortberg calls our "shadow mission".
The strange thing is, that as a magician, the idea of having a darkside somehow sounds mysterious and exciting, even though I haven't worked out what mine actually is yet. Maybe I need to find a different term to use when thinking through this whole area.
Here are tough questions that Roy Crowne suggests all leaders should ask themselves...
personal development
Nice easy questions then? yeh, right!!
personal development
- Am I aware of any emotional baggage that I need to leave behind or at the foot of the cross? Describe.
- Am I fully aware of my dark side and have I faced it or do I hide from it?
- Am I a fully devoted servant of Jesus Christ, able and willing to reproduce in another spiritual generation?
- For me to serve God fully, what do I need to develop or change?
- Do I feel confident in leading in this ministry? Why? Why not?
- In what ways have others affirmed my leadership? Explain.
- What experiences have I had outside this ministry that gave me confidence to lead?
- What experiences have I had where I said, "Now I'm a leader."?
- What additional experiences do I need in order to feel confident and competent as I lead?
- What do I need to know or to understand in order to lead in this ministry?
- If someone could show me, tell me, or give me something to read or listen to what would help my understanding of leadership, I would like to know about _______________.
- "I know I can lead in this ministry." True/False. Explain.
- Something I would like to be able to talk through with someone I trust....
- An area of confidence I would like to grow in...
- An area of my life or my soul I need to explore...
- I would value a prayer partner to pray with me about...
- One thing I am confident about passing on to someone else...
- I enjoy when I get a chance to _______________ in the context of ministry.
Nice easy questions then? yeh, right!!
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what is this about and how have i not seen it before?!
[ed.] It's all about leadership. doubt you'll really get it. lol!!