Feed The Leader

I know that in many places that leadership and leadership development can be an area of conflict. I know that especially when it comes to the church people can really get touchy about it. But over the last 4 years as we have been starting a church I have learned that if you don’t feed the leader then things go bad quickly. Especially when you are the one that everyone expects to be the leader. So I am really challenging myself to be a leader that is focused on feeding myself when it comes to becoming a better leader.

“Everyone wins when a leader gets better.” Bill Hybels

 I want to be a leader that is getting better so that people around me are getting better. So there are some things that I am doing intentionally to get better:

• Reading the Bible from the perspective of how will this make me better as a husband, father, and leader.
• Listening to leaders from different areas of leadership. Business, art, marketing so that I can start to think as a leader differently.
• Reading books that influence my ability to grow others around me. I recently read the book “Protégé” by Steve Saccone and it rocked my world.
• Meeting with leaders that are better than me and that are steps ahead of me when it comes to being a better husband, father, and church leader.

What I want to remind you is that “Everyone is a leader somewhere”. So what are you doing to feed yourself to be a better leader? Because everyone wins when a leader gets better!

The book about developing leaders around you.

March 4, 2015 | Categories: Books, Leadership Development | Tags: Bill Hybels, Coach, develop, everyone, father, feed, husband, Leadership, moms, parents, pastor, protege, Wives | Leave a comment