Be a leader??!?!!

 My comment on Ron Edmonson's blog.

1. If you are lonely in your role, you are not a leader.

2. Like in business,  but even more so: a 'leader' is one who exercises social influence, provides information, provides resources, and coaches their team. But, biggest of all, a leader equips people to get things done. The best leadership is to have a group of peers. In my leadership roles, I've treated my group of direct reports nor just as my management committee (essential) but as a sounding board, as coaches and even mentor for myself.

Don't confuse real-world leadership with the mythical leadership of movies, the pulp business press or imaginary figures in history.

3. To be a good leader you have to be firstly a good manager (leadership is the human component of management; don't let the booksellers tell you otherwise), and in parallel a person who seeks others to succeed and grow, then secondly, a humble and godly person, remembering Philippians 2:3,4.

But, of course, in ministry we don't 'lead' we serve.