When church leaders get busy, or just simply older, it’s very easy for some leadership qualities - and the things leaders are supposed to actually do - to fall by the wayside.
That doesn’t help our leadership, nor does it help those we lead. Here are seven leadership qualities that can so easily drop off the radar:
- Leaders think ahead
But when you get over-busy or over-tired, this can get overlooked. So the preaching plan comes out late, together with the agenda for the church meeting - and you completely forgot to fix a date for the "away day". Life becomes a succession of mini crises. How about setting aside 20 minutes to press the pause button, and think a month ahead, and three months ahead?
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