Scott Williams is the Campus Pastor of the Northwest Oklahoma City Campus of LifeChurch.tv, which launched three years ago and already has an average weekly worship attendance of over 3,500. He is also on the teams of both MinistryStrategies.com and The Vanderbloemen Search Group. To connect with Williams, read his blog, watch him on youtube, follow him on twitter, or friend him on facebook.
Earlier this week, he wrote about becoming an effective leader. Consider his six steps:
- Recognize. Recognize that leadership is a gift, an art, a craft . . . that has to be continually developed.
- Realize. Realize that although leadership is a craft, it is not rocket science. Stop making it so difficult.
- Remember. Remember the Golden Rule . . . Remember in order to become an effective leader you have to understand that relationships matter.
- Replicate. Replicate what works and don’t force things that don’t work.
- Resurrect. Resurrect a dying team member . . .
- Reinvent. Reinvent the way leadership is carried out! Break the box, find a new way, figure out what works for you, don’t be scared to be different, reinvent what has been seen as irrefutable.
So What?
Great leaders are always growing. Take a few minutes and give yourself the gift of a leadership check-up.
- How do you measure up to each of the six attributes?
- What are you doing to continually develop your leadership abilities?
- What do you do to unnecessarily complicate your role as a leader?
- How is your leadership style uniquely yours?
- Scott writes, “There are many leaders who never become effective leaders.” How do you differentiate a leader from an effective leader?