Oct
02
2008
5 Leadership Questions: Do you pass the test?
Posted by Rich Kirkpatrick in Christian Life, Leadership
J. Oswald Sanders in his classic Spiritual Leadership book quotes five questions to help figure out if you really should be leading or not (page 37). You may think you really are leading, until you truly ask questions of self-discovery like these:
- Do other people’s failures annoy of or challenge you?
- Do you “use” people, or cultivate people?
- Do you direct people, or develop people?
- Do you criticize, or encourage?
- Do you shun or seek out the person with a special need or problem?
Hard stuff for me to swallow when I really probe my character.
How did you do with this test of leadership?
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In the first point – should be “or” instead of “of” – right? Man Rich, that REALLY annoys me when you fail to type correctly like that!!!!
Well, John… not to cause a bro to stumble I corrected the typo. So, 3 out of 5? or 4 out of 5? This list kills me. I get challenged, but do shun people who are more needy under my care? Yikes. Sanders does not let anyone off the hook.