Part of the reason I skimmed on my leadership is that I divided the secular and sacred, treating the executive/planning functions of pastoral leadership as less meaningful and holy than prayer and Bible study.
For years I preferred to do the easy things, not the necessary things. I don't enjoy conflict and tension. Who does?
When I stopped skimming, I began to see how much of my life was driven by external validation, other people telling me I was okay. Volunteers and staff didn't move toward me after difficult conversations about their performance. They distanced themselves from me.
I sometimes avoided meetings I knew would be hard. I skimmed on "truth" when it was uncomfortable.
A very challenging and yet, crucially, important article about the resistance that so many of us feel about "digging in" to the deeper issues of leadership.
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