Sometimes leadership is exhausting - but in a good way. Whenever you have many people around you looking to you for direction (whether a team, employees, congregation or children) there is a lot to manage. The bigger the group, the more to handle. You've probably heard that as any group grows, you can (and need to) delegate more and more tasks. That is true. This helps the group be more connected as they take on additional responsibility. This lightens your load, right? Yes and no. Yes, some tasks are now being performed by others, but now you have more people that are accountable to you. You now have the additional task of overseeing, mentoring, training, guiding and sometimes picking up the slack. All this in addition to growing and mentoring new additions to your group and developing new ways to engage and encourage the original group. Your load changes, but doesn't get smaller. When you choose to lead, the only time your total load is lightened, is when it gets smaller... and smaller...
One of my leadership activities is being a business coach. I help others identify their goals and plan strategies to achieve their goals. Very often, the initial coaching goes something like this- "What are your goals?" "These are my goals." "What do you need to do to achieve these goals?" "I need to do a,b,c." "When do you want to have these goals achieved?" "By this date." And then off they go. OK- so there is more, but this boils it down to the essentials. Next coaching (after they have actually done some of the steps) sometimes goes like this- "No one will a or b." "What was their objection?" "I asked them to a or b for me, and they just said no." "What did you offer them?" "I offered them a or b and they said no." "What was in it for them?" "I didn't even get to tell them because they said no." "So why would they want a or b?&quo
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