Thursday Blog Post Sharing #1

This week I’m going to start something new – Blog Post Sharing.  Each week I will try to share  posts from other blogs that I read.  I hope you find them useful.

Excerpt from The Princess Principle by Richard Reising (Beyond Relevance Blog)

For church leaders, there are three princesses that you might have to learn to handle–each of them are dealt with in a very different way.
For one, many of those in your community are princesses by nature. Many live privileged lives and have high standards. They expect a certain level of communication and perhaps are finicky about how things are done. In order to get on their radar, they require you to speak their language and show that you value what they value. As a minister, these are those we pursue. He expects us to be like wise fishermen–understanding their often “princess-like” nature. After all, we have to remember that the nature of man is to “look on the outside” (1 Sam 16:7). Considering that they might look at things differently can only help us connect with them more effectively. (more . . . )

Excerpt from Five Principles I Have Learned About Leadership by Brad Post (Brad Post’s Blogs)

Influence is Not about A Position

Many people have the assumption that you need to have a title in order to be a leader.  Early in my career I thought that once I reached a manager, or an area training director or a district manager then people would listen to me.  I quickly realized that this is not the case at all.  Leadership is all about influence.  In my many years of managing numerous different types of people I now understand that to get people to do what you ask them to do does not always come down to you being the boss.  It more comes down to influencing them why they need to do something.  It does not always consist of if they don’t do what you ask they might loose their job.  But again the WHY they need to do it.  The why is the whole factor in the influence. (more . . . )

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