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Writings on Christian leadership and leader development by Malcolm Webber


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Giving Power Away

The following are some of the reasons why leaders might find it hard to give power away: Failure to plan. To simply recruit someone at the last moment to do something is “dumping,” not delegating. The leader must think ahead, communicate thoroughly and commit to an effective ongoing oversight. Pride. Of course, we all know that no one [...]

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Sharing Power with Others

The seven leadership essentials of sharing power with others are: Give power away. Paradoxically, leaders become more powerful when they give their own power away. Leadership power is not a fixed and limited sum – like a pie that is divided into pieces – to be hoarded and grudgingly divided up only when absolutely necessary. Everyone [...]

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