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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 [...]

Malcolm WebberMalcolm Webber

What is Empowerment?

According to the New Testament, the role of the leader is not merely to do the ministry but to equip the people to minister. It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up… [...]

Malcolm WebberMalcolm Webber

Legitimate Vision

A useful definition of leadership revolves around “vision,” and has three parts: The leader establishes the vision. He aligns the people in that direction. He motivates and inspires them to move and keep moving in that direction until they fulfill the vision. Viewed from this angle, leadership involves movement toward a vision. This is a [...]

Malcolm WebberMalcolm Webber

Pursuing Reality

Too often, churches and ministry organizations allow themselves to be distracted by things other than the real issue. The real issue may be a key problem they need to face or a key opportunity for advancement they should explore. A crucial role of the leader is to focus attention on the real issue at the time. Healthy leaders help people [...]

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The Two Critical Responsibilities of the Leader

Every leader knows very well that there are never enough hours in the day to invest personally in all the issues that are competing for his attention. To be effective, he must delegate many responsibilities, as well as, whenever possible, the necessary decision-making authority. However, there are certain responsibilities that the leader [...]

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