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Five Traps Leaders Fall Into

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
Jeremiah 1:5

If you’re a leader, consider these five traps: 1) The need to be well-rounded! Great achievers are usually not well-rounded. They’re focused! Striving to be well-rounded only sounds good. It actually forces you to invest time and energy into areas where you’ll never excel. 2) Authority without competence! Every leader has authority over areas in which he has little or no competence. When he tries to exercise authority there, he often hinders everything and everyone under him. To put it bluntly, there are things you’re responsible for that you should keep your nose out of. 3) The success intoxicant! Success is an intoxicant and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grip on reality. Leaders often assume that their core competencies are broader than they actually are. This trait is easy to see in others, but next to impossible to see in ourselves. Admitting weakness doesn’t make you less effective, it just expresses what everybody around you has known for a long time. 4) Guilt! We feel guilty about delegating our weaknesses. We assume that everybody hates to do what we hate to do. Wrong! Delegation allows somebody else to shine. Your weakness is their opportunity. 5) Unwillingness to develop others! Sure it’s easier to do things yourself. But leadership isn’t just about getting things done right, it’s about getting things done through others. If you can’t find somebody to hand things over to, look in the mirror. Your people are exactly where you’ve led them. If you’ve nobody to delegate things to, guess who needs to change.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to learn to be a better leader, in my family, in my job, at school, anywhere you have placed me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen