My wife Sonya and daughter Anna
When I talk to people who do n0t read this blog, the main reason they give is they do not consider themselves to be leaders. They think to be a leader you must have someone “under you”. This is especially true of many of the women I speak with.
We need a fundamental shift in our thinking of what a leader is. Leadership is not about position but rather influence. Leaders don’t need people “under them” to be people of tremendous influence.
The top influencer in my life other than Jesus Christ is my wife Sonya. Sonya doesn’t consider herself to be a leader because she is a stay-at-home mom. She rarely reads my posts because “she hears it all the time anyway” (that’s funny) and “I don’t lead anyone. I’m a stay-at-home mom”.
I began to wonder how many people out there must think like her – people who do not have a title or an office so they do not consider themselves leaders. My hope is this post gives people a new perspective.
This post is dedicated to all stay-at-home moms who have incredible influence and leadership skills they may be completely unaware of. The following are 10 Leadership Practices Of Stay-At-Home Moms:
- Stay-At-Home Moms are the greatest servants I know.
- Stay-At-Home Moms sacrifice personal desires and public recognition for the success of others.
- Stay-At-Home Moms have superior organizational skills.
- A husbands performance is in direct correlation to his wife’s confidence in him. Stay-At-Home Moms give their husbands confidence to perform well throughout the day.
- Stay-At-Home Moms are great time managers. They productively utilize marginal time.
- Stay-At-Home Moms manage the family’s financial resources and stretch a dollar.
- Stay-At-Home Moms create a warm environment to come home to. For more on that subject, click here.
- Stay-At-Home Moms rise early and make sure all of their family’s needs are met.
- Stay-At-Home Moms make investments in their children which last generations.
- As a husband, Stay-At-Home Moms are an unbelievable privilege to provide for.
Proverbs 31:29 says “Many women do noble things but you surpass them all“. Proverbs 18:22 also says “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord“. I could not agree more.
So this is a message to all stay-at-home moms, thank you so much for how you leverage and steward your influence. To your husbands and children, you are the greatest leaders in the world!!! Readers, tell me how stay-at-home moms have influenced you.
For more on this topic, read Tim Parson’s wonderful post Five Leadership Lessons From A Stay-At-Home Mom.
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