Many leaders confuse networking with prospecting. You can easily spot prospectors. They are about building relationships primarily benefiting them. Networking is about establishing relationships for the sole purpose of benefitting someone else. One example is when you connect two people who need to know each other whether you benefit or not. The most successful leaders in the world are networkers, not prospectors. Once again, this is why servant leadership is the only sustainable leadership model.
I thought about this principle of networking vs. prospecting when I read the titles of this week’s Top 10 list. Leadership is all about building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships.
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The following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of January 16th:
- The 1 Thing Your Church Needs To Gain Traction by Rich Birch
- The 3 Possible Pathways To Becoming Successful At Anything by Brandon A. Cox
- 7 Things Which Weaken Good Leadership by Ron Edmondson
- 3 Things Every Leader Should Do Every Day by Randy Gravitt
- Top Preaching Books To Read In 2017 by Brandon Kelley
- 5 Things To Consider Before You Fire A Church Staff Member by Tony Morgan
- 5 Ways Judgmental Christians Are Killing Your Church by Carey Nieuwhof
- 7 Practices For Great Staff Culture by Dan Reiland
- 5 Things Every Senior Pastor And Executive Pastor Need From Each Other by Tim Stevens via Vanderbloemen.com
- Should Pastors Abstain From Drinking Alcohol? by Charles Stone
Well, that is my Top 10. What other great posts did you read for the week?
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