All leaders fall in two categories. They either serve themselves or serve others. Whether you lead a church, business, non-profit, athletic team, department, classroom, or even something like a homeowners association, you will fall in one of those two categories. All leaders do. Once again, leaders either serve themselves or serve others.
The following are 10 Signs Your Leadership Is All About You And Not Others:
- You do not care what others say.
- You do not care what others think.
- You continually tell others the price you are having to pay to lead them.
- You choose priorities, processes and personal passions over your people.
- You are not physically present with your team and therefore, do not help them during their times of need.
- You choose what is easy for you and that which costs you as little as possible.
- You neglect to pray for your team.
- You take more from people than you give.
- You celebrate your wins and miss your team’s most important moments.
- You make their story about you by continually using personal pronouns like “I”, “I’m”, “I’d”, “me”, and “my” during your conversations.
- ***BONUS*** Christian leaders are especially susceptible to this because we can spiritualize our narcissistic behavior. We can misappropriate terms like “passion”, “calling”, “grace”, and “good stewardship” in the name of selfish desires.
After reading this list, is your life and leadership about yourself or others.
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