In my current reading of Good to Great, the author talks about the difference between ruthless and rigorous. He is really talking about getting the right people on the bus (leadership), and getting the wrong people off the bus. I have to admit, I had never really thought about leadership in this way.
I was talking with a friend the other day, and said that one of the hardest things to do is to pull a group along, wheter it is a team, a family, or the congregation. My friend said that pulling conjured up a much better picture than pushing. I’ve been thinking about that a lot. And I have to say that I agree.
If I am going to pull someone I have to go where I want them to go first. I have to be willing to enter that behavior, or place. Heck, once you can see that someone else is there and its not so bad, it is much easier to want to go there. If I push someone, they are the first to enter the new place, new behavior, new attitude. That is really scary.
Thank-you my friend, for opening a new door for me to my understanding. Let us all be door openers for God.
I was talking with a friend the other day, and said that one of the hardest things to do is to pull a group along, wheter it is a team, a family, or the congregation. My friend said that pulling conjured up a much better picture than pushing. I’ve been thinking about that a lot. And I have to say that I agree.
If I am going to pull someone I have to go where I want them to go first. I have to be willing to enter that behavior, or place. Heck, once you can see that someone else is there and its not so bad, it is much easier to want to go there. If I push someone, they are the first to enter the new place, new behavior, new attitude. That is really scary.
Thank-you my friend, for opening a new door for me to my understanding. Let us all be door openers for God.
