Transformational Leadership. Part 2: Brave Step

The first key to leadership whether it’s 100 people or 1 is that you must change the way you think. I call this the Brave step. Take a look inside to decide what needs to change from where you are to where you want or need to be to grow and develop your leadership.

The Price of Greatness is Responsibility

To transform your life you must first renew your mind. 

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.-Romans 12:2 NKJV

Your life, your behaviors, and your management of time, money, and resources will flow from how you think. If you think poorly you will behave poorly. If you think positively with the right attitude you can move a mountain. Leadership is not only for a select few. Leadership is for all of us. As Christians, we need and are called to be leaders. The church needs Godly leadership and the world desperately needs leadership that points the way to Jesus. All of us have the potential to change the world if we learn to look deeply in the mirror and are willing to change ourselves first. You are all leaders and are pressing toward the mark of transformational leadership. You must first be brave.

That’s the goal, when you think correctly, talk correctly, then you you’ll act correctly, then you’ll relate to people correctly and little by little you’ll change your life and the world around you. Leadership is not bossing people around, it’s investing your time, talent, knowledge, and gifts into others. In turn, they will go to and do incredible things and you’ll have brought them there.

You could have ordinary happy lives and it would be good. You decided to sacrifice the good to go for something great. Let me share with you 3 facts about great leadership that I’ve discovered over the years, and that are shared from God’s Word.

Great leaders take up the yoke of responsibility.

Winston Churchill said, “The Price of Greatness is responsibility.”

Do you want to transform yourself and the world around you? Take the responsibility to do something about it. Leaders don’t spread blame they spread praise. They don’t spread criticism, they spread instruction. They don’t condemn they show the example. Examine your life. What’s good? What’s bad? What’s ugly? What can you do today to make the good great? What can you do today to make the bad good? What can you do to make the ugly beautiful?

Continued next week.