Do you feel like you have a good handle on time management? Always feel like your to-do list is always longer than the time available to you? Ever wish for more hours in the day?
Effectiveness as a leader in life, at school, in business, and in ministry often depends on something called 'self-leadership'.
A few years ago, Bill Hybels did a session on self-leadership at the Annual Leadership Summit. He made a startling statement, '50% of a leaders time should be spent on self-leadership'.
The idea is that if you are not leading yourself well, it will difficult to maintain momentum in leading others. It takes a lot of effort to maximize your time and your opportunities. It takes discipline to maintain your focus.
It's one thing to have a good vision. But vision without execution is not worth much.
Beyond effectiveness there is the matter of personal health. So many leaders live totally stressed out. I have to admit that I have lived for many years with varying degrees of unhealthy stress.
The demands of life and leadership can steal from the health of your marriage, your family, your spiritual life, and your soul. My father-in-law, David Spencer, has said, 'the greatest gift a father can give to his family or a pastor can give to his church is his own personal health and holiness.'
So how to we exercise greater self-leadership skills? This is a question that I have been wrestling with for the past ten years or more. This is also a discussion that I am currently having with my pastoral team. This past week, I shared with them a summary of my personal approach to self-leadership.
Most of this is not original with me. But this is the framework that I personally use. And these are the principles that I am coaching my leaders to use. I have sent this out to a few other leaders and have received some very good feedback.
I hope these principles help you as they have me. Download seven_key_factors_in_selfleadership.pdf
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