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The Power of Love in Leadership

As we finish our five days together, it’s really important to stay with the basics.

The most basic understanding of great leaders, in my humble opinion, is how to care for the people you’ve been entrusted to lead. It’s how you care for those leaders that matters. It’s how you care for yourself that matters.

I was recently reading 1 Corinthians 13 in my normal reading time and it just pierced my soul again. So many times we’ve heard it read at weddings. Quite often it’s quoted in love stories and poems. However, very rarely is it chosen for a leadership book. We have to learn to love and love well if we are going to be successful at leading things we didn’t start.

I’ve always said that leadership is pretty simple. Whether you have started something new that you’re leading or you are leading something that you inherited, it’s all about stewarding those entrusted to you. So many leaders believe that the paycheck is the thank you note for being on the team. I hate that. Leaders get to choose where they work and if they choose to work with you, then you have a responsibility to lead them well. Which in my opinion and experience, is to love them well.

As you read this passage in 1 Corinthians and we wrap up this plan, would you pray that God shows you ways that you can love those around you better? Pray for clarity on how to be life-giving to the leaders you are serving by loving them well?

Leader, you can do this. You can lead well in tricky situations. You can show who you’ve put your trust in to help you lead and bring life to those you lead. Start by loving them well and you will be ready to lead things you didn’t start.

 We hope this Plan encouraged you. Learn more about Leading Things You Didn’t Start by Tyler Reagin.