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The Goal of a Leader

by Tim West |  February 6, 2012

For some reason, I decided to find a few new blogs to squeeze into my already overloaded mental circuitry. I typed some entry into Google that I believed would fulfill my request for church blogs. I won’t bore you with all the results, but let me highlight one discovery. This pastor’s name is Perry Noble from New Spring Church, South Carolina. I describe his location in this way (South Carolina) because the guy has 5 campuses literally all over South Carolina. Anyway, one of his recent blog contains a list he calls the “goals of a leader.” I’m not sure the word “goal” is the best word, but let’s not quibble over semantical nuances (although I really enjoy these kinds of conversations). Instead, take a look at a sampler of his thoughts (from his entire list of 18):

  • The goal of a leader isn’t to keep people happy but to keep people moving, which often times makes them not happy!
  • The goal of a leader isn’t to get something out of people but rather to invest in them!
  • The goal of a leader isn’t to DO all of the work, but to DELEGATE the work to the right people who can do it better than them anyway.
  • The goal of a leader isn’t to merely identify problems but rather to initiate the solution to the problems.
  • The goal of a leader isn’t to declare what he is against but rather define what he is for.

I could—and would—love to journey through each of these with you, providing some witty (or not so witty) commentary, but as you can see from the above, this is really NOT necessary. The list should be fairly self-evident. Here’s what I do recommend: read them. Take a few minutes and go to perrynoble.com* and look them over. I was impressed enough with the list to make a document to share with church leaders in my consultation and coaching work. As you know, not everything we read on the internet or in a blog these days is gold, but I think this one has a pretty good shine to it. I’ll let you decide if it's gold, though.

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