In this video, Pastor Bill shares two essential qualities that every leader should possess. It is important to focus less on telling people what to do and more on creating an atmosphere in which people can do what they were designed by God to do.
what would you say pastor bill is one of
the most important characteristics that
every leader should possess
uh it’s a combination of honesty and
humility
you you you lead out of experience you
lead out of out of being
a part of what you’re leading you can’t
lead from a distance
bossing other people around you’ve got
to be apart you’ve got to be a part of
the process
and live with the realization that
you’re made of the same stuff of
everybody that you’re leading and
and just you know to keep that keep that
tenderness my focus is
is not so much telling people what to do
it’s creating an atmosphere
in which they get to do what they were
designed to do
and so that’s that’s my unique bent in
leadership but that’s what i like to do
absolutely yeah what would you say that
you do personally
to keep growing as a leader you’ve been
leading in this environment and
elsewhere for so many years
what what do you do even still to
develop your leadership
oh goodness i don’t ever think about
developing my leadership
you know i i try to follow him well
and uh and that i think has an effect on
how you lead
i always want to strengthen that i do i
do
keep connected to people that are a lot
smarter than i am and
a lot more you know have more years and
doing what they do
and somehow being in that environment of
some of these champions always seems to
draft
it pulls you up a little higher so
that’s something i do
pretty deliberately but i i don’t
i probably miss it on this one but i i
really don’t ever think about being a
leader i think about
my heart for him my understanding what
he’s saying and doing
than doing the best to serve the people
that he’s brought
to me because my my effect as a leader
has to be seen
in their ability to thrive in life
if if they’re not thriving if if they’re
not blessed in areas of life
because i’m in their life then then i’m
not having a great effect
sure that’s my focus really yeah yeah
i think in in being a leader in any
environment you open yourself up to
potentially criticism
or opposition how have you handled
situations
like that before in your leadership
experience
um
i it depends
if i if i just made a decision i’m not
sure if it’s the lord or not it’s made a
decision that’s being criticized
then i’m going to reevaluate the
decision depends on who it’s coming from
if it’s from a trustworthy person a
friend i’m going to re-evaluate the
decision
i’ve had times where it’s been extremely
clear what i’m supposed to do i do it
and it’s criticized
it doesn’t matter to me because i i i
did what i was supposed to do now i have
to make sure
let’s say it’s between you and me then i
have to make sure that my
that my response to you is one of honor
and respect and that i can hear you
if it’s if it’s the slap of a friend so
to speak then i’m going to
i’m going to receive that and listen but
if i’ve heard from the lord and am the
one
responsible for the decision it’s not up
for negotiation
but the relationship is important enough
to me that i’ll listen