Friday 12 August 2016
THE VISIONARY LEADER PART 2
A visionary church leader from the above definitions is not a boss who drives his workers and members. He depends on his goodwill and inspiration to make others to follow, not on authority. The visionary leader explains, shows how it is done and says "let go" and not "go". Robert K. Greenleaf in his book, "The servant as leader" said "foresight is the lead that the leader has. Once he loses this lead, and events start to force his hand, he is a leader in name only. He is not leading, he is reacting to immediate event and he is probably not long been a leader."
With vision, a leader is on a mission and a contagious spirit is felt among the crowd until others begin to rise along the leader. Someone was asked, "What would be worse than being blind"."she replied, "to have sight without vision. "Unfortunately, there are many leaders without vision. Great leaders possess two main things. They know where they are going and they are able to persuade others to follow.
What you see is what you can be. The vision makes the leader and not the other way round. people do not follow a vision in itself, but follow the leader who has the vision and able to communicate that dream effectively. Most of the things people learn at church, home, school, etc are through visual, i.e the things they see. This is also true about spiritual seeing (vision). John Maxwell in ultimate leadership mentions four vision level of people. They are:
1. some people never see it. (They are wanderers)
2. some people see it but never pursue it on their own. (They are followers)
3. Some people see it and pursue it. (They are achievers)
4. Some people see it and pursue it and help others to see it. (They are visionary leaders).
With vision, a leader is on a mission and a contagious spirit is felt among the crowd until others begin to rise along the leader. Someone was asked, "What would be worse than being blind"."she replied, "to have sight without vision. "Unfortunately, there are many leaders without vision. Great leaders possess two main things. They know where they are going and they are able to persuade others to follow.
What you see is what you can be. The vision makes the leader and not the other way round. people do not follow a vision in itself, but follow the leader who has the vision and able to communicate that dream effectively. Most of the things people learn at church, home, school, etc are through visual, i.e the things they see. This is also true about spiritual seeing (vision). John Maxwell in ultimate leadership mentions four vision level of people. They are:
1. some people never see it. (They are wanderers)
2. some people see it but never pursue it on their own. (They are followers)
3. Some people see it and pursue it. (They are achievers)
4. Some people see it and pursue it and help others to see it. (They are visionary leaders).
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