Leadership
Create Opportunities
2:50 PM
Have you ever heard the term “create a team”? I have heard
it so many times. In my mind it is something that makes completely perfect
sense. Creating teams around you to increase your effectiveness and influence.
It is something that I love being a part of. I love leading and teaching other
leaders. It is a passion that God has given me, but I have noticed that some
things make more sense in my head than they do in the people around me. We get
to talking in this lingo and using these terms that we forget not everyone is
familiar with it.
I got to talk to a leader not long ago that the whole
thought of creating a team was so intimidating it was almost paralyzing. He had
stopped trying because he could not wrap his head around it. He had begun to
create “positions” for people on his team just to feel productive. What he soon
discovered is that he was making his job more difficult. He was putting people
in places they did not need to be. So they were not succeeding which led to
frustration. Leaders want to win. Its our job to set them up.
Here is what I learned through that. Creating a team is not
easy and it starts with Creating opportunities!! People need to see other
people on your team succeeding. The moment we create opportunities and trust
that God will provide people to fill them it gets easier. It is easier to align
a person to an opportunity than it is to align a position to a person.
Opportunities bring the best out in leaders and positions confine them to what
you want not what they are capable of. Do not allow the word team to overwhelm
you. Just start moving one opportunity at a time and your team will grow and
solidify.
3 things to remember when creating an opportunity;
1 thing at a time – most
leaders have a level of impatience. We want to move and see progress, but don’t
confuse your vision with your action. The vision will come as well as the need
for action. Take things 1 step at a time and your team will grow. Everything at
once can become a little overwhelming. Take the time that is needed for each
step and opportunity.
Don’t confine them to
how you want it done – a good leader will succeed if you let them, but
don’t constrain them with making them do it your way. If the outcome is what
you envisioned than give them the freedom to determine how they get there.
Align them with your
vision – It is sooo important to remember alignment. We all say it a lot,
but I wonder if we really grasp a hold of the concept. Making sure someone
understands and is bought in to your vision for the organization is critical.
Them understanding their importance to the team how they fit in to the over all
scheme of things will change your team dynamic completely.
What would you add to that list?
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