Tim King Leadership

The last of my musings on leadership When I look back over what I have written on this subject over the last three weeks I have to admit that if I wasn't so   dense and stubborn I could, no doubt, have learnt a lot more. People must not get the wrong impression that I know everything, it is the opposite I know very little. Here is my final contribution to the things I have learnt as a Christian Leader and have endeavoured to live by:  The higher up the totem pole a leader goes the harder it gets. The more complex things become. To deal with complexity I always hire the best people to do the job. That way when it goes right I look good. Lifelong learning is a must, reading is essential. Don't become a leader that doesn't know what is going on in the world. Learn what a tweet is. Embrace change whenever you can, this keeps you on your toes. When people say they are being honest with you, they are more than likely not. A lot of Christian leaders quote Matthe...

More leadership musings. As a continuation from the last time I posted, I am looking back on those things that have instilled themselves in me and congealed to help shape what I believe with regard to Christian Leadership enjoy: There is a dark side to Christian Leadership it's called paranoia I don't want to go there because it eats a leaders soul like a canker. When training other leaders and encouraging them to develop programmes then I say " Go for it". If it goes well we all look good. If it goes wrong I need to be big enough to carry the can. Christian leaders need to be long in the ears and short in the mouth, not the other way round. When at a conference and you are the guest speaker, spend as much time as you can talking to people who have paid to be at the conference, not just your hosts. Only use the green room when you arrive. People like to know that their leaders are human and get things wrong from time to time. When maki...

The other day I was reading the blog of a good friend, I was very interested in what he had to say on his pondering of the last 40 years. At the end of his last three blogs he presented some of his conclusions to the musings and the congealed thoughts that have stayed with him and to which he has given a place in his life and ministry. It challenged me to look back on the last few decades and present my musings and conclusions in regards to Leadership and how they have shaped my own particular ministry:                 God is not bound by border posts and manmade boundaries. I very quickly learned that it                 didn't matter where I was in the world, God was well able to fulfil   his will for my life.                   Jesus would rather work with those...