Tim King Leadership

  Making commitments, taking us beyond 2022 Every year, like millions of other people I make new year's resolutions. This year I did no such thing, then among my papers, I found these 10 commitments that I had shared at a leadership seminar a number of years ago. Perhaps these should be the type of commitments that we as Christian Leaders should aspire to.   1) People Matter.   People are our purpose. People are not a means by which we can create our own ends. When we reach out to people, they are our objective and the focus of our attention.   2) We will help people think.   If people are our objective, we will not get bogged down in the process. We will help people to think through our process to recognize  our objective rather than just getting them to do and blindly follow. That objective is and always will be to point people to Jesus. He is after all "The way the truth and the life."   3) Create great environments.   ...

  Ten things in 2022 that leaders need to be great at. Over the years the secular media has taken a dig at church leaders. They want to drag them down to their level and try to expose them as frauds. What needs to be remembered is that like everybody else we are human we make mistakes. However we are called to a higher standard and we need to live up to that standard. Here are 10 things that I believe leaders need to be clear about and consistent with in the year ahead.  1) Vision, without it how can a leader hope to take anyone anywhere. 2) Integrity:     Without it how is any leader going to be trusted. 3) Respect: Unless a leader earns the respect of those they lead any success will be short lived. 4) Authenticity: A con artist in leadership can be spotted at ten paces; unfortunately many people are blind to the Con. 5) Encouragement: great leaders are constantly encouraging those who work with and for them to complete the vision. 6) Listening: Good leaders are al...