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How do you evaluate your performance as a Christian leader? I hope it’s not just by how hard you work or how good your intentions are. Listed are 15 points to use as a gauge of leadership effectiveness:

  1. Leaders know their No. 1 assignment is to develop others. The find joy in giving a new skill to someone they have a glimmer of vision for. Leaders develop other leaders; non-leaders are interested only in self-development.
  2. Leaders understand the “WOW factor.” The WOW factor means a commitment to a standard of excellence that goes beyond the call of duty.
  3. Leaders see what is really going on. They understand that parking-lot attendants aren’t just parking cars; they are forming a first impression and winning friends. Effective preachers realize that when they are preaching, something more is happening; They are building faith and bringing healing. Anointed musicians know they aren’t just playing music; they are opening hearts.
  4. Leaders are people of action. They do. They don’t just talk. This is one of the key factors that sets the leaders apart from the followers.
  5. Effective leaders have dealt with their insecurities. Leaders make room for others. They seldom feel threatened and are happy to make room for the growth of those they lead.
  6. Leaders don’t care who gets the credit. The success of the cause is more important than the need for a personal ego boost.
  7. Leaders constantly find new ways to include people in the action. Only a small portion of the work is done by the leaders themselves.
  8. Leaders are miners for the “Big Ideal.” They paint a compelling picture of the grand enterprise at hand.
  9. Successful leaders have little interest in past wrongs committed against them. The future is much too promising to get bogged down in the past.
  10. Leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, then accept responsibility.
  11. Leaders take initiative. In contrast, non-leaders are responders and reactionaries. They don’t think of a great idea until they are asked, and they don’t deal with a problem until it is unavoidable.
  12. Leaders are not crippled by failure. Although they are committed to excellence, they avoid the paralyzing grip of perfection.
  13. Leaders have mastered the “paper on the floor” factor. They have discovered that neatness isn’t necessarily equivalent to effectiveness.
  14. Leaders can live with ambiguity. They don’t freak out when everything isn’t tidy and predictable. Instead, they patiently make order out of chaos and bring clarity to muddled situations.
  15. Leaders realize that busyness is not the equivalent of leadership. Working harder doesn’t necessarily ensure that leadership is occurring either. To put it simply, Leaders work smarter and with more Holy Spirit-inspired creativity.