So I'm always reading books on working with people and leadership trying to improve those portions of my self that I feel weak in. Recently I read through Patrick Lencioni's books "The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team" and am now wrestling with the implications it carrys into my job as a church leader. See Patrick's first and most important function or dysfunction is for a team to trust one another. I won't get into all of the things I'm thinking right now but I'll just throw this out there...can Christians have trust without love?
I find often that my thoughts don't translate into things people can see. There is a disconnect between my speech and my thought life. In my mind I am always considering how much I love the people I get to work and serve with...my actions betray me in conveying that to them. Most of the decisions I make are made with others in mind...at least they are in my mind. Then I fail to communicate that and end up hurting people. This kind of stuff just tears me up.
I want us to be a team that trusts. I want us to be a team of people who knows that they are loved and so when we give feedback or suggestions on how to improve their craft they understand we love them first and so they receive what we say because they know it's with their best interests at heart.
All of this comes back to my ability to translate my thoughts of love to tangible, noticable actions of love. And it's in the hands of each of us to do the same.
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