Guest post by Ron Edmundson:

Are You Ready to be a Leader?

 

I had a young man ask me recently, “Do you think I’m ready to be a leader?”

I said:

Great question. Glad you’re asking.. But, honestly, I don’t know that I’m the one to answer.

It might help if I ask you some questions:

Are you ready to stand alone at times?

Are you ready to push through fear?

Are you ready to do the right thing even when it’s the unpopular thing?

Are you ready to be misunderstood sometimes…okay…many times?

Are you ready to sacrifice for your team?

Are you ready to see things others may not yet be able to see?

Are you ready to enter the unknown…first?

Are you ready to keep confidences?

Are you ready to delegate?

Are you ready to see all sides of an issue?

Are you ready to sometimes feel like the weight of a vision is on your shoulders?

Are you ready to face conflict?

Are you ready to have your integrity closely observed by your followers?

Are you ready to receive criticism?

Are you ready to defend your team?

How’d your answers go?????

Are you ready to be a leader? What are your thoughts???

 

About Ron:

As pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church a church leader and the planter of two churches, he is passionate about planting churches, but also helping established churches thrive. He thrives on assisting pastors and those in ministry think through leadership, strategy and life. His specialty is organizational leadership.

Ron has more than 30 years leadership experience, mostly as a self-employed business owner, and has been in full-time ministry for just over a decade. He has successfully led the restart of one church and the planting of two churches. He has a seminary master’s and a master’s in organizational leadership.

This post is shared with the LM blog readers with permission from Ron Edmundson.