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May 2024Do you believe one is too small a number to attain significance? Are you a loner or even if you have a team working with you, are you working as a team? It is easy to have a group of people around you and all they do is what you tell them to do and never think and develop on their own. Teammates complete each other, not compete.
If you do not understand significance, then you will miss out on what you can possibly become. You may simply want little imitators of you running around. Heed the words of Andrew Carnegie, “It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.”
Sixteenth Century Florentine statesman, Nicolo Michiavelli said, “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” How intelligent are you?
Be a ladder builder. Do not just climb the ladder of your own life. Help others build their ladders of where they are going in life by encouraging, equipping, and empowering them to become the person she/he has been created to become. When you empower, you give permission to that person to be oneself when accomplishing the task given.
Am I happy for a leader I help to move on without me and seek others who will help in their growth development? Or am I upset that the leader no longer needs me? Insecurity will do that to you and me.
The value of significance leads me to listen, seek to understand, ask questions, work alongside, and make it about someone else other than me. That is being humble. If we intentionally make it our job to understand others and find common ground, it will be amazing what can be accomplished and the respect you will receive.
Having people know that they can count on me, that I am trustworthy, and I have their back, speaks volumes. Simon Sinek says, “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” That “why” is one’s motives. If my motive involves making the other person as significant as possible, that the relationship between the two of us is more important than productivity, then they know how I value them.
Significance causes someone to give first and continually. I listen because I value you, I encourage you because I want the best for you. Looking at a person as significant increases their value in your eyes.
Significance is applying 1 Corinthians 12 to our lives. In reading this chapter, we see how significant and vital Christians are to each other. The Holy Spirit gives gifts as He chooses for the good of all. We are all part of One Body but are diverse in different functions. The value is the same for each member. Treat each member of the Body with honor, respect, and love. We need each other to complete the Body and to be most effective at what we individually do.
From Ephesians 4:11-13, leadership is to build up, encourage and empower one other to serve and cause maturity in each believer resulting in unity. By helping one another, we will gain a greater understanding, awareness, and fulfillment of what it means to be the Family of God.
None of us can become complete by ourselves because we need others to help us become who we are created to be. God created Christians of all backgrounds to become one in Him. Together there is so much more impact for the Kingdom of Heaven than if we independently functioned.
Wise, Intentional Leadership Development (WILD) is a Christ-centered, interdenominational, international organization which exists to effectively implement Biblical leadership principles to leaders of all ages in an intentional, strategic manner. WILD builds Christ-centered relationships with people throughout the world to equip Christians with tools, skills and written, instructional resources for discipleship and mentoring.
Leaders contextualize the training material to their cultures and are provided opportunities to teach their own people. WILD empowers Christian leaders to develop leaders because we believe leadership multiplication is essential for the infrastructure and growth of families, churches and communities.
WILD: Wise Intentional
Leadership Developoment
Intentionally Developing Multi-Generational Leaders Throughout The World
Mike Prom
International Director
P.O. Box 502
Rhinelander, WI., 54501
715-367-9453
www.WildLeadership.org
