I. PROFILE OF A LEADER IN TROUBLE
A. Notice that of the 12 trouble spots for a leader listed below, five (5) deal with an unwillingness to change and that spells trouble for the organization.
1. Has a poor understanding of people.
2. Lacks imagination.
3. Has personal problems.
4. Passes the buck.
5. Feels secure and satisfied.
6. Is not organized.
7. Flies into rages.
8. Will not take a risk.
9. It is insecure and defensive.
10. Stays in flexible.
11. Has no team spirit.
12. Fights change.
Nicolo Machiavelli – “There is nothing more Difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, then to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”
B. The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader.
1. After I consider how hard it is to change myself,
2. Then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others.
3. This is the ultimate test of leadership.
4. Effective teaching comes only through a changed person.
Howard Hendricks said the more you change, the more you become an instrument of change in the lives of others. If you want to become a change agent, you also must change.