very confident in my ability to play guitar and [Bradford] I came on staff when I was and they’re sixty and have played bass longer
to dial in a tone, but I’m one hundred percent a ‘young twenty’ and was leading people than you’ve been alive, it’s about relationships
going to listen to someone else’s perspective, twice my age with kids who were in college, and influence.
because maybe I’ve just gotten so used to people who had worked multiple jobs and had my way of playing that I think there’s no way it experience. I realized that merely having the title If you’re coming in and your goal is not to be a
could be bad. Sometimes you get blindsided. of leader was not enough. For some of these leader but to fill a role, like you’ve been asked
Feedback is very important, it’s the breakfast people, as kind as they may be, what was to come play guitar, yes be influential and be
of champions. going to enable me to become their leader was relational, but be excellent and be flexible,
influence. Positional leadership is one thing, and because then your talent speaks for itself.
[Brian] The word that I think of is vision. For it works fine in a company where you’re paying You’re not being prideful and arrogant, it’s about
the new person coming onto a team, one of that persons salary so they’re absolutely going what you do with excellence and authenticity.
the most important things we feel is that they to listen to you. But leadership is influential, so if Depending on what kind of role I’m asked to
can assimilate and carry the vision, because we you can grow relationships with people, they’re fulfill in a situation, I can still become a leader if
want people to be able to carry the vision. So going to allow you to speak into their lives and I am relational and I’m killing it and knocking it
the burden on the new person is, “How can I be their leader. Even if you’re twenty-three out of the park. But, I’m also willing to go with
assimilate and be on fire for the vision of this the flow, and while I’m going with the flow I’m
church?” The burden on the leader is “How being excellent in that. I’m not just listening to a
can I cast or portray the vision in a way that song to play the part, I know the song forwards
is inspiring for the new person, and gets them and backwards. If they were to say, “Hey, we’re
on board and on fire for it in a way that allows going to drop the horns, why don’t you play
them to be a vision carrier?” Vision is a really the horn part on guitar?” Then it’s no problem
important thing for our church, whether it’s because I have that horn part already down, I
a staff person or a volunteer on any team, in just need to figure it out on guitar.
any capacity.
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