If you know me you know that I am a big fan of leading relationally. I believe if you want to get volunteers to join you in pursuing God's purpose with all their hearts, they need to know you love them first. I try to always lead with my heart when it comes to the teams of great people God has blessed me with. I've actually begun outlining a book that will be done in the next ten years or so probably, called Relational Leadership: Leading God's People God's Way, Leading Like Jesus, Leading with Love, or who knows what, and for sure who knows when.
I've been talking Relational Leadership for a long time with one of my buds is a guy named Larry Boatright. Larry serves on staff at the Orchard which is just outside of Chicago. The Orchard is led by Scott Hodge. Larry has been hammering me to write or talk more on this subject, so he sent me 5 questions and asked me to answer them. Here are the five questions and the link to his blog where he will post my answers every day next week.
1. What is Relational Leadership?
2. What would you say are the keys to relationship building amongst a team?
3. How important is Relational Leadership in coaching?
4. What about people who aren't naturally relational in nature, can they still lead in a relational way?
5. Give some examples of practical ways a leader can invest relationally in their team leaders?
Check out Larry's blog today and next week and you'll see how I answered these questions.
John
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