If you are like me, you are constantly looking around for the best next move to grow as a leader.
I frequently ask why, when, what, and how while looking to enhance who I am as a leader, how my team can improve, and ensure the why is staying at the center of what we do as a team.
I work hard to create a healthy environment with my team that gives everyone permission to provide feedback. From time to time, I will “formally” sit down and invite feedback with specific questions. I recently sat down with one of my employees and asked them 10 specific questions that invited helpful feedback. I walked away encouraged and challenged of where I can improve. In fact, I will sit down with another employee tomorrow and ask the same 10 questions.
“Don’t ask for feedback. Invite it.”— Claire Lew, CEO, Know Your Company
What if the best next move for you was simply sitting down with your employee(s) and inviting feedback? Try it.
1. Have I ever said or done anything that robbed you of your passion and energy?
2. Is there anything I do that gets in the way of your ability or your willingness to do your job?
3. Do you feel like you have the latitude you need to make decisions that are important to your role?
4. Do you receive encouragement from me that inspires you?
5. Do you ever feel like your voice is not heard or your opinion is not valued?
6. What can I do to help make (insert your organization) the best place you’ve ever worked?
7. What three things do you wish I would continue to do, do more, or stop doing?
8. What’s it like to be on the other side of me:
• In work situations?
• Personally?
9. What could I do personally to help you be more successful?
10.What is my blind spot?
“Your best next move both personally and professionally could come by asking your employee(s) about you. Think of it as getting curious about being on the other side of you.”
I love growing leaders, building volunteer teams, designing guest experiences and being strategic about how they intersect.
I am the Director of Guest Services for North Point Ministries.
You can also find me helping organizations and churches. I have worked with Ford, LifeChurch.tv, LifeWay, Growing Leaders, PossibleNOW, The Fellowship, WinShape, Loganville Christian Academy, First Baptist Church Woodstock, Chick-fil-A, Catalyst and others.
I have fun reading, watching movies, hiking, and visiting Disney World. I live in Atlanta, GA.
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Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked.
I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
