Leaders -- A Target

A few months ago, I volunteered to help out the campus administrator, because she has a big job and I felt that this was something that I could do. I quickly was asked to take over the housekeeping department, and I said yes. Then I realized that meant that I was in a role of leadership, which is never a place that I like to be. So it has gotten me to thinking about leadership.

I used to never want anything to do with anything that involved leading, now I seem to be falling into it. Someone who is looking for leadership is probably crazy, my first thought.

Also I have been working in a nice loving Christian environment for 4.5 years now, but now am also working out in "the Real World" too. I am seeing lots of differences in how things are done. When pressure is put on my manager, then she puts tons of pressure on her staff to perform at a higher standard. I am not used to things being done this way.

So back to the being in charge of housekeeping. Some problems have occurred in this department. I got frustrated and did not know what to do. I wanted to set rules and be hard on the people working for me. Then someone helped me to talk to them in love, and the results were amazing, things worked out, and we were able to work through stuff. It was my humanness that I was responding from, but when I got on the right track and saw them as Jesus does I was able to handle things the way Jesus would.

But I can see where being a leader puts you in a place that people will blame you for things because you are all that they see. So I am trying to apply the same principals to those who are leaders over me.

Just some thoughts.