Who leads the leaders?
What does the leader do when they need help? When they are struggling personally? When they get burnt out?
I asked this question once in a group discussion about leadership and I received blank stares. It never occurred to the group that perhaps leaders can be vulnerable too.
Sure we needs leaders who are strong. Who make tough decisions. Who swim the opposite direction sometimes. Who the people can trust and feel secure under.
But sooner or later it will catch up on them.
Then what?
We're told leaders need to be strong and perfect. That she needs to have it all under control. But a good leader is not one who doesn't see when they are struggling; a good leader is one who is vulnerable too and knows it. Then gets help. Talks to someone. Takes time out of their schedule to focus on themselves for once.
Because you can't tell people it's OK to need help if you don't accept it yourself.
You can't tell people community is important if you don't have a community of your own to go to.
What do Rob Bell and Don Miller have in common?
They are both considered by many to be Christian leaders in their field today.
They also both understood that they needed counselling and they didn't have it all together.
If you're a leader you don't need to be perfect.
But you do need to know that you're not.
