Jim Mellado of the Willow Creek Association has written a guest blog for Michael Hyatt.  As a big fan of Jim’s, this is worth reading….

What Drives You As A Leader?

I have always been driven to achieve. According to the Strengths Finder Assessment, achievement is one of my top strengths. I don’t know whether I was wired that way from the beginning, or my propensity toward achievement came out of my upbringing.

As a kid growing up in seven different countries, I always found myself as the new kid on the block. I discovered that one of the quickest ways to get noticed was to achieve. The more challenging the achievement, the better. Most kids want to be noticed and I was no different.

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Two weeks ago, I spent a few hours with Bob Buford who always passes on great nuggets from the life of Peter Drucker. Through the dialogue we came to what Drucker called the “tasks of the CEO in the new millennium.” I know that connecting the role of the senior pastor to the role of a CEO will, no doubt, cast a shadow on what I am about to say for some. Yet I believe that Drucker’s insights have profound implications for the role of the senior pastor who wants to make a difference. These are adaptations from chapter 43 of Drucker’s book entitled, Management.

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Alan Hirsch is the author of The Forgotten Ways, and co-author of Untamed, On The Verge, ReJesus, Right Here, Right Now, The Faith of Leap (among others). He is director of Future Travelers, and founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. Twitter: @alanhirsch.

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The Learnings @ Leadership Network blog is a must for churches working to actively learn about new and innovative ideas.

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“I planted my church, and God grew it big. We’ve done externally-focused, church planting, and multi-site, and we’ll keep doing them. But there are not enough years left in my life to simply keep growing this thing bigger. I’m interested in something more viral. I’m interested in changing the conversation from…here is our next one’ to ‘how do we release 250 of our members to take our city?’”

Steve Andrews, Lead Pastor, Kensington Community Church

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