Do you take credit for your team’s accomplishments? (92-5)
Our society tends to give one leader credit for what the team has accomplished. Leaders who read their own press clippings can easily fall into that same trap. Read 2 Samuel, chapters 8 and 10.
In The Maxwell Leadership Bible, John Maxwell talks about effective teamwork:
Repeated in 2 Samuel King David gives us good illustrations of both the Law of Victory and effective teamwork. David finds a way to help Israel conquer again and again, and he keeps the people working together to achieve new goals. What can we learn about winning teams from David?
A Winning Team…
1. Starts with a plan (8:1-3).2. Develops a structure (8:6, 14).
3. Has an anointed leader (8:6, 14).
4. Puts the interests of others first (8:15).
5. Shares responsibilities with others (8:16-18).
6. Helps each other out (10:9-12).
7. Develops winning team members (23:8-12).
8. Breeds loyalty (23:13-17).
It is difficult for a team to consistently gain victories without a committed leader. It is impossible for a leader to have consistent victories without a team. Only in comic books and movies are there superheroes that single-handedly hold the fate of the world in their hands. God may choose you to become a leader that changes the world’s direction but when He chooses you, He will also give you a team. Wise leaders understand that victory ultimately comes through teamwork.
Exodus 18:14 When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”
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