15 October 2008

That's a Leader of a Different Color!

Craig Groeschel has discovered that there are different kinds of leaders leading organizations. Each of them have skills that make them successful, but each of them have gifts that tend to fall into one of four categories (defined by Craig here).

The first category is relational leaders.
The second category is visionary leaders.
The third category is administrative leaders.
The fourth category is innovative leaders.

Each of these leaders have their strengths and weaknesses (detailed above) that they (and their organizations) must deal with.

What kind of leader is needed in the church?
What kind of leader does University have?
What strengths and weaknesses does that create?

1 comment:

Karla Rush said...

I keep coming back to this post, start to answer, and then back off and erase it! LOL

I think we need all FOUR kinds of leaders - relational, visionary, administrative AND innovative. While one person is not going to be able to be all these things, an effective leader will surround him/her self with a support team with these skills/gifts.

I need to think some more on this, and will write again about the strengths and weaknesses...