Its a tough time to be a leader.

Leaders today face difficulties that can perplex the veteran and surprise the beginner. It is as if just when the leader learned the game Someone changed the rules. Expectations and Demands have risen to an all-time high. For many, it is a do more on less, or else world. For others, what worked in the past, just isnt getting the job done anymore. Virtually, all leaders are feeling busy, buried and behind with a to-do list thats much longer than their day

Its a tough time to be a leader. Leaders today face difficulties that

can perplex the veteran

surprise the beginner.

1. The rules have changed. Peter Drucker was right when he said Peter was when said were living through a time of transition. Our living through of transition. society now thinks by a different paradigm now and accepts a radically different set of of accepts assumptions about themselves, their lives, themselves, morality and especially spirituality. To ignore, especially spirituality. ignore, these changes and lead as if we were still in changes as we the first half of the 20th century is a deadly mistake.

2. Life is Faster. No matter how busy the work of a leader is, he must set even one day, this can help in the struggle to restore balance to their busy lives. Too often, we keep living at such a harried pace that our busyness ends up having a negative effect on everything we do as leaders. Life is faster, and leaders dare not ignore that. However, discovered less can be more, and we need to make the same discovery.

2. Life is Faster. No matter how busy the work of a leader is, he must set even one day, this can help in the struggle to restore balance to their busy lives. Too often, we keep living at such a harried pace that our busyness ends up having a negative effect on everything we do as leaders. Life is faster, and leaders dare not ignore that. However, discovered less can be more, and we need to make the same discovery.

3. Change is accelerating. Rapid changes are taking place in whatever type of organization. What worked yesterday, has become a lot shorter today or even not working nowadays. Thats just the reality of the world in which we live and it puts more pressure on leaders to stay on top of their game.

4. Expectations are higher. People have higher expectations than ever before. The bottomline is to survive- to please or to perish. I have customers, and so do you. And if my customers dont like my product that theyre getting, there are many other places they can go for the same product. And they are very quick to find a new outlet to meet their needs and satisfaction.

5. The culture is in moral decay. Moral decay is not only felt by church leaders but by all types of leaders. We are dealing with employees and customers, partners and peers who are coming out of a confused culture that is in state of moral decline. The rules have been rewritten and the no.1 is there are no rules except: DONT GET CAUGHT!

5. The culture is in moral decay. The corporate scandals have unveiled lack of integrity and honesty previously reserved for political and religious leaders. This decay affects every leader because at the heart of every organization is people. People are the stuff of which the organization is made. Like parts of a machine, low-quality components mean a low-quality machine.

5. The culture is in moral decay. Maintenance goes up. Productivity goes down. It is a fact of life. So it is with the business of leading people. LESS IS MORE LEADERSHIP, - it calls leaders to make sure they themselves are stable so they can lead and live well in this morally unstable world.

6. Servant-leadership is Stretching. This is a desire to follow the challenge of Jesus to be a servant-leader regardless of what kind of organization you lead. Jim Collins Good to Great acknowledges that humble spirit or servant approach to leading actually helps a leader to succeed.

6. Servant-leadership is Stretching. Great leaders are servant leaders according to Jesus. They love their people enough to get down and dirty with them. They dont lead from the tower; they get down in the trenches. They serve and empower their people. They use their influence and resources to knock down barriers, remove obstacles, and enable those serving under them

6. Servant-leadership is Stretching. Followers want comfort, stability and solutions from their leaders, but thats babysitting. Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress. Followers make three demands of the leader: comfort,stability , and solutions.

6. Servant-leadership is Stretching. The leader must try to be both: servant andgrowth-oriented which made them outstretched. This dual purpose requires the leader to balance the caring for the present with the pursuing of the future. If the leader only cares for the present , he would not succeed. To survive and grow, he must have dreams for the future and go after the new goals.

7. You are limited resource. As a leader, it is healthy for you to admit, I AM A LIMITED RESOURCE. You have only a certain amount of time, energy, giftedness, resources and money. As a limited resource, the leader must

8. Leadership is a draining experience. Leadership can at times be energizing, but it can also be draining. It involves giving yourself away, investing that limited source in a cause, a mission, a business, a task. You go home at the end of the day not as you left that morning. So not only that a leader is a limited resource but the demands of leadership can leave you exhausted.

8. Leadership is a draining experience. If the leader wants to have a good and successful organization, he needs : to plan, to lead, to organize and to control effectively to be an good example to his people in all aspects health family finances Friends and colleagues Way of living

to balance his career and his family to be a people-maker to plan yet to stay within a budget to deal with the unexpected crises that are part of life as a leader to continue planning and have vision for the organization to practice continually the organizations mission to stay well informed to update himself with the advancement in technology

9. More is not the answer. Many of us believe more is the answer but growth will, in fact, bring a new and more demanding set of problems. What happens when you get a little more money or one more employee? With that new employee comes more what? demands Growth alone does problems not fix the leadership headaches challenges you face. Management

The OVERLOAD ZONE- Typical Response Health leads to success Success produces more stuff

Health

Success

The leader hits his overload zone

The leader is distracted from his main thing

More stuff

More management

Growth slows/ stops

Health issues develop Lack of health leads to crises

The leader hits his overload Organization Leader is zone declines or further death soon drained & follows distracted Success and the growth that follows can actually make situation worse unless the leader knows how to manage it correctly

10. There is hope. It tends to allow leaders to have a positive note. The leader should always believe that the organization would be healthy and growing. It may not be dramatic growth but at least a progress little by little. But how can you make it happen? By doing not the more-approach but the less - approach

Combines a Christ-centered philosophy of life with a proactive, dynamic system for leadership providing ongoing, lifetime guidance for the pursuit of professional success and personal satisfaction

1. Christ- centered philosophy of life Less is more approach is not MEcentered but God-centered.

2. Proactive Less is more approach is not reactive but proactive, helping leaders regain control of what they do. It allows the leader to truly lead instead of follow, to act instead of react, to drive and not be driven by the pressures and demands of others

3. Dynamic Less is more approach is not static but adaptive, changing with the leader and the challenges he or she faces. It also empowers boosting leadership potential, enabling him to break through personal and professional barriers.

4. System Less is more approach is not just about ideas but implementation. The principles are accompanied by specific action steps that will guide the leader beyond theory into practice.

5. Lifetime Guidance Less is more approach is not just a book of the month, but a philosophy for life The principles speak to novices and veterans alike because the pursuit of excellence never ends for a leader.

6. Professional success and Personal Satisfaction Less is more approach is not just about growth but also health. Your health allows you to pursue new goals and fresh dreams in your career without sacrificing yourself or your family on the altar of success. Learn how to lead effectively but still have a life to enjoy.

Truths about leadership are not static but dynamic; a leader could depend and return to them again and again as he maps the future for the organization. They will provide you with new ways to think and act once you encounter todays challenges and tomorrows opportunities.

Truths about leadership are not static but dynamic; a leader could depend and and again he return to them again and again as he to again maps the future for the organization. They will provide you with new ways to think and act once you encounter todays challenges and tomorrows opportunities.

These truths put into action, do not merely educate. They empower ! They educate. They empower! They will enable you as a leader and your you will enable you as a leader and your and organization to organization to break through the organization to break through the overload zone overload zone and will enable you to overload zone and will enable you to begin to really lead.. And love it begin to really lead.. And love it begin to really lead.. And love it

Leaders, remember to think and always prioritize your organization before your own career because once the organization becomes successful during your reign

Leader, remember to think and always prioritize your organization before your own career because once the organization becomes successful during your reign ,