Volunteer Centered Leader: Leadership Freedom
As you begin to let others around you lead, you will be tempted to keep tight control over what happens. Your new leaders may not do things the way you want or focus on the same details that you want to focus. The result? You end up micro-managing your leaders without realizing it. Beyond that, you notice that you have no time to get anything done, so you start to dismiss the building up of leaders in favor of just “doing it myself.” Don’t fall into that trap!
Leadership Without Freedom
Let’s find out what this does to your team using the illustration below:
Notice how the restrictions you place on your leaders reflects on your own leadership capabilities. The more you restrict your leaders, the less time you have to do what you need.
Leadership With Freedom
Now, consider what your team may look like if you allow them the freedom to do things without your involvement:
What a difference! Both you and your leaders have more time to get things done, with checkpoints and assistance scattered throughout. Imagine the freedom you will have as a leader by giving your leaders freedom first!
How To Develop Leadership Freedom
Here are some tips that will help you develop freedom for your leaders:
- Spend time with your leaders to help them understand what is important to you
- Develop procedures and process prior to giving them leadership responsibilities to consistent execution
- Allow your leaders to build on your work but to develop their own flavor of leadership
- Allow your leaders to fail and learn from failure
- Allow your leaders to succeed with the small things and the big things.
The sooner you give your leaders freedom from you, the sooner you can see your Leader Max increase!
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[...] Leaders need freedom, not only to succeed and fail, but also to dream. As your leaders begin to mature, they may come to you with new ideas, some of which you may not agree on. Prayerfully consider their ideas by focusing on the root of their intent, not the method. This allows you and your leaders to focus on the same goals while allowing you to give them the freedom they need to realize their dreams rather than becoming “yes men.” [...]