More will be given if...

A Godly Approach to Leadership: GROWING PEOPLE & TRUST!
(Whether you BELIEVE from a faith perspective or not, this IS applicable to YOU)
 
“…From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked...”           LUKE 12:48
 
 "…For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him….”      MATT 13:12
 
“…As it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.” COR 8:1  

                        These scriptures have application to both LEADER & FOLLOWER. 
 
For the LEADER - who wants to further grow & empower his people; people must be given gradually increased levels of trust (competence or character trust).  This is not only logical & biblical, it is your job - increasing the value of people.  It prevents the leader 1) from being stuck where he/she is, 2) doing work a level-down & 3) obviously also stifling people’s growth under your leadership. 
 
For the FOLLOWER – we must seek these kinds of opportunities (if not being provided); we must push this agenda with our leader(s) or we will remain ‘where we are’.  This is in fact where many people sit - partly the fault of the Leader and partly our own fault.
 
For the LEADERS - This is not something to pursue without some thinking and planning. 

1. Does the individual wish to grow, move up, improve, learn, etc? (if not, do you have the right person here?)
2. Measure the current trust and only test them with a further amount you truly believe they can handle.
3. Will this require extensive coaching & involvement on your part? (teaching is time consuming – 'pay me now or pay me later’ applies here me thinks :)
4. Clear Expectations & Accountabilities need to be established. (Trust dynamics during the process need discussion as well.  This is that E.T.A. thing I speak to; understanding the Expectations/Trust/Accountability dynamic of relationships!
5. The leader who practices ‘Teaching Fishing’ will be habitually growing people and growing trust as a way of life.

 
NOTE: If you want the above referenced writings on 1) ETA or 2) TEACHING FISHING, …just holler!
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Lastly, as you thought of all this 'wearing either the Leader or Follower hat' – try now switching hats!!??  If you were reading this from the standpoint of a LEADER, put on your FOLLOWER hat and think through the application of all this with ‘your’ LEADER!  Are you being given more in order to be given even more?
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What I love about this and nearly all other REAL LEADERSHIP TRUTHS is that so many play into & support my favorite quote:
 
 “PEOPLE DON’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW UNTIL
FIRST THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE.”
 

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