The Five Temptations of a CEO
I just finished reading Patrick Lencioni's bestselling book The Five Temptations of a CEO. There are some thoughts worth highlighting.
One of the traps many churches fall into is "creating complexity where it shouldn't exist." Seven years into church planting we're still trying to figure out what NCC looks like on paper, but maybe NCC can't be reduced to paper. I think too many churches create lots of committees which creates complexity instead of just keeping it simple. We will always have to guard against bureaucratization.
In Lencioni's leadership fable, one of the imaginary characters says, "Running a company isn't complicated." He says, "People make it complicated because they are afraid to look at the simple issues."
The Third Temptation is the one that really resonated with me. "It's the temptation to ensure that your decisions are correct." You choose certainty or clarity. Mature leadership isn't afraid to be wrong. The honesty of an organization is heightened when mistakes are made if the leader uses those three powerful words--"I was wrong."
A few more thoughts:
"Leaders fail because they are unwilling to put their temptations on the table for others to see."
"The greatest challenge of being a CEO, or any leader for that matter, is to avoid getting trapped by the daily complexities and details of our 'business'."
One of the traps many churches fall into is "creating complexity where it shouldn't exist." Seven years into church planting we're still trying to figure out what NCC looks like on paper, but maybe NCC can't be reduced to paper. I think too many churches create lots of committees which creates complexity instead of just keeping it simple. We will always have to guard against bureaucratization.
In Lencioni's leadership fable, one of the imaginary characters says, "Running a company isn't complicated." He says, "People make it complicated because they are afraid to look at the simple issues."
The Third Temptation is the one that really resonated with me. "It's the temptation to ensure that your decisions are correct." You choose certainty or clarity. Mature leadership isn't afraid to be wrong. The honesty of an organization is heightened when mistakes are made if the leader uses those three powerful words--"I was wrong."
A few more thoughts:
"Leaders fail because they are unwilling to put their temptations on the table for others to see."
"The greatest challenge of being a CEO, or any leader for that matter, is to avoid getting trapped by the daily complexities and details of our 'business'."
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