I’ve been thinking a lot about “relational leadership” and I don’t even really know what that means (if anyone does, please help me out). But i am convinced that it means at least a lot of time spent with each other. I am also convinced that it means that we have to rely on our relationships to move things forward and not structures. The problem is, i’m not perfect (shocking isn’t it!). So i mess up, and hurt people, and have mixed motives that I can’t even unravel myself, much less expect anyone else to be able to decipher. And I let my own insecurities pop up at in-opportune times.
And yet I am convinced that it is the only way to move forward. What matters most are the relationships we form and the people we are able to pour ourselves into.
But i still want to get stuff done.
Like I said, this stuff is hard.
j
Hey Jason I came across this in your blog yesterday…we spent most of our time in the recent area mission area meetings over the past few weeks. We’re wrestling with this too. Want to talk about it?
ken b
Of course! To be honest this post came, in part, out of a conversation with you while driving over a horrifyingly large bridge (if I remember right)
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