Good morning to you this Friday morning. I hope you have a great weekend planned of spending time with people you love and setting aside time to quietly meet with the Lord.
As a leader you are, or should be, a dealer in hope. Actually that should be fairly easy as we serve the One who is our Hope. However, I am afraid that at times I lose sight of that fact in the midst of busyness. We of all people should be brimming over with hope.
James Kouzes ad Barry Posner in their excellent book Encouraging the Heart make the following statement:
“Encouraging the Heart is ultimately about keeping hope alive. Leaders keep hope alive when they set high standards and genuinely express optimism about an individual’s capacity to achieve them. They keep hope alive when they give feedback and publicly recognize a job well done. They keep hope alive when they give their constituents the internal support that all human beings need to feel that they and their work are important and have meaning. They keep hope alive when they train and coach people to exceed their current capacities. Most important, leaders keep hope alive when they set an example. There really is nothing more encouraging than to see our leaders practice what they preach.”
So are you keeping hope alive in those that you lead? Including your family?
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