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Bob Nelson said, Click “you get the best effort from others not by
lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within them.”
How?
I know someone who has a poodle called Oscar, and they have
been training Oscar for some time. Let’s say in a moment of
madness you went out and a bought your wife a poodle and you
come in and it is lying on your favourite chair – the one you use to
watch Rugby from. So you give Oscar a swat with the newspaper
and the offended Oscar yelps at you but quickly jumps off.
Have you motivated Oscar the dog to get off the couch?
The reality is that the only one motivated in this scenario is you.
You want the poodle off your chair. Oscar would still prefer to be
on the couch rather than on the floor. You try and watch Rugby
form the cold floor and see how long you last! As soon as you
leave the house where do you think Oscar will be? So did you
swat motivate him?
Now some time passes and your wife threatens to leave you if you
keep swatting her precious Oscar. So now enlightened, and
motivated yourself with such a threat, you decide to entice Oscar
off with a lovely bit of crispy bacon. You are taking a positive
approach. Have you motivated Oscar to get off your chair? No –
the answer is the same.
You are the only one in the room who is motivated. Oscar still
wants to be there – preference would be the bacon on the chair!
Motivators on the other hand are Click those factors that stimulate
people to put out more energy, effort and enthusiasm in doing their
job. And a danger we have working in Christian organisations and
being Christian leaders is that we expect the employees to be
motivated because of there commitment to God. We read about
how slaves should be towards masters, how people should work
as unto Christ – and we expect personal conviction and the Spirit
of God to motivate people and keep them happy. When they are
not motivated and they express discontent we quietly question
their walk with God. You and I can not exploit brothers and sisters,
should we not, as Gal 6:10 says:
do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of
the household of faith.
When employees are asked what they want from their work,
studies consistently show that money is no higher than number 5
on the list. Other factors such as appreciation for work done,
feeling ‘in’ on things, sympathetic boss to personal problems, job
security, enjoying what they do, utilising their skills, feeling what
they do matters all rate higher.
Look at this short video clip as to how this person tries to use
satisfiers to motivate. Dealing with complaints.
We try and appease them and often don’t hold them accountable
for a job poorly done, being late for work, not keeping to
commitments etc. This should take place whether they are
The motive here is fear and nothing permanent will get built this
way. What casts out fear? Perfect love. What is perfect love –
what does it look and sound like? This is how you are expected by
Christ to lead, which will stop fear dead in its tracks,
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Love/leadership is patient, love/leadership is kind; love does not
envy or boast; it is not arrogant(humble) 5or rude (respectful). It
does not insist on its own way (selfless); it is not irritable or
resentful; 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,(forgiving) but rejoices
with the truth (honest). 7Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never ends.(committed)
If you are not prepared to love, be humble and actually lay down
your life for your workers – to be inconvenienced and concerned
about their lives – you are not worthy to lead. So then lead and
manage properly. Very few quit their job, they usually quit their
boss.
If you are assured of your divine calling, if this is settled, then there
is no reason to hesitate to do what God has set before you. “The
frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and
women of caution.”1 Yes, have some caution around you and
listen and take on board but caution should never curb vision when
the leader knows it is from God.
If you are not assured of your calling and you seem to be out of
place, struggling a bit, or if you need vision or vision affirmed I
would like us to pray for you.
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Archbishop Mowll’s wife