Are You Preparing Your Replacement?

Pass the Baton

Whatever job you have–whether you’re on a team or with an organization–have you considered who is ready to step in and take over for you? Are you able to quickly and affirmatively answer that question? If not, John Maxwell’s Leadership Bible offers some practical advice.

In his 13th Law of Leadership—the Law of Reproduction—Maxwell states, “It takes a Leader to raise up a Leader.”

Click here to learn how Moses demonstrated this Law in Numbers 27.

Are You Giving Power Away?

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. - Theodore Roosevelt

Do you want your team members to reach their full potential, as they shoot for the stars? If so, you need to give them power. When a leader can’t or won’t empower others, he creates barriers within the organization that people cannot overcome. If the barriers persist, people move to another organization where they can maximize their potential, or even worse, they stay in your organization and give up.

If you want to be an Out of This World Leader, you have to empower others. As Theodore Roosevelt put it, “The best executive is one who has the sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

John Maxwell’s 12th Law of Leadership—the Law of Empowerment—notes “only secure leaders give power to others.”

Click here to learn from Barnabas’ example with Paul in Acts 9.