God has inspired me to work on my communication skills, and as I have prepared to grow in this area, I have made action steps to get counsel from other mentors. One mentor encouraged me to use my church blog to encourage leaders, and focus on specific principles.
I am a living product of someone who believed in me, and put their money were their mouth was. I am thankful for people like my father Frank Tomaselli, and mentors such as Vance Pitman, Jeff Riley, Mike Laughrun, Tim Frank, and Scott Nesbitt. These men lived life with me, and thought me what it looks like to follow Christ, and lead people to Christ.
When developing leaders, the key is not to give them a lot of tasks, though that has been our down fall. The key is to encourage them and identify their strengths first. If a leader is not equipped to carry out a task, then the mission of the task is pointless. One of my strengths as a young leader was in the form of a talent. God blessed me with the ability to sing, and play instruments. Each mentor God placed in my life used this musical ability as a platform, but that also allowed me to discover some new and potential leadership qualities that I did not know I had. This is key. Maximize from your strengths, not weakness.
From this development, I have grown with a desire to teach the bible, create and lead ministry teams, and God has specifically given my wife and I a vision to plant a new church in Hawai'i, that involves so many different areas of leadership competencies. What an honor!
As leaders in an organization, we must also realize that with new leaders come new models of ministry. Not every leader functions the same way. So the organization may have a mission in place, but it may be fleshed out differently based on the new leaders personality, skill, experience, and personal conviction.
From a Christian view, let's develop leaders that lead from the talents and gifts that the Lord has blessed them with. Let's be flexible to punt from past leadership/tradition, and move forward with the provision God gives us. Let us look at change as a GIFT of God, and not opposition.
Let's develop healthy leaders!
Pastor Zeke
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