I’ve chosen to work with 360 Degree Leadership which states that no matter who you are, no matter where your position is in “the company,” you can be an affective leader to the people below, beside, and above you.
Here is the church setting: I am a newly hired youth pastor for a medium sized church of 700 people. The staff is a decent size (8 full-time people plus office assistants). When I was hired, many of the staff members began to share their wisdom with me about working at this church, especially about the head pastor. Most say that he can be difficult to work with and keeps to himself a lot. He doesn’t put much effort in getting to know those who work under him. I’ve noticed this for myself by the lack of face time I see from him.
According to the 360 Degree Leadership Theory, I can still influence and be a leader to my head pastor, even though he seems distant and may not give me an opportunity to do so. The trick is, I need to create those opportunities. I know that I’m working in ministry and one of the greatest rules is to stand behind your head pastor. I do not want to create a schism, so I need to support him and offer to him any help I can give him. I need to go out of my way to be interested in him even if he does go out of his way to get to know me. I need to keep tight communication with him and take initiative to do things without being asked to. It’s my desire to show him that I am a leader.
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