[My Wednesday blogpost series is connected to my 2020 4Q program in which I share my personal responses to the questions raised in the worksheets.] 

The outcome or results of your serving leadership should ultimately be reflected in your people. Are they flourishing? Do they have the authority and power to make decisions? Are they reproducing your creativity and taking accountability for their actions? Empowered and thriving followers become leaders who will further increase your influence, multiplying your effectiveness to others.

Who is flourishing under your leadership? With whom have you shared your power? Who is reproducing your creativity?

With my family I would certainly like to think that my children and wife are flourishing. Every time I get introduced as Brittany’s dad my heart glows for being overshadowed by her success. Every time I hear a testimony about Courtney’s work ethic and influence my face lights up and I rejoice at her success. And every time someone talks to me about the high quality of Jamin’s character I am proud of the man he is becoming. I see Amy excelling in her ministry with PrayerCast; I can only hope that my words of encouragement and ongoing promotion of PrayerCast.com to those in my audience continue to set her up for success.

I share my power with the leaders in the Reverb Network, encouraging them to broaden their horizons with leadership development. I’ll often tell them to go ahead and make decisions as I trust their judgment.

With both the members of my family and the leaders I train, I sometimes see the reproduction of my ideas and creativity. This becomes abundantly clear when I see them moving forward without requesting permission from me or I hear testimonies of what they are accomplishing. Of course it’s not all to my credit. However, I do hope that I played a small role through my leadership influence in catalyzing their future success.

Now it’s your turn. How would you describe the outcomes and results of your leadership? Who is flourishing? With whom have you shared your power? Who is reproducing your creativity? Go ahead, write something down…you are a serving leader!