Ola Barnabas

TOP TEN MISTAKES THAT CHURCH LEADERS MAKE As it is in workplaces, so it is in all other organizations, even religious places. Mistakes are made by leaders, and most times they are not even aware that they are making such mistakes until these are pointed out to them, or they do some introspection to find out what they are doing right or wrong. As it concerns our places of worship, these are some of the mistakes that are commonly observed, some of them similar to the ones committed in the workplaces. 1.      Running the ministry on human wisdom rather than God’s instruction When it has to do with the work of the ministry – the commission of God, it has to be done with the wisdom of the Lord. The Called has to spend adequate time with the Caller to understand the call and the intent and direction thereof. What we find most times however is that, the called receives the call, and takes it over from there forgetting that there must be a pattern that the One who called him wants

TOP TEN MISTAKES LEADERS MAKE AT WORKPLACE Everyone aspires to leadership position especially at workplace, and that is a good desire. However it is far easier to criticize leaders from afar than to be a leader who is criticized. Sadly, most people will do better as followers than they will as leaders. Leadership, as a responsibility, comes with a lot of encumbrances; some imposed on the leader by the work environment, others self-imposed by the leader himself/herself. As you aspire to, or actually do lead in your workplace, watch out for these mistakes that leaders have been observed to make regularly at workplace. By knowing them, you can at least help yourself out of them. 1.      Not being able to separate personality from the work. This is a common mistake among leaders especially as work attitude is truly difficult to separate from personality behavioural tendencies. For example, for someone who loves to pour all of his emotions into his work, it is rare to f