Some thoughts…coming at’cha.

Lately I’ve been very intrigued by the idea of Leadership 2.0. But there are two barriers that are keeping us from experiencing growth in this across our organization (Campus Crusade for Christ). The first one is developing a culture of learning. Don’t get me wrong, we’re not all bad in this area, but continuous learning and asking invigorating questions must be part of who we are if our capacity for helping to fulfill the great commission is to be fulfilled.

The other area I’ve been thinking about is the idea of sharing. Do we share our ideas, strategies, goals, leadership perspective’s with our co-workers on other teams?

I don’t think so.

I get glimpses of what other team leaders are doing at various regional conferences and random face to face meetings, but for the most part I don’t know what’s going on with their scope and team. I don’t know what they’re trying that’s new and working well (or not well).  I don’t know what resources are influencing them and their team. I don’t know what they’re dreaming about as they seek to bring the message of Christ to students in their scope.

Don’t get me wrong, I know these men and women are busy (I’m one of them), and if we weren’t all followers of Christ they might flip me the bird when I ask them to do a little bit more. But the reality is…everyone has expertise and I want to learn from them. Are there simple ways that you and I could begin to share the wealth of knowledge that exists in our organization? Simple ideas like these or these.

Could learning to share increase organizational effectiveness and empower leaders that wouldn’t otherwise have the chance? I think it’s worth a shot. It might take an extra few minutes to share but imagine the resources that could be available to anyone who is launching/leading a campus movement all over the world.

Where have you seen value in sharing your expertise or learning from someone else who is sharing?

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