Tips for Those Who Lead Worship

Discipline is always a key to excellence.  You can instantly improve your leadership today. Focus on one of these disciplines at a time:

1. Understand the Vision by Heart – Effective leadership begins with a burden, a sense of mission, a call. If you’re not crystal clear on what that is, your team will define it for you. Hear from God. Get clarity.

2. Plan with Depth – If you’re not a good planner, you need to surround yourself with someone who is. In order to lead well, you need to know where you’re going. You need to be multiple steps ahead of your team.

3. Communicate Your Plans Effectively – Once your plans are in place, make sure to communicate and communicate often. Be in touch with your team constantly. Make sure your team members have time to process where you’re leading them. Don’t catch them off guard with big projects.

4. Get Help – Just because you’re the leader doesn’t make you great at everything. Matter of fact, leadership will magnify your weaknesses. The Bible tells us that two heads are better than one.

5. Ask Big – On the topic of surrounding yourself with help, don’t be afraid to make big asks of people. The worst that can happen is they say ‘no’.  A lot of gifted people have grown complacent and your words may just be the catalyst they need to step out.

6. Confront – In order to develop others to become leaders as well, you need to confront them. They need feedback, coaching, and constructive criticism.  Never shield away from this as it will push towards the growth of the team and yourself as a leader.

7. Be Detailed – Your talent may be why you were hired, but your attention to detail and excellence is what will keep you where you are. Think through your area each week and make sure all the details are covered. Excellence begins in the small things.

8. Always Be Ready to Let Go – Sometimes there are people on your team who shouldn’t be. Whether they lack the skill or they lack the ability to submit to your vision, it’s necessary in leadership to let people go.

9. Evaluate – Before you pick your worship set for next weekend and start attending meetings, take the best part of your day and evaluate your systems.

10. Elevate – Always be raising the bar, climbing the next mountain, taking new ground. If the Holy Spirit is constantly moving, you should be too. Don’t allow yourself to get comfortable and be complacent.