Just Follow Lor?!
Within a week, I get reports of troubled leadership.
As earlier mentioned, a peer in the current agency did not give her subordinates a good role model. Allowing her personal problems to get into her work (and constantly citing that as a reason for her instability) was beginning to wear down her staff. Two of them sent in their resignation this week.
An ex-colleague reported to that the bosses in the ex-co ordered one-for-one pizza only for their meeting, and did not bother to check if the rest of them would like pizza too. And the gesture of ordering pizza only because a freelancer always brings food over to the office when they meet. The freelancer brings food for everyone in the office. The bosses never offer to give the staff treats, not even snacks, and only does it when they have complimentary vouchers.
The second sister came over and complained to me about the leadership in church. She is serving in the same ministry that I was in, and beginning to experience the results of erractic behaviour from the leader. I heard that a very reliable and trustworthy co-leader (whom I have serve together in the ministry for a number of years) has decided to step down from the ministry as a result.
On one hand, the pharisee in me emerge "God, thank you I am not like them." On the other hand, my heart goes to those who work under difficult leadership. I have been a victim of bad leaderships, and I can understand that the agony that the subordinates have to go through under inappropriate leadership.
It is always so unfair. Why are leaders only concern about themselves and not for those who work with them? I know this question is an answer by itself, and I know what your answers are. But it's just so... illogical.
So, I am really treading on a fine line with the leadership bestowed upon me. FYI, I am now in the "I have all the power now but I am not comfortable releasing my control of my power just yet" stage. I know I will have to release them eventually, because there is only one Joyce, but there are so many work to be done.
I really want to entrust the work to someone else; hoarding them will not do any good to me or the other party. It's just that I am not so sure if this person have the calibre to follow through, and what I have built up will be flushed off.
Still, I have to release them somehow, somewhat. I hope I could do it soon before I am drowned in my own power.
As earlier mentioned, a peer in the current agency did not give her subordinates a good role model. Allowing her personal problems to get into her work (and constantly citing that as a reason for her instability) was beginning to wear down her staff. Two of them sent in their resignation this week.
An ex-colleague reported to that the bosses in the ex-co ordered one-for-one pizza only for their meeting, and did not bother to check if the rest of them would like pizza too. And the gesture of ordering pizza only because a freelancer always brings food over to the office when they meet. The freelancer brings food for everyone in the office. The bosses never offer to give the staff treats, not even snacks, and only does it when they have complimentary vouchers.
The second sister came over and complained to me about the leadership in church. She is serving in the same ministry that I was in, and beginning to experience the results of erractic behaviour from the leader. I heard that a very reliable and trustworthy co-leader (whom I have serve together in the ministry for a number of years) has decided to step down from the ministry as a result.
On one hand, the pharisee in me emerge "God, thank you I am not like them." On the other hand, my heart goes to those who work under difficult leadership. I have been a victim of bad leaderships, and I can understand that the agony that the subordinates have to go through under inappropriate leadership.
It is always so unfair. Why are leaders only concern about themselves and not for those who work with them? I know this question is an answer by itself, and I know what your answers are. But it's just so... illogical.
So, I am really treading on a fine line with the leadership bestowed upon me. FYI, I am now in the "I have all the power now but I am not comfortable releasing my control of my power just yet" stage. I know I will have to release them eventually, because there is only one Joyce, but there are so many work to be done.
I really want to entrust the work to someone else; hoarding them will not do any good to me or the other party. It's just that I am not so sure if this person have the calibre to follow through, and what I have built up will be flushed off.
Still, I have to release them somehow, somewhat. I hope I could do it soon before I am drowned in my own power.
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