The Leader’s Greatest Enemy Of Future Success

The Leader’s Greatest Enemy Of Future Success

Has your church, business, non-profit or team lost momentum?  If so, the readership of my website may hold the key to your turnaround.
The leader’s greatest enemy of future success is current and past success.  This is because leaders often rely on old methods to solve new problems in an ever-changing world.
A changed world requires new methods, new practices, new ideas and many times new personnel.  From a competitive standpoint, while you are standing still everyone else is improving and passing you by.
I was reminded of this truth when I looked at my Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of January 2014 as determined by you the readers.  Notice an interesting trend from previous years:
Two of Top 10 Most Read Posts of the entire year of 2013 were the following:

• The Top 30 Christian Leaders You Need To Follow On Twitter In 2013 Part 1 finished 2nd for the entire year.
• The Top 25 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Be Reading In 2013 finished 4th for the entire year.

When I released my annual lists in January I was expecting the same HUGE results.  What I got surprised me.  These same posts finished 2nd and 3rd respectively not for the year, but for just the month of January.
February 2014 is continuing a similar trend:

• 17 Inspirational Leadership Quotes By Francis Chan From Passion 2012 was the most read post of the entire year.  His session from 2013 finished as the 11th most read post of the year.  This year, 26 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Francis Chan – Passion 2014 will be lucky to break the February Top 5.
• 25 Quotes And Lessons From Louie Giglio At Passion 2013 finished as the 8th most read post for the entire year.  This year, 33 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Louie Giglio – Passion 2014 will not likely make the February Top 10.

Relying on past methods is showing diminishing returns.  This is a guaranteed way for leaders to fail.
For some leaders reading this post you are experiencing diminishing returns.  This is a warning for you.  Change what needs changing.  The implementation of new and improved practices may be the solution to recovering your lost momentum.
To give you the complete list, the following are The Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of January 2014:

1. 15 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Lone Survivor Movie
2. The Top 30 Christian Leaders You Need To Follow On Twitter In 2014 Part 1
3. The Top 30 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Read In 2014
4. 10 People You Do Not Want On Your Church Leadership Team
5. 11 Traits Of Churches That Will Impact The Future
6. 10 Things Which Will Disqualify You From Leadership
7. 12 Signs Of Healthy Church Leadership Teams
8. 33 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Rick Warren’s Ted Talk
9. The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of December 30th
10. The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of January 13th

The following are four hidden gems that did not make the Top 10.  Check them out the second time around.

• 12 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Richard Sherman’s Post Game Interview
• 15 Practices Of A Leadership Genius Part 1 – Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Gus Malzahn
• 10 Practices Of A Leadership Genius Part 2 – Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Gus Malzahn
• 8 Practices Of A Leadership Genius Part 3 – Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Gus Malzahn