How To Gain Influence With Pastors And Leaders

It seems everyone wants something from pastors and leaders.  They want their time.  They want their attention.  They want resources.  Many want their influence to address their favorite cause or issue.  A pastor once said to me, “Brian, everyone has a nail and they view me as the hammer.  Everyday they put their nail in front of me and want me to hammer it.”  It seems everyone wants something from pastors and leaders.
This is why those who are called to pour into pastors and leaders rather than get things from them stand out so much.  If you want to gain influence with a pastor or leader, serve them.  Serve them consistently over time and ask for nothing in return.  And serve them well.
I was reminded of this principle as I looked back at The Top 10 Most Read Posts of January 2016.  7 to the Top 10 posts involved resourcing pastors and church leaders with information, books, tools and resources to make them more successful.  Not surprisingly, January 2016 was also the most read month in this site’s history.
If you want to gain influence with pastors and leaders, serve them well and ask for nothing in return.
To review, the following are The Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of January 2016 as determined by you the readers:

1. The Top 30 Christian Leaders You Need To Follow On Twitter In 2016 Part 1
2. 19 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
3. The Top 30 Blogs Christian Leaders Need To Read In 2016
4. 13 Resources Pastors And Church Leaders Need To Know About
5. 27 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Andy Stanley On Making Vision Stick
6. 9 Questions Leaders Should Be Asking On A Daily Basis
7. 5 Leadership Styles: Which One Are You? (Infographic)
8. 14 Practices Of Fast Growing Churches
9. How To Hear God’s Voice
10. The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of January 4th

The following are 6 additional Hidden Gems from January which did not make the Top 10 but were personal favorites.  I hope you enjoy them the 2nd time around.

• Why Your Church’s Baptism Numbers May Be Declining
• 10 Benefits To Being A Church Volunteer
• Comparing And Contrasting Nick Saban And Dabo Swinney’s Leadership Styles
• How Did Alabama Beat Clemson? In A Word – Leadership
• 18 Reasons Good Leaders Get Fired
• The #1 Thing You Can Do To Grow Your Blog And Platform The Experts Don’t Talk About

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