Insecure Leadership

[Insecurity - VIII]

Insecurity is not bad, though it can become bad. Especially for leaders.

If not examined, it grows.
If unattended or avoided, it quietly consumes.
If denied or repressed, it can colonized our inner life.

This is most evident in an insecure leader.

An insecure leader . . .

Lives in fear of failure.
Overcompensates.
Micro-manages.
Bullies.
Resists feedback and criticism.
Craves approval and popularity.
Scapegoats.
Blames and points fingers.

Insecurity must be attended to and ultimately transformed. But transformation is not the antidote for a sickness; rather, it’s the relationship that occurs when we submit to the process of examination, understanding, and gentle attendance. It feels a lot more like holding a baby than a barbell, more like a walk in the woods than boot camp, more like prayer than preaching.

What is not transformed is transmitted onto the people we lead.