Archive for September 3rd, 2010
Do you have personal authority that gives ongoing credibility? (137-5)
A leader’s influence has less to do with their position or title than it does with the life that they live. Read Proverbs 17:2.
Notice the conditions this verse puts forth: The grounds for empowerment come not from titles i.e. servant or son, but from the individual’s character qualifications such as wise or disgraceful. Positional authority can be granted to you but personal authority comes with earned credibility. Positional authority is very beneficial to effective leadership as you start a job and becomes less effective the longer you stay at that job. Leaders have virtually no personal authority when they start a job but over time their effectiveness as a leader depends almost entirely on personal authority and ongoing credibility.
Tags: Credibility, Empowerment, Integrity, Personal Authority, Positional Authority