Paradigm 13 ("Leading beyong the obvious")
Edmund Chan speaks of 'efficiency" (ability to do things right) and "effectiveness" (wisdom to do the right things). Then he adds a third characteristic of leadership that he calls "efficacy", defined as "doing the right thing at the right time in the right way with the right motive to ultimately produce the right results". His argument for the existence and practice of this third characteristic is that as Christian leaders we primarily need alignment with God, rather than accomplishment for God. He then gives examples of God's contrariwise, inefficient way of working and urges us to be like God in the way He works. I thought we should ask ourselves whether Chan's point is contrived and sourced in a love of alliteration rather than Biblical truth. Surely the standards he sets are too high for most of us to achieve! I asked: 1. How can we aim for efficacious leadership in practice? How can we tell when a counter-intuitive move is require...