Leading a Flock of Buffalo

Within a team of leaders there are going to be various personality styles and gifting's represented. Taking the time to evaluate and share the various styles helps everyone on the team to see where their strengths and weaknesses are. The team members are also able to see who on the team can complement them in their areas of weakness. When leaders take the time to know their own gifting's they can work to build a team around them to support and compliment their weaknesses. When this is done effectively there will be times, like in a flock of geese, that it will be necessary for leadership to change to get through a particular phase in the organization.

My organization has directors over each department and depending on the event or activity that is occurring any one of them will be the leader at that time. Each of the directors understands the expertise and abilities of the other directors and knows when to let someone else lead. This philosophy has helped us to build a team of strong leaders who at any time can lead the organization.

On the negative side I have worked for buffaloes who didn't want to give up their position of authority. These leaders seemed to be threatened by others trying to step up and lead. This caused many to feel they were not needed in the organization and, like myself, moved on to other organizations.