A Word to the Wise
Gallup identified four key expectations followers have of their leaders. They need leaders to provide hope, trust, compassion, and stability.
Pastors and other leaders often feel responsible for providing countless benefits to those under their care. But what is it people actually need from those leading them?
Gallup released the “Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want” report after conducting a worldwide study to discover the types of leaders with the most positive influence on people’s daily lives and the most dominant need among followers.
Gallup asked respondents to list three words that best describe what their most positive leader contributes to their life. Using this open-ended question in multiple leadership studies in the U.S. and additional countries, Gallup identified four key expectations followers have of their leaders. They need leaders to provide hope, trust, compassion, and stability.
Of those four, followers most need hope. Of all the attributes individuals list about their most impactful positive leader, 56% are tied to hope, particularly attributes of inspiration, vision, and personal integrity.
Additionally, however, pastors should be inspiring people with a positive vision for the future of the church, overcoming obstacles to trust, displaying compassion for the needs of their people, and serving as an example of stability in times of chaos.
Pastors cannot generate these feelings in and of themselves, but as they lean on Christ, He can ensure the congregation has their leadership needs fully met.
Aaron Earls, Lifeway Research, 3.7.25, What do people want most from their leader? Hope
Gallup identified four key expectations followers have of their leaders. They need leaders to provide hope, trust, compassion, and stability.
Pastors and other leaders often feel responsible for providing countless benefits to those under their care. But what is it people actually need from those leading them?
Gallup released the “Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want” report after conducting a worldwide study to discover the types of leaders with the most positive influence on people’s daily lives and the most dominant need among followers.
Gallup asked respondents to list three words that best describe what their most positive leader contributes to their life. Using this open-ended question in multiple leadership studies in the U.S. and additional countries, Gallup identified four key expectations followers have of their leaders. They need leaders to provide hope, trust, compassion, and stability.
Of those four, followers most need hope. Of all the attributes individuals list about their most impactful positive leader, 56% are tied to hope, particularly attributes of inspiration, vision, and personal integrity.
Additionally, however, pastors should be inspiring people with a positive vision for the future of the church, overcoming obstacles to trust, displaying compassion for the needs of their people, and serving as an example of stability in times of chaos.
Pastors cannot generate these feelings in and of themselves, but as they lean on Christ, He can ensure the congregation has their leadership needs fully met.
Aaron Earls, Lifeway Research, 3.7.25, What do people want most from their leader? Hope
Here are Four Things to Know this Week:
1. Complicated Picture of Southern Baptist Churches Emerges From Statistical Analysis
(Lifeway Research)
2. Southern Baptist Pastors Plan to Bring so-Called Law Amendment to 2025 Annual Meeting (Baptist Press)
3. The New Normal: 9 Realities and Trends in Bivo/covocational Ministry (Karl Vaters)
4. Creatively Bivo: Think Local, Lucrative, Low Bar to Enter (Andrew Hamilton)
Thank you for reading this blog. I hope it is a help to you.
Please share it - or certain articles - that you believe would bless your Pastors.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
1. Complicated Picture of Southern Baptist Churches Emerges From Statistical Analysis
(Lifeway Research)
2. Southern Baptist Pastors Plan to Bring so-Called Law Amendment to 2025 Annual Meeting (Baptist Press)
3. The New Normal: 9 Realities and Trends in Bivo/covocational Ministry (Karl Vaters)
4. Creatively Bivo: Think Local, Lucrative, Low Bar to Enter (Andrew Hamilton)
Thank you for reading this blog. I hope it is a help to you.
Please share it - or certain articles - that you believe would bless your Pastors.
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
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