Disruptive Conversations

Have you ever had a conversation with someone where you left the conversation feeling like they told you what they thought you wanted to hear just to appease you for that moment in time? Isn't this what you want from a leader? I mean don't you want your leader to make you feel better with empty messages that rarely are acted upon or delivered?

Many leaders today run away from clear and concise communications with team members within their church, business and family. Matthew 5:37 says "...let your message be Yes for Yes and No for No."

To be clear and concise, I'm not talking about positioning your words, tone, and inflection to influence and persuade someone - this is normal and necessary to gain buy-in and inspire leadership in others. I'm talking about having a destructive attitude of "if I tell him what he wants to hear then I can end this conversation and maybe he'll just forget about it or maybe he won't forget about it but I will never have to hear about it again." Get the picture?

If you truly want to disrupt your team in ways that inspire them to achieve higher levels of success, significance and influence, focus on having straight forward, transparent and actionable conversations.

Don't appease them, believe in them. Believe they are strong leaders who value direct and real conversations. Make a decision today to be a disruptive leader by intentionally applying the conversational principle found in Matthew 5:37.

Disrupt Someone Today!