The leadership shift: From doing to building

In the Start-Up Stage, we, as leaders, often succeed by being hands-on, flexible and involved in almost everything. In the Growth Stage, that same strategy can cause a bottleneck.

As the leader, you now have to shift from carrying the ministry personally to building people, systems and shared responsibility so the mission can continue beyond one person. The table below highlights some of the key changes in mindset and leadership practices that help ministries move from simply managing growth to sustaining it.