Sometimes leaders can view their role only encompassing the big-picture, long-term and strategic kind of stuff. 

I’ve learned, however, that how I treat simple one-on-one encounters with others may impact my leadership and my church in greater ways than my big-picture stuff. 

I suggest silently asking yourself these three questions when you’re with another person at your church or organization.

• If I were in this person’s shoes, would he or she feel loved by me?
• What does this person need from me now and how can I meet it?
• What is God doing in this person’s life and how does He want me to help?

Perhaps these questions are ways to live out the maxim, “people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

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