Week 11: Chapter 10 — Improving Leadership

1.Sanders argues that a leader's greatest responsibility after faithfulness is growth — that God expects His leaders to be developing, not static. Do you agree? Is there a tension between contentment and the call to grow?

2.Sanders identifies self-assessment as a key leadership discipline — the regular habit of asking, 'Where am I weak? Where am I growing? Where am I stagnant?' How honestly do you engage in this kind of self-evaluation? What makes it difficult?

3.Sanders draws on Paul's language in Philippians 3:12-14 — 'I press on toward the goal' — as the posture of a leader who refuses to coast on past accomplishments. What past accomplishments are you most tempted to 'rest in'? How do you keep pressing forward?