I was recently listening to a leadership podcast by Andy Stanley. In it, he referenced the former CEO of Intel, Andy Grove. Before Intel made their big jump from a small chip company to the world of micro-processors, Grove met with his CFO and said the following:
"What if the board decided to get rid of us and bring in someone new? What would he do? Why don't we walk out the door, rehire ourselves and do that?"
As leaders we are in love and often times emotionally attached to ministries we create or are involved in. But sometimes a "fresh eyes" perspective is needed to keep things from outliving their usefulness. The idea of "firing" ourselves may sound strange at first, but we can be guilty of holding onto things for too long. I am discovering that firing myself is not such a bad idea, as long as I am willing to take a good, objective look at things in the process. If I can gain a "fresh" perspective, then I can be "rehired." Ministry will always require change. And change is not something that we generally look forward to. But as my pastor used to say, "To change is difficult, but to not change is fatal."
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