Pastor Steven Furtick

Here’s an exercise your staff/team/family would really enjoy.  I tried it out in our all-staff meeting recently and it was a big hit.

Have people in the room spontaneously complete this sentence:
“I’m really proud of  ____ for _____.”

In the first blank, you should insert a name.  Preferably not your own.
In the second blank, you should insert an accomplishment.  The more recent and specific, the better.

Proverbs 27:2 says that you should let the lips of another man praise you, and not your own.  The second part of that verse is relatively intuitive-nobody likes a braggart.  But as a leader, make sure you’re creating plenty of airtime for people to praise each other, ultimately giving the glory to Jesus.

You’ll be surprised how the whole room will light up, and some of the contributions that will surface that you didn’t even know about.