Leading the local church may be the single most difficult leadership assignment I know. Think about it, your customers are your workforce and your financial supporters. With that reality its easy to see when pastors fall into the trap of trying to please everyone. Ron Edmondson has some helpful advice on how to deal with this problem:
“I recognize I am a People Pleaser Pastor. How do I turn the tide on this? How do I stop? I am seeing tension mounting on the team. There is frustration on our staff and it is even spilling over to our spouses, and my vision has hit a brick wall. I really want to move away from this but I am finding it most difficult.”