THEY MAY ACTUALLY HAVE ONE

Seek opinions from ‘qualified’ sources - people that have done what you are doing but doing it better, bigger, larger, faster, etc.

That opinion may or may not be unbiased and helpful

OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASKING FOR ADVICE

Be careful asking the people you lead for advice, for you might give the impression you can’t lead and set the standard for the team

INSTEAD, ASK THE WEATHER

What’s the temperature of the team? Individually ask ‘how’s the environment?’ do you know the mission of the team? Am I serving you well? If you were in charge what would be

INSTEAD, ASK FOR PRAYER

Ask for support, ask for prayer. Displays you take leadership seriously, you need help from God, proves you don’t have all the answers

OPINIONS DO NOT EQUAL DIRECTION

I may get a million opinions, while they may inform a decision they very well may not move the organization forward. Ex. your opinion may be dinner was awful. I walk away taking that information personally, execution of the dinner may have been bad, food not fresh, etc. But I may not know you’re a vegetarian. Any meat dinner is not going to go well. So you may spend energy getting a million opinions but they may or may not give you what you need to to lead well. Give the school Covid example