The Leadership Principle of Connection: Leaders Touch the Heart Before They Ask for the Hand

If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. Exodus 19:5-6 Have you ever noticed how God introduced the Ten Commandments? Before He spoke His laws to the people of Israel, He took the time to remind them of three vital truths: 1. The love He had for them. 2. The victories He’d won for them. 3. The future He planned for them. God spoke about how He intended to bless the nation of Israel as His children, and He warned them of the boundaries to keep – how to survive His presence on Mount Sinai. Only then did He give them His commandments to obey. Do you see the genius of the sequence? Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand. You can’t move people to action, until you first move them with emotion (a.k.a., people don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care). Before God commanded His people to keep His rules, He reminded them of His relationship and blessings. That gave them all the incentive they needed to follow through on their commitment! Have you connected emotionally with those you are trying to influence? Are the relationships in place so that the leadership is reasonable? I’d love to talk to you personally. For more on help I can provide and how you can reach me, check out… http://truthatlife.com/ or email me directly at curtis.songer@gmail.com