Check out John Kotter's post, An Astonishing Lack of Urgency on HBS Conversation Starter;
Discipleship is all about change. Sometimes it's elective. Sometimes it's not. If you are facing uncertainty, you have to lead (and since you are a LID, it'll be in Discipleship).
If you are proactively leading in discipleship, don't as Kotter says assume the change is going to happen "over there"- in the group you are recruiting to be a leadership team, or the targeted audience, or the supposed stake holders, or anyone else if you, as the sappy song says about peace, aren't ready for the change to begin with you.
What do you want to change or what is changing? Don't expect it to happen, as Kotter says, "over there". In fact be urgent about changing.
To paraphrase Mr. Kotter's What Can You Do if you want to raise the lid List:
1) Who are you leading?
2) Are you leading?
3) Become a leader with urgency. Lean in or back off, but urgency says: err on the side of leaning in.
4) As always: Don't be a jerk
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