This Hidden Danger Often Lurks Within Christian Organizations

It’s hidden, but visible.

It runs throughout the world, but especially in corporate America.

This lurking danger is “a culture of low expectations,” leadership expert Josh Friedeman tells Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of the Greenelines podcast on the Charisma Podcast Network. In the Christian business world, he explains, “We kind of masquerade it or treat it and talk about it as grace. We want to have grace with people because we’re Christian people; we’re supposed to be nice, but too often, we allow things to pass that shouldn’t.

“And I think that while grace is obviously a very important thing, it’s also extremely important to have high expectations,” Friedeman adds. “Because we are on a mission as Christian people. Each one of us may have a different mission, but we’re all on mission to be doing things for the sake of the kingdom for Jesus. And if we have low expectations for ourselves or for other people, things just don’t get done that should get done.

“I think that Christians should be the most driven people out there,” he says. “And I think a lot of them are. You can think back through history, people were willing to go through all sorts of incredible difficulty because they had a focus, they were on mission. Sometimes though, it’s so easy to get lulled into this idea of we need to not push people, we need to have grace. And because of that, accidentally, we kind of form low expectations that keep us from hitting some of the potential that we really need to be hitting as the people of God, who were on mission for the kingdom of God.”

For much more from Josh Friedeman on how you can succeed as a kingdom leader and take on God’s expectations for your business rather than the world’s, listen to the entire episode of Greenelines at this link and subscribe to Greenelines for more inspiring stories like this one. Check out Friedeman’s own podcast, Life as Leadership, also on the Charisma Podcast Network. {eoa}

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