I'm learning through being apart of a college ministry leadership team there are different qualities you find throughout leaders.
There is the "fine detail" individual who spends time on the little things that may not seem important and the big picture individual who scopes out the big things that everyone will notice.
There is the present day planner who thinks in the here and now and the future planner who thinks ahead.
There is the "light load" individual who can only handle one responsibility at a time and there is the "heavy load" individual who can handle multiple responsibilities at one time.
All of these traits are good traits not one is better than the other. It depends on what you are looking for at the time. What's the need? It would become a problem if you are asking something of someone who doesn't have that trait such as, needing someone to setup a room with furniture who is a fine detail thinker and yet there they stand with an empty room. You would need a big picture thinker in that moment. It would be like handing a professional basketball player a glove and telling him to go play shortstop. Yes, he is an athlete, yes, he is talented, but that's not his sport. Set leaders up to be successful not stressful. This is the bottom line: giving leaders the capability of accomplishing responsibilities successfully. The only way to do that is to know what traits different individuals have and put them in roles where they can use their abilities successfully. Stress comes into play when a person is placed in a role where they have to actually work OUT of their abilities rather than IN their abilities.
Once again, no trait is wrong, no trait is superior. We need all individuals in leadership. That's when you have a complete leadership team! You can't have a team of just big people thinkers, things may never get accomplished. You can't have a team of just "light load" individuals, your team would have to be big to see things get done. We all have traits that are there to better the team. The better the leadership, the better the ministry.
