EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN LEADERSHIP

 EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IN LEADERSHIP

We must understand that the subject of Leadership is very broad and cannot be defined by only one definition. In this week's article, we will be talking about the concept of Efficiency and Effectiveness in Leadership. One of the simplest definition of Leadership is the ability to serve. We must understand that Leadership determines the rise and fall of everything. Therefore, for anything to rise and fall, it all depends on Leadership. Leadership can be seen as a foundation of a building; and as a foundation,  it determines how strong or weak a house can be. Jesus Christ gave a powerful illustration of what a good foundation of a building should look like(Matthew 7:24). He said "anyone that hears and doeth these sayings; is a wise man that buildeth his house upon a rock". He made us to understand that anything that comes upon the house will never make the house fall. For it was founded upon a Rock.

Good Leadership can be likened to a rock while Bad Leadership can be likened to a sand. We will be considering two things that makes for a good Leadership - Effectiveness and Efficiency.

What is EFFECTIVENESS and EFFICIENCY?

Effectiveness is having the power or potential to produce a desired goal while Efficiency is the extent to which time is well used for the intended task. From this definition we understand that good Leadership requires Time and Potentials. How then is time and  potential  used towards good Leadership?

Effectiveness and Efficiency work hand-in-hand to conform to a good Leadership which stands as Rock and as the foundation of a house.

In one word basically, Efficiency means to be efficient and Effectiveness in layman terms is the ability to produce a desired "effect" or achieve a desired "result". 

Efficiency also means not wasting time while working towards a desired goal. Jesus Christ, as always, our ultimate model exhibited this throughout His sojourn on earth.

Let's put some definitions in place - Efficient & Effective Leadership:

An Efficient leader is one that accomplishes or fulfils what is intended with maximum effect. What is intended here refers to the RESULTS produced.

_Matthew 20: 26-27 "But it shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant"._

Well, one important question to answer is "How important is Efficiency in Leadership?". To answer this, it is also very important for us to know that without Effectiveness and Efficiency, we cannot have progress in this life as leaders.

John C. Maxwell says in one of his books that these two are the foundation for success. The excellence of our journey as leaders depends on how effective and efficient we are in it and as earlier stated, the proof of Efficiency and Effectiveness  is the RESULTS produced.

TO BE CONTINUED...