Craig Groeschel

You have a strong team player, but the team dynamic is unbalanced.

And this is a common challenge in leadership.

You take a great leader and you put a similar type of leader next to him or her.

And so maybe you've got an organized systematic leader and she hires someone to work with her who's just like her.

Or maybe you have someone who's more slow and deliberate and methodical in their approach, and he hires someone else who's thoughtful and cautious, very similar like him.

Here's what you need to recognize, that strength paired with the same strength isn't always strength multiplied.

Let me say it again.

Strength paired with the same strength

isn't always strength squared or strength multiplied.

And I'll give you three specific examples.

And if you think about all of your time in different organizations, you might've seen something like this.

Let's say you've got a relational leader with a relational leader.

What happens?

It's a pairing.

Relational plus relational equals warmth, but generally weak execution, right?

We just all feel good, but we don't always drive to get things done.

You might have a visionary person plus a visionary leader, and you've got all sorts of ideas, but limited follow through.

Or you might have an organizer plus an organizer, and that tends to equal structure with little inspiration.

So, if you've got a leader that's not quite succeeding, look at the pairing that could be an issue.

You don't just pair for chemistry, you pair for complementing gifts.