Craig Groeschel

Great person, but it could be the wrong season.

An example is my current assistant is completely world-class, the best of the best.

And she worked with me, I don't know, 10 or 12 years ago when she had young kids at home.

And because of the extreme demands of that role, it actually didn't fit her family season.

And so she did another role for a while, and then a few years later, when her kids were mostly grown, she's back in her role, and it's great for everyone, including her family.

It's the same person, but much more effective in a different season.

So you also want to think about not just personal season, but organizational seasons, and this is really, really, really, really important.

And I'm surprised at how we don't talk about this enough.

Some leaders are just better at some things.

For example, not just tasks, but they're better in certain seasons.

Some are great at launching something.

Others are great at maintaining.

You don't want to put a maintainer over a new product launch.

That's just a bad mix.

Don't put an entrepreneurial leader over something with no room to grow.

And once you start to grow and work with people long enough, you're going to start to see that people don't just specialize in gifts and skills and tasks, but they're actually specialists in certain seasons.

And I'll explain.

With 45 campuses, we've got a few pastors that they're just entrepreneurial, like apostles, spiritual leaders.

They're great at launching things.

I mean, like can start it.