Sesame Street Leadership #4 Oscar the Grouch Leaders

Oscar the Grouch leaders are constantly negative, but crave respect.

There are two different kinds of negative leaders, the leaders who are just negative to be negative and the leaders who are negative because they haven't had a strong leader speak into their lives.

"Molly" (no, it's not her real name) is a very passionate servant of God's littlest creations. She is a very good leader of the birth through age 3 age group, she is administrative, loves those babies, and truly loves her maker, but I had to release her for a couple of months. Why?!? Life was overwhelming and during the building process she became bitter, negative and felt no one knew how hard she worked. She was so negative, she was actually called the "nursery natzi." After talking to her, it was a mutual decision that she would take a 3 month break to sit at the feet of Jesus and refuel. When 3 months had passed, she actually saw the change in herself. She didn't even notice how negative she had become.

What are the two ways to help an "Oscar the Grouch" leader?

1. Encourage them by providing an avenue in which to speak.
2. Grow them by giving personal attention and confronting them about their critical spirit.