Leadership Tips & Training Motivational Idea

After the holidays, I realized that I had allowed some pounds to creep back on and decided I needed some help! Where does a leader go for help? Her class, of course! I decided to wear a suit that was snug (about a size too small) to my first meeting. I announced to the class that I would be keeping all the commitments with them and especially wanted to lose weight. I told them that I would be wearing the "tight" suit each week and wanted them to be able to actually see my progress as the session went along. Each week my class would ask me to take my suit jacket off to reveal what the waistband looked like. This was just the motivation and accountability I needed. I have lost 10 pounds so far and the waistband has gotten loose! I am really tired of wearing the suit, but my class looks forward to seeing how I have progressed each week. It has also motivated them and shown them another way to measure success other than the scale. You might want to try this for your next session. If you do, please let me know how it goes!

REMEMBER: "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." John Maxwell


Nancy Taylor is the First Place Leadership Training Director and joined the First Place staff in 1997. Nancy teaches leadership principles to First Place Leaders throughout the country and at Houston's First Baptist Church where she coordinates all the First Place groups. Nancy also speaks at First Place workshops, rallies, retreats, and conferences, where she delights her audiences with humor and encourages them with boldness. She writes a monthly article, which includes helpful tips for leaders, for the First Place E-newsletter, and was a contributing writer to the Today is the First Day devotional book. Nancy is the resident First Place Bible Concordance because of her love for Scripture memory.