Community leadership is a rewarding yet challenging role. The weight of responsibility can lead to sleepless nights. Many leaders find themselves too concerned with what others think about them and the decisions they make. They care too much about disappointing others and get caught up in people pleasing on wanting to be accepted. In this case the leader is putting others first. The mission should be first, the leader second and the group third. When this is out of order the leader can lose sleep wondering how to get it back in place.

It can be hard to put the mission first if you have lost sight of it. Losing sight of the mission often pulls the leader in too many directions and leads to confusion. This confusion causes bad decision making and can create divisiveness. Not to mention, watering down the mission can affect the revenue and bottomline. Money is a vital part of any mission. 

But the biggest thing keeping community leaders up at night is neglecting internal work....