Is Pride Having a Negative Impact on Your Influence?

Leaders tend to have strong personalities, strong opinions and strong convictions.  As a result we’re easily susceptible to a spirit of pride.  Solomon warns us in Proverbs 18:12 "Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor." I don't know that there is anything more dangerous to our leadership influence than deeply rooted pride.

• Pride encumbers learning
• Pride blocks reconciliation
• Pride blinds wisdom
• Pride destroys authentic relationships
• Pride inhibits vulnerability
• Pride limits team innovation
• Pride injures the confidence of others around you
• Pride breeds an atmosphere of condemnation
• Pride diminishes the contribution of others
• Pride ignores the power of God
• Pride fails to ask for help
• Pride results in an ego driven organization
• Pride comes before the fall

So think about it, is there any sense of pride in your life and leadership that's limiting God's work through you?