“I was hired to do this ministry and that is what I am doing.” This is a quote from a leader of a sub ministry in a church. Yes, you were hired for that focus. But likely you were hired for the greater good of the body. Likely you were hired so that the body of Christ could have greater impact. No you were not hired to build a silo. And even if your ministry leadership can outpace the senior leader, does that mean you should think small and build a silo? Or could it be that you could serve the larger call through your specific assignment?
To repeat what I have said, every leader determines their level of impact not by garnering an assignment that is cool or special. Leaders determine their ultimate level of impact by the price they choose to pay in the small ways that are often out of sight, in the way they shape their ministry so that someone else is celebrated, in their sacrifice for a greater good. That level of leadership will rise to the top given time.
Silos are by nature selfish and hoarding. A silo in a ministry actually destroys the ministry at large by syphoning off resources, but not seeing itself as a part of the larger whole and as having responsibility to contribute to the larger whole. When a leader only looks at their area of responsibility and only carries the concern for how their sector is doing, they are doing damage to the whole.
Highest level leadership never builds a silo. Highest level leadership always thinks of the larger “body” rather than their own section. Highest level leaders may have specific responsibility over one area but they lead for the greater good.
Blow up the silos and grow a healthy body!