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Believe it or not, pastor, most of your best people will not wake up Monday morning thinking, 'How can I build a great church this week?' They will go to work thinking about how they can impact their world for the Kingdom of God.
If they're in business, they will (hopefully) be thinking not simply about how they can make a profit, but how they might add value to people's lives. If they're in education, they will be thinking about how to shape the values of young minds and leave a lasting mark on a future generation.
In short, whatever your people are doing on Monday, it won't be primarily aimed at putting more bottoms on seats next Sunday. People need to be equipped for their work of ministry - or more literally, 'service' - in their environment.
Aspirational leadership might give them a burst of motivation to do better on Monday. It won't, however, provide either the vision, strategy or know-how to help them to build something of lasting significance in their world over a long period of time.
This is not an either-or proposition. We need both aspirational and strategic leadership.
However, the former does best when it serves the latter.
Motivation toward personal growth carries much greater weight when it
serves a bigger vision, the transformation of lives on a very large
scale. 
Mal Fletcher is a social commentator and social futurist, global leadership speaker, broadcaster and author. He is chairman of the 
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In my opinion this is one of the most relevant and prophetic features I have read from Mal in a long time. Mal, in my opinion, is a 'pioneer of pioneers' and I have the privilege of attending his annual get to gether in Spain every year (when I can make it) We need aspirational leadership to help our people see their calling in terms of the Kingdom, but without a doudt if we have no strategic leadership we will not be salt and light. More power to you Mal, Great article.