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Middle Middle Your Sunlight is in the Mentor Pattern. Mentors like to come alongside you and develop you to be your best. They hone who you are, fanning the flame of your ability. Mentors build into you and help you realize your potential. They coach and guide you to help you discover your whole self. As trusted allies, they are friendly faces who encourage you to grow, develop and change.
As a Mentor, you do the above with relative ease, like using your dominant hand to sign a check. You won't have to give these things much thought as they flow naturally from your giftedness. President Dwight Eisenhower and Indira Gandhi were Mentor leaders. Eisenhower said: “I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
Leaders with the Mentor Pattern not only select excellent subordinates but they provide an environment where subordinates can flourish in their giftedness—allowing them to perform at their highest capacity.
Eisenhower said, “The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy. The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.” He was not a ‘hands on’ president, but delegated authority and insisted that his staff should bring only matters of the highest political importance to his personal attention. Eisenhower used his Mentor Pattern whether as a General or a President—building into people and empowering them to act. Gandhi said, “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” Mentors show others how to live.
Jesus said, “I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
You will want to read about the Mentor leadership of Eisenhower, Gandhi and Jesus, as many can miss the unique interactive style of the Mentor. Yet, remember to use your middle areas and Shadows! As the German philosopher Goethe said, “Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.”
One of your Middle Grounds is the Administrator Pattern. With some concentration and effort, you can be good with tactics, details, and following the plan.
Administrators help establish the plan and then follow it as it is laid out. They like policy and structure, and are good with details and budgets. Administrators focus on management and tend to be averse to taking risks. They are good with procedures and like to follow the rules.
All these Administrator qualities are within your grasp and will come with moderate effort.
One of your Middle Grounds is the Catalyst Pattern. With some concentration and effort, you can be an innovator.
Catalysts are people who will challenge you, and so take you to new ground. They innovate and experiment in life, motivating you to change. Catalysts seem to light fires under people, spurring them on to unconventional or entirely new methods. They can be revolutionary, stirring up people. As trusted critics, we know their words are speaking truth as they speed up change in our lives.
All these Catalyst qualities are within your grasp and will come with moderate effort.
One of your Middle Grounds is the Relational Pattern. With some concentration and effort, you can be a great team builder.
Relationals are people who are motivated by harmony and see the team as crucial. They want people to be whole and healthy, and so are good team builders. Relationals highly value grace and mercy, and can be quite loving and warm. People deeply matter to them. Decisions are guided by deep-seated values and personal connections to others.
All these Relational qualities are within your grasp and will come with moderate effort.
One of your Middle Grounds is the Overseer Pattern. With some concentration and effort, you can focus on strategy.
Overseers like to see the big picture. They work best with principles and concepts as their guiding force. Overseers prefer to work on strategy, aligning people with their right places to work. They think in terms of the vision and direction of things, tending to look at the horizon rather than at what is immediately in front of them.
All these Overseer qualities are within your grasp and will come with moderate effort.
