{"id":1261,"date":"2011-08-19T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2011-11-24T19:40:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T19:40:01","slug":"a_radical_call_for_extra_mile_leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/19\/a_radical_call_for_extra_mile_leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"A Radical Call for Extra-Mile Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An incident on the way home from Chicago to Kelowna, BC last week has reminded me yet again why extra-mile leadership should be the benchmark for all Christian leaders.<\/p>\n<p>My son was flying home from the U.S. version of The Global Leadership Summit, when a flight delay in Toronto meant he\u2019d miss his connection flight in Calgary. The result would be spending the night in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>But when his flight landed in Calgary an Air Canada employee whisked him off the plane before everyone else, raced him across the airport in a golf cart, handed him a new boarding pass, and told him that they had held up for him a flight to Vancouver. From there he would be put on another flight that would get him home to Kelowna that same night.<\/p>\n<p>That was going the extra mile.<\/p>\n<p>But as impressive and appreciated as this was, for Christian leaders that should simply be normal.<\/p>\n<p>You see, when Jesus talked about going the extra mile it was a challenge to a level of servanthood so scandalous it would have caused many in his time <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1262\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/the_extra_mile-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"the extra mile\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/>to consider abandoning their faith.<\/p>\n<p>Under Roman oppression one of the humiliating realities for the Jewish people was that any Roman soldier could, on a moment\u2019s notice, command a Jewish citizen to drop what they were doing and carry the solder\u2019s belongings from one town to the next.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was a limitation to the law; the soldier could only command the citizen to carry his belongings for one mile.<\/p>\n<p>It was into this demeaning reality that Jesus challenged his followers to a whole new level of servanthood.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the mark of his followers would be that, \u201cIf anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.\u201d (Matt 5:41) You can imagine the shockwaves that sent out.<\/p>\n<p>What are some principles that can help you live out extra-mile leadership?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Understand the expectations of others, and then surpass them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t expect favour in exchange for going the extra mile.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Live with a Colossians 3:23 mentality, \u201cWhatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s leading like Jesus. And that\u2019s the kind of leadership that leaves a God-honouring mark on everything you do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you live out extra-mile leadership? What results have you seen?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An incident on the way home from Chicago to Kelowna, BC last week has reminded me yet again why extra-mile leadership should be the benchmark for all Christian leaders. 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