As a leader, you will struggle with these things:

It’s very easy to point out the things your followers need to change. Your churches growth will be limited to your leadership capacity.
I have listed "positive" attributes of a leader, but watch how, if we are not careful they can begin to limit growth: 

Preferences. Some leaders simply rebrand their personal preferences as the “vision” for everyone. True vision is collection. True vision takes into account the preferences and gifts of all followers.

Experience. Most of the time, leadership experience adds wisdom. This same experience, however, can mold our thought process into doing things the same way as before. For example, if you’re a leader in a new position, it’s far easier to lean heavily upon previous solutions in past leadership roles. It’s harder to form new solutions that fit the current context using experience only as a guide.

Hurt. The longer you lead, the more hurt you will experience. Getting hurt particularly as a senior leader is inevitable.  Learning to cope with the jabs thickens the hide, but projecting previous offences on others attempting to offer constructive criticism is an easy mistake to make.

Oversimplification. Veteran leaders have a valuable perspective. This veteran perspective enables them to make decisions quickly and clarify complex problems. When veteran leaders get too far in front of their followers, however, they can oversimplify these problems. Sometimes overly simplistic solutions are more confusing than the problem.

How can I be a better leader? By being a better follower first.
-Scott.

On being a leader:

1. Leaders create opportunities. Leaders open spaces for new things to happen.

2. Leaders say “I don’t know.” Acknowledging honestly that you as a leader do not have all the answers opens the way for others to explore, experiment, and discover things that even you as a leader might not have thought of. Saying “I don’t know” gives permission to others to “figure it out” while the leader offers wisdom and supports those who are exploring new possibilities.

3.  Leaders are rarely the best performers, but rather are talent developers. Think of an orchestra and conductor. While the conductor may not be skilled enough to occupy the first chair of any section, they bring together all of the talent of those who do occupy the orchestral sections into a beautiful blend of harmony and energy.

4. Leaders cast the vision of hope. Not just the doing part.

5. Leaders love a mess. Leaders always have a symbolic supply of duct tape handy, seasoned leaders are “comfortable in the craziness,” which is not the same as comfortable with lack of focus.

6. Leaders do and then they re-do. Today’s solution may become tomorrow’s obstacle. Leaders recognize the need for revisiting and re-evaluating an organization’s goals and accomplishments.

7. Leaders know when to wait. Timing can be just as important as vision. Learning to wait patiently for the right moment, the right atmosphere, the right people to be on-board with a project can be critical to the success of that project. 

8.  Leaders are optimistic. Optimism means leaders “believe that this can be a better world, we can make a difference”. Optimism is not blind disregard of reality, but a long-range attitude of hope.

9. Leaders attend to details. “God is in the details.” this applies to churches as well as architecture.

10. Leaders make mistakes, but create blame-free cultures. Failure without blame is not a bad thing for organizations, and part of the learning curve of growing churches.

11. Leaders know themselves well. This may be one of the toughest qualities of leadership to master. Self-knowledge, coupled with self-regulation, separates the good from the best in leadership. Acknowledging that “I’m not in charge” of everything, which is the cousin of “I don’t know everything” enables others to succeed and communicates that the leader understands his or her own limitations.

12. Leaders take breaks. There are no rewards for pastors who say, “I never take a holiday.” Leaders need a break from the pressures of leadership in order to rest, recharge, and re-evaluate. Think of preventive maintenance for pastors, and you’ve got the idea. Great leaders step away, have other interests, pay attention to their relationships, and recognize their need for perspective.