Transcript LEADERSHIP QUALITIES - Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING
CHURCH AUXILIARY BOARDS
THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
GOAL
Provide education and information for
Church leaders to facilitate the
Establishment of high performing auxiliary
Boards within our local churches.
OBJECTIVES
Define leadership.
List leadership qualities.
Establish team development stages.
Match leadership style to stage of team
development.
What is leadership?
Leadership is the capacity and will to rally
men and women to a common purpose
and the character which inspires
confidence.
OR
Leadership is influence.
John C. Maxwell
LEADERSHIP ACCORDING TO
THE SCRIPTURES
 JOSHUA 4
 First and foremost be spiritual.
 Joshua was in constant contact with God and God
exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel. You are in
contact with God often.
 JUDGES 4
 Have a heart.
 This is a leader who has been given the
 Leadership and guidance of the Holy Spirit to
 Meet daily challenges. You are guided by God.
 Barak was a leader guided by the Holy Spirit.
SELECT A MENTOR
John 13
Servant leader
A spiritual vision of leadership such as the
one Jesus modeled rejects self-seeking,
self-protection, self-promotion, and selfadvancement. It embodies humility,
generosity, sacrifice, respect for others,
reverence, and responsibility.
TITUS 1
• Leaders should be
Blameless
Not overbearing
Not quick tempered
Not given to drunkenness
Not violent
Not pursuing dishonest gain
Must be Hospitable
One who loves what is good
One who is self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined
TITUS 1
 You must be trustworthy,
 Trustworthiness is a balance of high competence and
strong character.
TRUST
TRUSTWORTHINESS
BALANCE OF THE TWO CREATE
CHARACTER
COMPETENCE
A person with high character exhibits integrity, maturity and an
Abundance Mentality (plenty for everybody,
A person with high competence has knowledge and ability in a given
area.
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God wants leaders who are disciplined, seasoned and convicted in faith.
Leaders should be
Above reproach
Temperate
Self-controlled
Respectable
Hospitable
Able to teach
Not given to drunkenness
Not violent but gentle
Not a lover of money
Manage his own family
Must not be a recent convert
A good reputation
Not malicious talkers
JEREMIAH 36
A leader must respond positively to
 God’s will. Negative leadership can
result in suffering and death.
Leaders who respond positively to God’s
 will result in peace, unity, forgiveness,
deliverance, healing, and abundant life.
DEUTERONOMY 31
Good leaders learn to accept with
gratitude the accomplishments of previous
leaders. Joshua was not envious of the
great deeds of Moses.
21 INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES
OF A LEADER
1. CHARACTER
The leader exhibits integrity, maturity and
an abundance mentality. Followers do not
trust leaders whose character they know
to be flawed, and they will not continue
following them. The key to success is
character.
CHARISMA/OTHERMINDEDNESS
 The ability to draw people to you.
 You need to like people, love life, see good in people and
give people hope.
 Share yourself: wisdom, resources, and even special
occasions
 Stay away from the following:
 Pride
 Insecurity
 Moodiness
 Perfectionism
 Cynicism
COMMITMENT
It is the enemy of resistance. It is the serious
promise to press on, to get up, no matter how
many times you are knocked down.
4 kinds of people
1. Cop-outs
2. Holdouts
3. Dropouts
4.All outs
COMMUNICATION
The leader must be able to share knowledge and
ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and
enthusiasm to others.
It’s not just what you say but how you say it.
Simplicity is the key to effective communication.
Be clear.
COMPETENCE
 It’s the leader’s ability to say it, plan it and do it
in such a way that others know that you know
how—and know that they want to follow you.
 CULTIVATE COMPETENCE
 1. Show up every day
 2. Keep improving.
 3.Follow through with excellence—quality.
 4. Accomplish more than expected—go the extra
 mile.
 5. Inspire others.
COURAGE
It is rightly esteemed the first of human
qualities… because it is the quality which
guarantees all others.
Courage is not an absence of fear.
To improve courage: speak in front of an
audience, face the music, do something
daring.
RESPONSIBILITY
Success on any major scale requires you to
accept responsibility.
The one quality that all successful people have is
the ability to take on responsibility.
Responsible people
1. Get the job done.
2. They are willing to go the extra mile.
3. They are driven by excellence.
4. They produce regardless of the situation.
DISCERNMENT
Can be described as the ability to find the root
of the matter. Discernment helps the leader see
a partial picture filling in the missing pieces and
finds the real heart. It relies on intuition as well
as rational thought. Never relies on gut feeling
alone, but involves your head to find the best
options.
Enhance your problem solving.
Evaluate your options for maximum impact.
Follow your instinct.
FOCUS
The sharper it is, the sharper you are.
Focus time and energy 70% on strengths
Focus 25% on new things
Growth equals change
Don’t forget in leadership: if you are through
growing, you’re through.
Focus 5% on areas of weakness- delegate your
weaknesses. Stick to things you know.
GENEROSITY
Giving is the highest level of living.
Be grateful for whatever you have.
Put people first.
Don’t allow the desire for possessions to control
you.
Regard money as a resource.
Develop the habit of giving.
Give something away.
Find someone to mentor.
INITIATIVE
1. Leaders know what they want.
2. They push themselves to act.
3. They take more risks.
4. They make more mistakes.
To improve
1. Change your mind-set.
2. Don’t wait for opportunity to knock.
3. Take the next step.
LISTENING
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices
of the people. A good leader encourages
followers to tell him/her what he/she needs to
know, not what he/she want to hear.
The Law of Connection is leaders touching
hearts before they ask for a hand. Before you
can touch a heart, you must know what’s in it.
You learn by listening.
The purpose of listening is to connect and learn.
Start listening not only for words, but also
feelings, meanings and undercurrents.
PASSION
 No one can be successful unless you love
 Your work. If you look at the lives of effective leaders you will find that they often
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don’t fit into a stereotypical mold.
More than 50% of all CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had C or C- averages in
college.
Nearly 75% of all U.S. presidents were in the bottom half of their school classes.
50% of all millionaire entrepreneurs never finished college. Passion makes it possible
for people who might seem ordinary to achieve great things.
Passion increases your will power.
Passion is the first step to achievement.
Your desire determines your destiny. Weak desires bring weak results and small fires
creates little heat.
Passion makes the impossible possible. A leader with great passion and few skills
always outperforms a leader with great skills and no passion.
People nowadays don’t sing, don’t dance, and don’t even commit sin with much
enthusiasm.
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
If you believe you can, you can.
1. Your attitude is a choice. Don’t allow your
good attitude to deteriorate.
2. Your attitude determines your actions.
Attitude is the criterion for success.
3. Your people are a mirror your attitude. Who
you are is who you attract.
4. Maintaining a good attitude is easier than
regaining one.
PROBLEM SOLVING
 You will face problems!
 Good problem solving ability demonstrate 5 qualities:
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1. They anticipate problems. If you have leaders who will come only if they know there is a
good road, you should not want them.
2. They accept the truth. People respond to problems in these ways: They refuse to accept
them; they accept them and then put up with them, or they accept them and try to make things
better. Face up to the reality of any situation.
3. They see the big picture.
4.They handle one thing at a time. Richard Sioma has this advise: “Never try to solve all the
problems at once-make them line up for you one-by-one.
5. They don’t give up when you are in the valley.
TO Improve:
– 1. Look for trouble.
– 2. Surround yourself with problem solvers.
– 3. Develop a method and use TEACH
 T ime-spent to discover the real issue.
 E xposure-find out what others have done.
 A ssistance-have your team study all angles.
 C reativity-brainstorm multiple solution.
 H it it-implement the best solution.
RELATIONSHIPS
If you get along, they will go along.
The most important single ingredient in
the formula of success is knowing how to
get along with people. People don’t care
how much you know, until they know how
much you care.
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John C. Maxwell
SECURITY
You can’t lead people if you need people.
Insecure leaders have several common
traits.
1. They don’t provide security others.
2. They take more from people than they
give.
3. They continually limit their best people.
4. They continually limit the organization.
SELF-DISCIPLINE
If you want to become a leader for whom
self-discipline is an asset
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Develop and follow your priorities
Make a disciplined lifestyle your goal
Challenge your excuses
Remove rewards until the job is done
Stay focused on results
SERVANTHOOD
To get ahead, put others first. The true leader
serves. Serve people.
A true servant leader
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1. Puts others ahead of his own agenda
2. Possesses the confidence to serve
3. Initiate service to others
4. Is not position-conscious
5. Serve out of love
How you treat others is really a reflection of how we
think about ourselves.
TEACHABILITY
To keep leading, keep learning.
A leader needs to continue to grow
because your growth determines who you
are, who your are determines who you
attract: who you attract determines the
success of your organization.
VISION
Vision is everything for a leader.
Vision leads the leader.
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1. Vision starts within
2. Vision draws on your history
3. Vision meets others needs
4. Vision helps gather resources
Remember: A true valuable vision must have God in
it. Only He knows your full capabilities.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Holy Bible, New International Version
International Bible Society, New Jersey: East Brunswick, 1984,
Blanchard, Kenneth “The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing
Teams,”
William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York: New York, 1990.
Maxwell, John C. “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork.” Maxwell
Motivation,Inc. Georgia, 2001,
DR. ELFREDA A. LAKEY Administrator/Facilitator
First Lady of the 6th Episcopal District
PRESENTED BY:
– Leo Pinkett, Georgia North Region Lay Leader
6th Episcopal District (13th Connectional Lay
Institute Louisville, Kentucky 2005)
– [email protected]
– www.myhomebusinesspays.com/lpinkett