PIWC SAKUMONO LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

TOPIC: LEADERSHIP CHARACTER: NATURAL LEADERSHIP VRS SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP SPEAKER: ELDER KWAME BOASIAKO OMANE-ANTWI TEXT: GEN 1:28 “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY”

CREDITS

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1995 LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, YALE UNIVERSITY USA.

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PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MENTORING PROGRAMME.

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LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT WORDS GENESIS 1:28

• “Be fruitful and multiply” Gen 1: 28 •  Enhance your potential Be empowered to serve • Be discipled to make others disciples of Christ (Mathew 28:19-20) 3

LEADERSHIP IS ROOTED IN THE BIBLE (THE BOOK OF LIFE)

• • • • • • • • • Great leaders ability fostered on the soil of human needs: Leadership is about solving human needs/problems All the great leaders in the Bible were raised by God to help God’s people meet their needs Noah (Gen 6:5-8) Abraham (Gen 12: 1-3; 18: 17-19) Joseph (Gen 41:37-57) Moses (Ex 14:30-31) Joshua (Josh 1:1-10) Debora (Judges 5:6-9) Gideon (Judges 6) 4

LEADERSHIP DEFINED

PETER DRUCKER: “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers” ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER “The process of influencing the behavior of other people toward group goals in a way that fully respects their freedom” LEADERSHIP DEFINITION: ROMANS 12:8 “If you are a leader, exert yourself to lead” 5

LEADERSHIP Meaning

 To govern  To manage  To run  To direct

What ?

 A Country  An Enterprise  A sector  A Unit  A Function  A Church  A Household 6

WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP

 Efficiency  Effectiveness  Accountability  Transparency  Success  Inspiration  Motivation  Challenge  Humility

Excellent Performance

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SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP OUTCOMES

 Growth  Good Citizenship  Christ-like living  Efficient; Effective Labour Force  Reliability  Joy, peace and satisfaction

Exemplary Leadership Rewards

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GADNER’S 9 TASK OF LEADERSHIP

 Envisioning Goals  Affirming Values  Motivating    Explaining Serving as a symbol Representing the Group  Managing  Achieving Workable Unity  Renewing 9

LEADERSHIP UNPACKED

“Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy” (Gen H. Norman Schworzkopf).

 Leadership is about character ie. your core values:  Faith  Integrity  Excellence  Justice NB: Common Question!

Are Leaders made or born?

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FIVE WAYS TO LIVE OUT VALUES

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Communicate the values constantly Enroll new Folk Revisit and Refresh the values Confront Contradictory Behavior Periodically check out with feedback 11

GOD THE ANSWER IN LEADERSHIP

The gift of Leadership is from God, but it is our responsibility to polish it, develop it, and improve it through His enabling power.

“If today you will be a servant to those people and serve them and give them a favorable answer ,they will be your servants- I Kings 12: 7-Servant Leadership” 12

GOD THE ANSWER IN LEADERSHIP

CONT’D:

“Work hard and cheerfully at all that you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your master Colossians 3:23-Servant Leadership” 13

ARE LEADERS MADE OR BORN?

THE ANSWER

• People who were not born with some leadership qualities or natural grace can become great leaders by being exposed to qualitative leadership training programme.

• People who were born with the natural ability to lead may not become great leaders unless they are trained and mentored by experienced and natural leaders • Experience has proven that untrained leaders constitute what I call spiritual and social risk.

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21 ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP TRAITS:

“ As we look into the next century (21 (Bill Gates) st century) leaders will be those who empower others” – “Leadership is about results i.e.

 Results beyond Past Year  Results beyond your previous best  Results beyond the competition” Omane – Antwi, B.K. 15

NATURAL LEADERSHIP VS SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP

Needless dispute has arisen over the difference between natural leadership and spiritual leadership as if the two were unrelated. While there are significant points of divergence there are also points of commonality.

Points of Commonality Origin

Both natural ability and spiritual leadership gifting originate in God. He creates us and that process of creation includes personality and natural abilities and traits.

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Points of Commonality Cont’d Development

Both natural leadership ability and spiritual leadership gifting need development. They may exist in latent form but in order for them to reach full expression and effectiveness, they need to be trained.

Recognition

Both natural leadership ability and spiritual leadership gifting need the recognition of others in order to be fully validated.

Leadership, by definition, does not exist in a vacuum.

One cannot lead unless there are people to lead, and a leader will, over time, naturally rise to the surface and be recognised as such.

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POINTS OF DIVERGENCE

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Source

While both natural leadership ability and spiritual leadership gifting originate in God, leadership does not depend on God. The natural leader will lead whether or not they acknowledge God.

They are self confident, depending on their own ability. The spiritual leader however, will be God confident, recognising the need for constant dependence upon Him.

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POINTS OF DIVERGENCE CONT’D

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. Motive Both natural leaders and spiritual leaders are driven by motive.

The natural leader’s motives will be either self- centred or other-centred.

Either they will use their ability for their own advancement or they will use it for the benefit of others.

While the spiritual leader will use their gifting for the benefit of others, their true motive is to benefit God and advance His purposes- Servant Leadership.

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POINTS OF DIVERGENCE CONT’D

3 . Ambition

Inherent in natural leadership is the desire to lead. The natural leader will use the opportunity to lead and will naturally take the initiative necessary to get things done.

They will enjoy the responsibility of leading others and will guard their position of leadership against threat. The spiritual leader is, however, content not to lead. They are available to God yet willing to be dispensable and to step aside if another should be appointed to succeed them.

“The best spiritual leaders are strong natural servants, who assume leadership simply because they see it as a way in which they can serve.” – Servant Leadership

- Robert Greenleaf 20

The Example of Paul

Paul: the Natural Leader Paul: the Spiritual Leader

You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion – how I violently persecuted the Christians. I did my best to get rid of them.

I was one of the most religious Jews of my own age, and I tried as hard as possible to follow all the old traditions of my religion.

- Galatians 1: 13-14

But then something happened! For it pleased God in his kindness to choose me and call me, even before I was born! What undeserved mercy! Then he revealed his Son to me so that I could proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles. When all this happened to me, I did not rush out to consult with anyone else.

- Galatians 1: 15-16 21

The Example of Paul Cont’d

Paul: the Natural Leader Paul: the Spiritual Leader

Yet I could have confidence in myself if anyone could. If others have reason family that is a Benjamin.

for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more! For I was circumcised when I was eight days old, having been born into a pure blooded Jewish I once thought all these things were so very important, but I consider worthless them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ and become one with him.

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So I am a real Jew if there ever was one! What’s more, I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. And zealous? Yes, in fact, I harshly persecuted the church. And I obeyed the Jewish law so carefully that I was never accused of any fault.

- Philippians 3: 4-6 I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s Law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. As a result, I can really know Christ and experience the dead.

the mighty power that raised him from - Philippians 3:7-10

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The Example of Paul Cont’d

Are we trying to pat ourselves on the back again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart before God.

If it seems that we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit. Whatever we do, it is because Christ’s love controls us.

- 2 Corinthians 5: 12-14 24

SERVANT LEADERSHIP

Spiritual leadership

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1. Servant Leadership is not Self-Centred The servant leader is not preoccupied with what they gain from leadership. They are not interested in status – they are happy to see others promoted ahead of them.

Neither are they concerned with comfort – they willingly undergo hardship and suffering .

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP – CHRIST JESUS MODEL Mathew 20: 20-28

20 Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favour.

21 “What is your request?” He asked.

She replied, “In your Kingdom, will you let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one at your right and the other at your left?” 22 But Jesus told them, “You don’t know what you are asking!

Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of sorrow I am about to drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, we are able!” “You will indeed drink from it, he told them. “But I have no right to say who will sit on the thrones next to mine. My Father has prepared those places for the one He has chosen.” 26

SERVANT LEADERSHIP : CHRIST JESUS MODEL

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24 When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant.

25 but Jesus called them together and said, “You know that in this world kings are tyrants, and officials Lord it over the people beneath them.

26 But among you it should be quite different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must become your slave.

28 For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many,” - Matthew 20: 20-28 27

SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS GOD HONOURING

The servant leader follows the example of Jesus and gladly relinquishes status and power for the benefit of others. They do not hang on to leadership because they know it is not a privilege to be contested, but an honour to be conferred.

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS GOD HONOURING CONT’D

PHILIPPIANS 2 :3-11 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.

4 Don’t think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.

5 Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.

6 Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God.

7 He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form.

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS GOD HONOURING CONT’D

8 And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal’s death on a cross.

9 Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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SEVEN (7) REFLECTIONS ON JESUS’ LEADERSHIP STYLE

1. The Disciples- bonding them together into a cohesive team (mark 10:2-4) 2. Sending Out of the 12 and the 72- Sending 12 out first and 72 in pairs (Luke 9 to Luke 10: 24) 3. Jesus the Teacher 4. Clearing the Temple (John 2:12-22)- What does this tell us about Jesus’ leadership style 31

SEVEN (7) REFLECTIONS ON JESUS’ LEADERSHIP STYLE CONT’D

5. The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-35)- Meeting the Cleopas and his companion at their point of need.

6. With Pilate (Luke 23: 1-25; John 18:28; 19:16)- In what ways does Jesus influence 7. The Great Commission (Mathew 28:16- end; Acts 1:1-11) Jesus gives vision and strategy.

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THE MIRROR TEST OF A SERVANT LEADER

Sanctuary Hope THE MIRROR TEST OF A SERVANT LEADER

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WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE- NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL LEADERS ?

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on” -Walter Lippmann, US journalist, writing about U.S. President

Roosevelt

“The art of leadership consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.” - Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf.

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), U.S. Republican President.

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NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL LEADERS?

“The real leader has no need to lead- he is content to point the way.” - Henry Miller, U.S. Author “The leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go on ahead, whereas the others follow, not realising all along that they are being directed from behind. There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.” - Nelson Mandela, “The long Walk to Freedom” 35

NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL LEADERS?

“Of a good leader, when his task is finished, his goal achieved, they will say, “We did this ourselves.” -Lao-Tse, Chinese Philosopher, 600 BC.

“Leadership is the ability to obtain followers.” -James C. Georges, Par Training Corporation.

“Leadership is one of the things you cannot delegate. You either exercise it , or you abdicate it” -Robert Goizueta, Chief Executive Of Cola- Cola

NB: The Spiritual Leader must be “spiritual” first and a “leader” second.

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Leadership Development

CORE VALUES – Pentecost University College Mentoring Programme  Faith in Jesus and the Bible as basis of all rules and conduct  Creation of Christian environment and relationships “to know Christ and make Him known”  Personal Integrity and credibility  Commitment and dedication to “PUC Work ethic”  Capacity building of all to realize full potential  Excellence as a lifestyle  Commitment to the Great Commission  Building of leaders with integrity 37

PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

 Identify your strengths and discover your high calling from God  Commit yourself to pursuing your high calling from God with all diligence (Daniel 1:8)  Commit to transformation of yourself • • Determine your personal core values Develop your good habits and beliefs • • Cultivate character qualities Build good relationship 38

COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING SELF

• • • • • Develop good and right habits, convictions, Principles and beliefs Need to study, Need for solitude and reflection Need for guidance: seek out wise & God – fearing counsellors, disciples, mentors, coaches, role – models.

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COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING SELF CONT’D

• • • • • • • Cultivate Character Qualities (Gal 5: 22) Integrity, righteousness, justice Love, goodness, kindness Joy, peace, wholeheartedness Graciousness, mercy, forgiveness, patience, gentleness, self control Humility, faithfulness, compassion  Holy, fear of God, wisdom Servant, shepherd, steward

Colossians 3:17 (NIV): Whatever you do, whether in word or Deed, Do it all in the Name of the Lord Jesus.

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LEADERSHIP: OMANE-ANTWI, B. K’S PHILOSOPHY Trained Leader’s good attributes

Seven competencies for strengthening resilience at the leadership level 41

OMANE-ANTWI, B.K’S PHILOSOPHY CONT’D LEADERSHIP SKILLS- SOFT SKILLS MODEL Soft Skills

HUMAN CAPITAL 42

LEADERSHIP – OMANE- ANTWI, B. K’S PHILOSOPHY & TIPS CONT’D

• Explore – do not limit yourself to your comfort zone. Build a jumping ground.

• Make sure you do a lot of reading that will enable you to complement your education • It is you who are the stumbling block nothing else. Just believe in yourself, and work hard to achieve what you want.

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LEADERSHIP – OMANE- ANTWI, B. K’S PHILOSOPHY AND TIPS CONT’D

• • • • • Get your fundamentals right Have courage. Grab opportunities. Identify them and take them – “ I believe and I receive” – the 4 words of biblical leadership drive.

It is important to enjoy what you do Love God  Golden rule –Love Your Neighbour  Platinum Rule- Love Your Enemies Integrity – The Watch Word 44

THE INTEGRITY TREE

Principled Ingenious Honest Fair Truthful Dependable Consistent Scrupulous Open Faithful Whole Trustworthy Reliable JEREMIAH 17: 8 “… IT DOES NOT CEASE TO BEAR FRUIT”

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SPOTTING EMERGING LEADER

 Your instinct  Experience of leadership from outside the church  Those who are passionate about the church  A desire to change things  Those who are willing to take on challenges  Those who are often listened to by others  A spiritual maturity – they “walk the talk” 46

WHAT MAKES A GOOD TEAM LEADER

• Commitment to people • Desire to support and serve • Enthusiasm, Energy, inspiration and Expertise • Willingness to shoulder responsibility • Ability to achieve more as a team 47

WHAT MAKES A GOOD TEAM MEMBER

 Commitment themselves to the team above  Positive contribution to the team process and goals  Enthusiasm, energy, inspiration and sufficient expertise  Willingness to take responsibility for elements of the team’s work  Delivering on commitment 48

KEY TAKE AWAYS: THE SEVEN (7) CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS

• • • • • • • Humility in the use of authority and power entrusted to you Trustworthiness and integrity Willingness to lead out of leadership gifting rather than from leadership position A desire to encourage growth and development in others A style of leadership that seeks to love and serve others and God Future vision is earthed in an understanding of God’s calling An active prayer life 49

SERVANT LEADERSHIP OBSTACLES

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Pride

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Reputation and Ambition

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Communication Problems

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Lack of Conflict Resolution

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Busyness or over-commitment

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Corporate culture

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Passion for business success

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP OBSTACLES CONT’D

• Developing Talent • Leadership for change and innovation • Commitment to collaboration • Information seeking having an open minded • Global mind and break through thinking.

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CONCLUSION

• Leadership is everyone’s business • Work on yourself before you work on others • Leaders’ lives are mirrors, reflecting precepts they want those they lead to follow • Leadership whether natural or spiritual is about character.

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LEADERSHIP- BIBLICAL MODELS ON CHARACTER:

• • • • • • • • Moses Paul Barnabas John Daniel Peter Nehemiah Life of Jesus Christ 53

World Leaders

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Nelson Mandela

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Kwame Nkrumah

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Mother Teresa

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Kofi Annan

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Martin Luther King Jnr.

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EPILOGUE

UNPACK THIS LEADERSHIP MODEL !!!

TL = IQ + EQ + LQ Where TL = Total Leader IQ = Intelligent Quotient EQ = Emotional Quotient LQ = Learning Quotient

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THE END THANK YOU

El. Prof. Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi PhD, MBA, MA, ITP (HARVARD) AMP(OXON),FCCA, FRSA(UK), FBI(Hon), FIOD(UK), FIOD(GH), FCIM, MCIPD, MIMIS Professor of Accounting & Vice Rector Pentecost University College Sowutuom Tel 0244-32448/0202011775 E’mail: [email protected]

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