Aspects of Leadership

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Leadership

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Leadership

Contents

Lesson 1-4 Introduction to Leadership...4-15
Lesson 5 The Need for Leadership16-23
Lesson 6 Leadership Concepts24-26
Lesson 7 Jesus Model of Leadership27-35
Lesson 8-11 Servant Leadership36-62
Lesson 12-14 The Call to Leadership 63-82
Lesson 15 The Heart of a Leader...83-90
Lesson 16-18 The Preparation of a Leader.91-110
Lesson 19-20 The Character of a Leader..111-131
Lesson 21 The Competencies of a Leader.132-138
Lesson 22-23 The Pitfalls of Leadership139-153
Lesson 24 Grace to Lead.154-160


Recommended Reading on Leadership

Building Leaders: Blueprints for Developing Leadership at Every Level of Your
Church, Aubrey Malphurs
Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership, Aubrey Malphurs
Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels
Developing the Leader within You, John Maxwell
Good to Great, Jim Collins
In Search of Excellence, Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman
Leaders on Leadership, George Barna
Spiritual Leadership, Henry & Richard Blackaby
The 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader, John Maxwell
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell
The 360 Degree Leader, John Maxwell
The Dream Manager, Matthew Kelly
The Making of a Leader, Frank Damazio
The Making of a Leader, Dr. J. Robert Clinton


Lesson 1-4
Introduction to Leadership

I. What is said by others about leadership?

Notable Quotes:

A. Leadership is Example

The best example of leadership is leadership by example. Jerry McClain

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only
means. Albert Einstein

The difference between a boss and a leader is that a boss says, Go! while a
leader says, Lets go! E. M. Kelly

Nothing so conclusively proves a mans ability to lead others as what he does
from day to day to lead himself. Thomas J. Watson

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John Maxwell

B. Leadership is Character

Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the
right thing. Warren Bennis, Ph.D.

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in
virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed. Publius Syrus

C. Leadership is Influence

Leadership is influencenothing more, nothing less. John C. Maxwell

A leader is one who influences a specific group of people to move in a God-
given direction. J. Robert Clinton

The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Robert K. Greenleaf

Leaders dont force people to follow; they invite them on a journey.
Charles S. Lauer

Leadership is the desire and ability to inspire individual achievement, while a
leader is just a guy at the top of the heap worried about his own. Keith Mullen

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done
because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower


If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to
motivate others to higher levels of achievement. F. G. Buck Rodgers

D. Leadership is Serving

The first step to leadership is servanthood. John Maxwell.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command. Solon

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know
how to follow, too. Sam Rayburn

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting
yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Lao Tzu

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say, Thank
you. In between, the leader is a servant. Max De Pree

E. Leadership is Lifting Others

Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. Unknown

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their
personnel. If people believe in themselves, its amazing what they can
accomplish. Sam Walton

Leadership is getting someone to do what they dont want to do in order to
achieve what they want to achieve. Tom Landry

A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires
them with confidence in themselves. Unknown

Leadership must be based on goodwill. Goodwill does not mean posturing and,
least of all, pandering to the mob. It means obvious and wholehearted
commitment to helping followers. We are tired of leaders we fear, tired of leaders
we love, and of tired of leaders who let us take liberties with them. What we need
for leaders are men of the heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away
with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of
followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders gain authority by giving it away.
Admiral James B. Stockdale

F. Leadership is Vision

Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue. It
is not making friends and influencing people that is flattery. Leadership is
lifting a persons vision to high sights, the raising of a persons performance to a


higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Peter F. Drucker

Leadership is the special quality which enables people to stand up and pull the
rest of us over the horizon. James L. Fisher.

The first basic ingredient of leadership is a guiding vision. The leader has a clear
idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally and the strength to
persist in the face of setbacks, even failures. Warren Bennis

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. Its got to be a
vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion.
Theodore Hesburgh

Leadership: Seeing further down the road than those around me. Bill Gothard

G. Leadership is Daring

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail. Emerson

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have
not been. Henry Kissinger

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything
else is number two. Bernd Brecher

H. Leadership is Courage under Pressure

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the
willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their
time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leadership is the ability to hide your panic from others. Unknown

Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to
make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain,
and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving. Jesse Jackson

I. Leadership is Discipleship

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


How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and
when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.
Sir John Harvey-Jones

Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate
where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long term constructive
goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal
values. Mike Vance

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders,
not more followers. Ralph Nader

J. Other Leadership Quotes

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument,
debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
General Colin Powell

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the
credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie

The challenge of leadership is
to be strong, but not rude;
to be kind, but not weak;
to be bold, but not bully;
to be thoughtful, but not lazy;
to be humble, but not timid;
to be proud, but not arrogant;
to have humor, but without folly.
Jim Rohn

II. What is the definition of leadership?

A. There are many definitions that have been given to the concept of leadership.

The following are just a few of them:

1. From Wikipedia

Leadership has been described as the process of social influence in which one
person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a
common task.

A definition more inclusive of followers comes from Alan Keith of Genentech
who said Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to
contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

2. From BusinessDictionary.com


In its essence, leadership in an organizational role involves (1) establishing a
clear vision, (2) sharing (communicating) that vision with others so that they
will follow willingly, (3) providing the information, knowledge, and methods
to realize that vision, and (4) coordinating and balancing the conflicting
interests of all members or stakeholders.

3. From BNET Business Dictionary

Leadership is the capacity to establish direction and to influence and align
others toward a common goal, motivating and committing them to action and
making them responsible for their performance.

4. From Answers.Com

Leadership is a process in which a leader attempts to influence his or her
followers to establish and accomplish a goal or goals. In order to accomplish
the goal, the leader exercises his or her power to influence people. That power
is exercised in earlier stages by motivating followers to get the job done and in
later stages by rewarding or punishing those who do or do not perform to the
level of expectation. Leadership is a continuous process, with the
accomplishment of one goal becoming the beginning of a new goal. The
proper reward by the leader is of utmost importance in order to continually
motivate followers in the process.

5. Others

The new leader ... is one who commits people to action, who converts
followers into leaders, and who may convert leaders into agents of change.
Warren Bennis

... persons who, by word and/or personal example, markedly influence the
behaviors, thoughts and feelings of a significant number of their fellow human
beings. Howard Gardner

B. Most of the definitions of leadership have certain common elements to them.

1. Leadership involves establishing direction, vision and purpose.
2. Leadership involves exciting others with regard to that vision and purpose.
3. Leadership involves motivating others to join with that vision and purpose.
4. Leadership involves equipping others to succeed in that vision and purpose.
5. Leadership involves rewarding those who contribute to the vision and purpose.
6. Leadership involves raising other leaders with a sense of vision and purpose.
7. Leadership involves releasing other leaders to fulfill their vision and purpose.


III. What is the biblical definition of leadership?

A. There are several key passages in the Old Testament that lay a foundation for
building a biblical definition of leadership.

1. Exodus 18:13-23 Jethros Counsel to Moses

The key things from this passage that fill out our understanding of biblical
leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders will experience a call that demands the involvement of
others to fulfill.

b. Biblical leaders must focus on training leaders in two key areas including
the way to walk and the work to do.

c. Biblical leaders must be able to select others in whom to invest their heart
and vision.

d. Biblical leaders fulfill their call by delegating to and managing others.

e. Biblical leaders release others to do the work without jealousy.

f. Biblical leaders only do what their delegates cannot do.

2. Deuteronomy 17:14-20 The Law of the Kings

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders must be chosen by God Himself.

b. Biblical leaders must not use their position for self-gratification.

c. Biblical leaders must submit to the laws of God.

d. Biblical leaders must be humble before God and the people they serve.

3. Psalm 23:1-6 The Good Shepherd

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders are concerned about the needs of those that they lead.

b. Biblical leaders seek to lift rather than suppress those that they serve.

The Good Shepherd provides, gives rest, confidently leads, renews, restores,
guides, directs, protects, corrects, comforts, feeds, anoints, loves and furnishes
permanent shelter.


B. There are several key passages in the New Testament that lay a foundation for
building a biblical definition of leadership.

1. Mark 10:35-45 (See also: Mt. 20:20-28; Luke 22:24-27) The Greatest

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders are not position and authority minded seeking to be served
by others.

b. Biblical leaders are servants-minded and understand that they have their
position for the purpose of serving others.

2. John 10:11-18 The Good Shepherd

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders live for the sake of others.

b. Biblical leaders protect their followers from danger.

c. Biblical leaders care about individuals.

3. John 13:1-15 Washing the Feet of Disciples

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders understand their call and position before God.

b. Biblical leaders are secure enough before the Lord to be able to participate
in tasks at all levels.

c. Biblical leaders provide an example to others of what it means to humbly
serve.

4. Acts 20:17-38 Tending the Flock

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders live a life of example that is open to all (vs. 18).

b. Biblical leaders serve the Lord with humility (vs. 19).

c. Biblical leaders do not keep back anything that will help those they serve
(vs. 20, 27).


d. Biblical leaders take every opportunity to instruct their followers (vs. 20).

e. Biblical leaders are driven by a sense of purpose and destiny (vs. 22-24).

f. Biblical leaders are able to face the challenge of opposition to their calling
(vs. 19, 23).

g. Biblical leaders live a life that is ethically clean (vs. 26).

The word innocent that is used in this passage literally means clean,
genuine and free from corrupt desire, guilt or sin.

h. Biblical leaders prepare their followers for potential danger (vs. 29-31).

i. Biblical leaders know how to commend their followers to God (vs. 32).

j. Biblical leaders are not greedy but generous to those under their influence
(vs. 33-35).

5. Romans 12:3-8 Grace, Gifts and Ministries

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders function in the context of their grace level.

b. Biblical leaders function according to their measure of faith.

c. Biblical leaders maximize the ministry gifts that have been given to them.

d. Biblical leaders are diligent in their pursuits.

6. I Corinthians 12:12-31 The Body of Christ Functioning Together

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders recognize that they are a part of something that is bigger
than themselves.

b. Biblical leaders acknowledge that their gifts and ministries are theirs by
Gods choosing and not their own merit.

c. Biblical leaders understand that they are part of a team and that it takes
more than one person to accomplish Gods purpose.

d. Biblical leaders understand the need for diversity in team members.


e. Biblical leaders acknowledge that every person is vital and must be given
due respect regardless of their specific role.

f. Biblical leaders realize that sometimes followers who seem to be less
important are actually more important.

g. Biblical leaders treat everyone with equal pastoral concern and care.

7. Ephesians 4:7-16 The Five-fold Ministry

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders recognize the specific calling on their lives.

b. Biblical leaders realize that they are Christs gift to His people.

c. Biblical leaders acknowledge that since they have been given to another,
they do not belong to themselves and cannot live for themselves.

d. Biblical leaders understand that they exist for the purpose of equipping and
building up others.

8. Philippians 2:1-11 The Humility of Christ

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders do not lead out of selfish ambition or conceit.

b. Biblical leaders do not see themselves as better than others but they treat
others as better than themselves.

c. Biblical leaders genuinely care about the interests of their followers.

d. Biblical leaders humble themselves to raise others up.

e. Biblical leaders look to God to raise them up.

9. I Thessalonians 2:1-12 The Spirit of a Leader

leadership include:

a. Biblical leaders are able to move forward with courage and boldness in the
face of great opposition (vs. 2).

We had previously suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, but
with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in spite of strong
opposition. I Thessalonians 2:2, NIV

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