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Elements and Characteristics of Servant Leadership
11/23/2009 9:00:12 PM Link 1 comment | Add comment

Christian leadership


Many models for leadership illustrate a top down hierarchy. The positions of power and authority are at the top of the organization.

Servant leadership reverses that thinking. It emphasizes collaboration, trust, empathy, and the ethical use of power. The individual leader is a servant first, making the conscious decision to lead in order to better serve others, not to increase his own power. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.
 
What do servant leaders do?
  • Devote themselves to serving others’ needs
  • Focus on understanding and meeting the needs of those they lead
  • Develop employees to bring out their best
  • Coach and encourage others
  • Facilitate personal growth in all who work with them
  • Listen deeply
  • Build a sense of community in the organization
 
Servant leaders are effective because the needs of followers are cared for. 
This allows members to perform at their best.
 
Next time – Leaders also Focus on Business Success

Many thanks,

Larry

Servant Leadership
11/20/2009 2:35:30 PM Link 0 comments | Add comment

Christian leadership


This style of leadership forces us away from self-serving, domineering leadership. It makes those in charge think harder about how to respect, value and motivate people.

This was the leadership style Christ demonstrated so clearly to his team.

Jn 13:3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
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Jn 13:12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
 
The outcomes from such leadership can be tremendous.
 
On the next posting we will list elements of servant leadership.
 
Many thanks and blessings,

Larry

BAM Leadership
11/17/2009 8:34:11 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment

Christian leadership


As with any business, leadership is critical to the success of the BAM project.

Selection and development of the leadership team is very important.
 
Business leadership skills are a prerequisite for those who will assume the leader roles.
The pastor or ministry leader of the church or Christian organization is not the candidate for leading the BAM. Their job responsibilities with the church are critical, and are outlined to a great extent in the Bible. These people can play a role, perhaps as a spiritual advisor and/or board member of the project.
 
Day-to-day operations of the BAM should be left to the ministry team members with the gifts and experience to succeed in business.
 
A range of other management skills may become needed for the team, as with any business. These can range from financial expertise to strategic planners, from front line supervisors to visionaries who have key relationships within the community and government entities.
 
It can be a lot of fun constructing and developing a leadership team that has a Kingdom focus. You can combine classical leadership principles with the concepts presented and modeled by Christ. What a fabulous combination for success.
 
Next time – servant leadership

Larry

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