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Providing Good Leadership In Times Of Change
The best leadership is principle centered, consistent, well paced, proactive, people focused.
Programs and methodologies become outdated.
We tend to develop strong attachments to these things.
In the forum of Christian leadership and a work that is spiritual in it’s essence we can sometimes ascribe success to the more visible things when that may not really be the reason for our success.
Every person in this world sees things through a slightly skewed lens.
The way we see things is the problem according to Stephen Covey.
We need to learn to see past our blindness for it is truly there in each of us.
We tend to elevate certain personalities and think that we must be like them in order to succeed.
This causes us to neglect our own worth – it brings personal stagnation and reduces our effectiveness.
Remember God’s calling – he saw something in you as you were and the growth, development and strengthening of those particular traits is what He wants.
When you can become true to these and stop being swayed or threatened by others then your success will increase.
1CO 1:26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called.
Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
[27] But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
[28] He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, [29] so that no one may boast before him.
[30] It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
[31] Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
Ministry is an intense personal expression of who you are.
Some of the most critical people in the church are gifted people who are not exercising those gifts.
We tend to see ministry through the lens of our giftedness.
The things that people are most critical of are the things that they are most gifted toward and most passionate about.
Time to stop following.
More critical the longer we follow and refuse to lead.
Pastors At Risk
If I wanted to drive a manager up the wall, I would make him responsible for the success of an organization and give him no authority.
I would provide him with unlear goals not commonly agreed upon by the organization.
I would ask him to provide a service of an ill-defined nature, apply a body of knowledge having few absolutes and staff his organization with only volunteers.
I would expect him to work ten to twelve hours a day and have his work evaluated by a committee of 300 to 500 amateurs.
I would call him a minister and make him acountable to God.
from Pastors At Risk - written by a discouraged pastor.
THE QUALITIES OF SKILLFUL LEADERSHIP by Jim Rohn
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.
Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manger, or as a parent.
I call leadership the great challenge of life.
What's important in leadership is refining your skills.
All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective.
Here are some specifics:
1) Learn to be strong but not rude.
It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of reach.
Some people mistake rudeness for strength.
It's not even a good substitute.
2) Learn to be kind but not weak.
We must not mistake kindness for weakness.
Kindness isn't weak.
Kindness is a certain type of strength.
We must be kind enough to tell somebody the truth.
We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line.
We must be kind
enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
3) Learn to be bold but not a bully.
It takes boldness to win the day.
To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group.
You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.
4) You've got to learn to be humble, but not timid.
You can't get to the high life by being timid.
Some people mistake timidity for humility.
Humility is almost a Godlike word.
A sense of awe.
A sense of wonder.
An awareness of the human soul and spirit.
An understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life.
Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we're part of the stars.
So humility is a virtue; but timidity is a disease.
Timidity is an affliction.
It can be cured, but it is a problem.
5) Be proud but not arrogant.
It takes pride to win the day.
It takes pride to build your ambition.
It takes pride in community.
It takes pride in cause, in accomplishment.
But the key to becoming a good leader is being proud without being arrogant.
In fact, I believe the worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance.
It's when you don't know that you don't know.
Now that kind of arrogance is intolerable.
If someone is smart and arrogant, we can
tolerate that.
But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that's just too much to take.
6) Develop humor without folly.
That's important for a leader.
In leadership, we learn that it's okay to be witty, but not silly.
It's okay to be fun, but not foolish.
Lastly, deal in realities.
Deal in truth.
Save yourself the agony.
Just accept life like it is.
Life is unique.
Some people call it tragic, but I'd like to think it's unique.
The whole drama of life is unique.
It's fascinating.
And I've found that the skills that work well for one leader may not work at all for another.
But the fundamental skills of leadership can be adapted to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community, and at home.
Jim Rohn
The 12 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Leadership by Brian Tracy
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The law of integrity: Great business leadership is characterized by honesty, truthfulness and straight dealing with every person, under all circumstances.
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The law of courage: The ability to make decisions and act boldly in the face of setbacks and adversity is the key to greatness in leadership.
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The law of realism: Leaders deal with the world as it is, not as they wish it would be.
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The law of power: Power gravitates to the person who can use it most effectively to get the desired results.
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The Law of Ambition: Leaders have an intense desire to lead; they have a clear vision of a better future, which they are determined to realize.
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The Law of Optimism: The true leader radiates the confidence that all difficulties can be overcome and all goals can be attained.
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