Church Leadership

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Church Leadership

• Lesson 3

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Review Introduction
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Kouzes and Posner

• Edited book, Christian Reflections on the
  Leadership Challenge

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Five Practices and Ten Commitments of
Leadership.

• Model the Way the two related commitments
  are
• Find your voice by clarifying your personal
  values,
• Set the example by aligning actions with shared
  values

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First Lead Yourself

• Work on yourself before you work on others
• Work on yourself more than you work on others

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Values are Guides

• It is easier to teach what is right than to do
  what is right
• People do what they see
• The example of others profoundly impacts our lives

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The Second Practice is Inspire a Shared Vision

• Envision the future by imagining exciting and
  ennobling possibilities
• Enlist others in a common vision by appealing to
  shared aspirations
• Inspiration and vision emerge from suffering
• Visions have a rainbow quality
• Fish with a net
• Keep your eye on the horizon
• Listen deeply
• Sacrifice is the soul of leadership
• Give life to your vision

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The Third Practice, Challenge the Process

• Search for opportunities by seeking innovative
  ways to change, grow, and improve
• Experiment and take risks by constantly
  generating small wins and learning from mistakes
• Who am I really serving?
• Am I prepared to suffer?
• Persevere in the face of challenge
• Beyond humility and suffering
• Risk

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The Fourth Practice, Enable Others to Act

• Foster collaboration by promoting cooperative
  goals and building trust
• Strengthen others by sharing power and discretion
• Jesus as a servant leader
• In the tradition of the priesthood of all
  believers
• The need to trust

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Give your power away

• Put love into action
• Develop talent radar
• Fan peoples gifts into flames
• Make heroes of people
• Lead out of a servants heart

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The Final Practice is to Encourage the Heart

• Recognize contributions by showing appreciation
  for individual excellence
• Celebrate the values and victories by creating a
  spirit of community
• The heart
• Serve others interests
• Be grounded in God
• The head
• Have a compelling vision
• Live the vision
• Pay attention
• Exemplary leaders personalize recognition
• The habits

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