Pioneering Leadership

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Pioneering Leadership
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The basis of leadership
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Credibility
Confidence
Chosen
Courage
James Lawrence Growing Leaders
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.. You are my dear child, I love
you and Im delighted with you.
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If you want to identify me, ask me not where I
live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my
hair, but ask me what I think I am living for ,
in detail and ask me what I think is keeping me
from living fully the thing I want to live
for. Between these 2 answers you can determine
the identity of any person. The better answer
they have , the more of a person they
are. Thomas Merton
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• Where do I think I am headed?
• What are the questions that are
• challenging me along the way presently?
• What kind of person am I becoming
• as a result of this journey?
• What have I been equipped to accomplish?

Gordon MacDonald, The Resilient Life.
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The Dangers

• Burn out
• Drop out
• Level out
• Fall out
• Spread out

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Our relationship with God
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The forming of the soul that it might be a
dwelling place for God is the primary work of
the Christian leader. This is not an add-on, an
option, or a third-level priority. Without this
core activity, one almost guarantees that
she/he will not last in leadership for a
life-time or that what work is accomplished will
become less and less reflective of God's
honour and God's purposes. Gordon MacDonald
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For most of us, the great danger is not that we
will renounce our faith. It is that we will
become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied
that we will settle for a mediocre version of
it. We will just skim our lives instead of
actually living them.
John Ortberg
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SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
Discipline any activity I can do by direct
effort that will help me to do what I cannot now
do by direct effort. Spiritual discipline any
activity that can help me gain power to live as
Jesus taught and modelled it. John Ortberg
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Engagement Prayer Scripture Study Worship Celebra
tion Service Fellowship Confession Accountability
Abstinence Solitude Silence Fasting Frugality Chas
tity Secrecy Sacrifice
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Apostolic spirituality in Christ we speak ..as
persons sent from God and standing in his
presence.

• at home on the road
• learning to see listen
• learning to take nothing
• for the journey
• learning to live
• rhythmically

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How do we measure spiritual growth?
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What helps us to grow in our relationship with
God ? What leads us to neglect it?
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How do we grow in character ?
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Mature build on strengths, integrated,self
aware.
Increased change
Mature humble about strengths, prayerful about
weaknesses, committed to growth
Character

• Personality

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Self-leadership. Nobody - I mean nobody - can do
this work for us. Every leader has to do this
work alone, and it isnt easy. In fact, because
its such tough work most leaders avoid it. We
would rather try to inspire or control the
behaviour of others than face the rigorous work
of self reflection and inner growth.Bill Hybels
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Emotional self control. The ability to
understand and manage moods and emotions in the
self and others. Daniel Goleman
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• Boundaries for yourself
• open yourself to outside inputs. Open system
• identify where you need fresh input
• be hungry for feedback
• dont define yourself by outcome
• dont be ruled by fear
• dont put off change
• know your weaknesses
• you are in charge of your time and energy
• look for your patterns

Henry Cloud, Boundaries for Leaders.
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• I must be successful in everything I do
• Everyone must accept me
• Everyone must love me
• If I make a mistake I am a total failure
• If I disagree with someone they will not like me
• My value as a person depends on how
• people see me

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Busyness is not a solution to the problem of
time pressure. It may be helpful to think
of busyness as a disease.
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• The Red Zone
• physical gauge
• emotional gauge
• relational gauge
• open system gauge
• spiritual gauge

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Leaders who are Christ like in

• love
• integrity
• serving
• compassion
• truthful
• faithful
• forgiving
• time and space

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Agencies of change for leaders

• scripture
• reflection
• taking time out
• relationships

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Where might I need to grow in character?
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How do we grow in competence ?
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Knowledge
Skill
Something you can learn
Something you acquire through training
Talent
Gift
Something that is given to Christians by God
Something that is formed by the time youre an
adult
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• Seeks God with you
• Challenges you to think
• Corrects you
• Listens to you
• Laughs and plays with you
• Supports you

The people we need
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The character of the leader

1. Personal maturity

2. Conflict management 3. Personal Courage 4.
Trustworthy trusting
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Where do I need to develop? What support do I
require to help with this?
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The icebergs
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The danger of expectations
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The problem of measurement
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Losing the focus
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Isolation
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Taking the tough decisions
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• From this morning
• What is the next step for me ?
• What resources might I need?
• Who will ensure
• support and accountability
• for this?

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