LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

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LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

• BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING
• CHURCH AUXILIARY BOARDS
• THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

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GOAL

• Provide education and information for
• Church leaders to facilitate the
• Establishment of high performing auxiliary
• Boards within our local churches.

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OBJECTIVES

• Define leadership.
• List leadership qualities.
• Establish team development stages.
• Match leadership style to stage of team
  development.

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What is leadership?

• Leadership is the capacity and will to rally
• men and women to a common purpose
• and the character which inspires
• confidence.
• OR
• Leadership is influence.
• John C. Maxwell

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LEADERSHIP ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES

• JOSHUA 4
• First and foremost be spiritual.
• Joshua was in constant contact with God and God
  exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel. You
  are in contact with God often.
• JUDGES 4
• Have a heart.
• This is a leader who has been given the
• Leadership and guidance of the Holy Spirit to
• Meet daily challenges. You are guided by God.
• Barak was a leader guided by the Holy Spirit.

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• SELECT A MENTOR

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John 13

• Servant leader
• A spiritual vision of leadership such as the
• one Jesus modeled rejects self-seeking,
• self-protection, self-promotion, and self-
• advancement. It embodies humility,
• generosity, sacrifice, respect for others,
• reverence, and responsibility.

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TITUS 1

• Leaders should be
• Blameless
• Not overbearing
• Not quick tempered
• Not given to drunkenness
• Not violent
• Not pursuing dishonest gain
• Must be Hospitable
• One who loves what is good
• One who is self-controlled, upright, holy, and
  disciplined

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TITUS 1

• You must be trustworthy,
• Trustworthiness is a balance of high competence
  and strong character.
• TRUST
• TRUSTWORTHINESS
• BALANCE OF THE TWO CREATE
• CHARACTER COMPETENCE
• A person with high character exhibits integrity,
  maturity and an
• Abundance Mentality (plenty for everybody,
• A person with high competence has knowledge and
  ability in a given area.

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1TIMOTHY 3

• God wants leaders who are disciplined, seasoned
  and convicted in faith.
• Leaders should be
• Above reproach
• Temperate
• Self-controlled
• Respectable
• Hospitable
• Able to teach
• Not given to drunkenness
• Not violent but gentle
• Not a lover of money
• Manage his own family
• Must not be a recent convert
• A good reputation
• Not malicious talkers

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JEREMIAH 36

• A leader must respond positively to
• Gods will. Negative leadership can result in
  suffering and death.
• Leaders who respond positively to Gods
• will result in peace, unity, forgiveness,
  deliverance, healing, and abundant life.

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DEUTERONOMY 31

• Good leaders learn to accept with
• gratitude the accomplishments of previous
• leaders. Joshua was not envious of the
• great deeds of Moses.

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21 INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES OF A LEADER

• 1. CHARACTER
• The leader exhibits integrity, maturity and
• an abundance mentality. Followers do not trust
  leaders whose character they know to be flawed,
  and they will not continue following them. The
  key to success is character.

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CHARISMA/OTHERMINDEDNESS

• The ability to draw people to you.
• You need to like people, love life, see good in
  people and give people hope.
• Share yourself wisdom, resources, and even
  special occasions
• Stay away from the following
• Pride
• Insecurity
• Moodiness
• Perfectionism
• Cynicism

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COMMITMENT

• It is the enemy of resistance. It is the serious
  promise to press on, to get up, no matter how
  many times you are knocked down.
• 4 kinds of people
• 1. Cop-outs
• 2. Holdouts
• 3. Dropouts
• 4.All outs

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COMMUNICATION

• The leader must be able to share knowledge and
  ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and
  enthusiasm to others.
• Its not just what you say but how you say it.
• Simplicity is the key to effective communication.
  Be clear.

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COMPETENCE

• Its the leaders ability to say it, plan it and
  do it in such a way that others know that you
  know howand know that they want to follow you.
• CULTIVATE COMPETENCE
• 1. Show up every day
• 2. Keep improving.
• 3.Follow through with excellencequality.
• 4. Accomplish more than expectedgo the extra
• mile.
• 5. Inspire others.

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COURAGE

• It is rightly esteemed the first of human
  qualities because it is the quality which
  guarantees all others.
• Courage is not an absence of fear.
• To improve courage speak in front of an
  audience, face the music, do something daring.

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RESPONSIBILITY

• Success on any major scale requires you to accept
  responsibility.
• The one quality that all successful people have
  is the ability to take on responsibility.
• Responsible people
• 1. Get the job done.
• 2. They are willing to go the extra mile.
• 3. They are driven by excellence.
• 4. They produce regardless of the situation.

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DISCERNMENT

• Can be described as the ability to find the root
  of the matter. Discernment helps the leader see
  a partial picture filling in the missing pieces
  and finds the real heart. It relies on intuition
  as well as rational thought. Never relies on gut
  feeling alone, but involves your head to find the
  best options.
• Enhance your problem solving.
• Evaluate your options for maximum impact.
• Follow your instinct.

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FOCUS

• The sharper it is, the sharper you are.
• Focus time and energy 70 on strengths
• Focus 25 on new things
• Growth equals change
• Dont forget in leadership if you are through
  growing, youre through.
• Focus 5 on areas of weakness- delegate your
  weaknesses. Stick to things you know.

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GENEROSITY

• Giving is the highest level of living.
• Be grateful for whatever you have.
• Put people first.
• Dont allow the desire for possessions to control
  you.
• Regard money as a resource.
• Develop the habit of giving.
• Give something away.
• Find someone to mentor.

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INITIATIVE

• 1. Leaders know what they want.
• 2. They push themselves to act.
• 3. They take more risks.
• 4. They make more mistakes.
• To improve
• 1. Change your mind-set.
• 2. Dont wait for opportunity to knock.
• 3. Take the next step.

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LISTENING

• The ear of the leader must ring with the voices
  of the people. A good leader encourages
  followers to tell him/her what he/she needs to
  know, not what he/she want to hear.
• The Law of Connection is leaders touching hearts
  before they ask for a hand. Before you can touch
  a heart, you must know whats in it. You learn by
  listening.
• The purpose of listening is to connect and learn.
  
• Start listening not only for words, but also
  feelings, meanings and undercurrents.

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PASSION

• No one can be successful unless you love
• Your work. If you look at the lives of effective
  leaders you will find that they often dont fit
  into a stereotypical mold.
• More than 50 of all CEOs of Fortune 500
  companies had C or C- averages in college.
• Nearly 75 of all U.S. presidents were in the
  bottom half of their school classes.
• 50 of all millionaire entrepreneurs never
  finished college. Passion makes it possible for
  people who might seem ordinary to achieve great
  things.
• Passion increases your will power.
• Passion is the first step to achievement.
• Your desire determines your destiny. Weak
  desires bring weak results and small fires
  creates little heat.
• Passion makes the impossible possible. A leader
  with great passion and few skills always
  outperforms a leader with great skills and no
  passion.
• People nowadays dont sing, dont dance, and
  dont even commit sin with much enthusiasm.

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POSITIVE ATTITUDE

• If you believe you can, you can.
• 1. Your attitude is a choice. Dont allow your
  good attitude to deteriorate.
• 2. Your attitude determines your actions.
• Attitude is the criterion for success.
• 3. Your people are a mirror your attitude. Who
  you are is who you attract.
• 4. Maintaining a good attitude is easier than
  regaining one.

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PROBLEM SOLVING

• You will face problems!
• Good problem solving ability demonstrate 5
  qualities
• 1. They anticipate problems. If you have leaders
  who will come only if they know there is a good
  road, you should not want them.
• 2. They accept the truth. People respond to
  problems in these ways They refuse to accept
  them they accept them and then put up with them,
  or they accept them and try to make things
  better. Face up to the reality of any situation.
• 3. They see the big picture.
• 4.They handle one thing at a time. Richard Sioma
  has this advise Never try to solve all the
  problems at once-make them line up for you
  one-by-one.
• 5. They dont give up when you are in the valley.
• TO Improve
• 1. Look for trouble.
• 2. Surround yourself with problem solvers.
• 3. Develop a method and use TEACH
• T ime-spent to discover the real issue.
• E xposure-find out what others have done.
• A ssistance-have your team study all angles.
• C reativity-brainstorm multiple solution.
• H it it-implement the best solution.

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RELATIONSHIPS

• If you get along, they will go along.
• The most important single ingredient in the
  formula of success is knowing how to get along
  with people. People dont care how much you
  know, until they know how much you care.
• John C. Maxwell

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SECURITY

• You cant lead people if you need people.
• Insecure leaders have several common traits.
• 1. They dont provide security others.
• 2. They take more from people than they
  give.
• 3. They continually limit their best people.
• 4. They continually limit the organization.

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SELF-DISCIPLINE

• If you want to become a leader for whom
  self-discipline is an asset
• 1. Develop and follow your priorities
• 2. Make a disciplined lifestyle your goal
• 3. Challenge your excuses
• 4. Remove rewards until the job is done
• 5. Stay focused on results

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SERVANTHOOD

• To get ahead, put others first. The true leader
  serves. Serve people.
• A true servant leader
• 1. Puts others ahead of his own agenda
• 2. Possesses the confidence to serve
• 3. Initiate service to others
• 4. Is not position-conscious
• 5. Serve out of love
• How you treat others is really a reflection of
  how we think about ourselves.

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TEACHABILITY

• To keep leading, keep learning.
• A leader needs to continue to grow because your
  growth determines who you are, who your are
  determines who you attract who you attract
  determines the success of your organization.

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VISION

• Vision is everything for a leader.
• Vision leads the leader.
• 1. Vision starts within
• 2. Vision draws on your history
• 3. Vision meets others needs
• 4. Vision helps gather resources
• Remember A true valuable vision must have God in
  it. Only He knows your full capabilities.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Holy Bible, New International Version
• International Bible Society, New Jersey East
  Brunswick, 1984,
• Blanchard, Kenneth The One Minute Manager Builds
  High Performing Teams,
• William Morrow and Company, Inc. New York New
  York, 1990.
• Maxwell, John C. The 17 Indisputable Laws of
  Teamwork. Maxwell Motivation,Inc. Georgia, 2001,
• DR. ELFREDA A. LAKEY Administrator/Facilitator
• First Lady of the 6th Episcopal District

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• PRESENTED BY
• Leo Pinkett, Georgia North Region Lay Leader 6th
  Episcopal District (13th Connectional Lay
  Institute Louisville, Kentucky 2005)
• lpinkettace_at_yahoo.com
• www.myhomebusinesspays.com/lpinkett