Servant Leadership

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Servant Leadership

• Running to a Great Purpose

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Definitions of Leadership

• Leadership is a process of influence. Anytime you
  seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or
  development of people toward accomplishing a goal
  in their personal or professional lives, you are
  taking on the role of a leader.
• Leadership is the act of taking an individual or
  group to a place that they would not normally go
  on their own.

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Two types of leadership

• Self-serving Leader
• Servant Leader
• Servant leadership is the Secret to effective
  leadership

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Why Servant Leadership?

• Jesus Christ
• Matthew 2025-28
• Philippians 21-4
• Ephesians 51-2
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Everybody can be great because anybody can
  serve. You don't have to have a college degree to
  serve. You don't have to make your subject and
  verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full
  of grace. A soul generated by love.

Be someone who adds value to others, not takes it
away.
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SERVE Model of Leadership

• S. ___See the Future 
• E. ___Engage Develop People
• R. ___Raise the Bar
• V. ___Value Results Relationships
• E. ___Embody the Values

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See the Future

• Clarify the following
• Purpose
• Picture of Future
• Values
• People in pursuit of a Great Purpose
• Build your model on top of the foundation of a
  Great Purpose and everything else will follow
• This is the First Action The Foundation
• Jesus is the Model
• Matthew 419 - Purpose
• Matthew 2819-20 - Purpose
• Matthew 2236-40 - Values

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The Second Action Upend the Pyramid

• Mindset
• You qualify to be first by putting other people
  first
• Youre in charge principally to charge others up
• Commit yourself to whatever causes your followers
  to get charged up
• Build self-esteem in your people
• Self esteem sets up a powerful cycle of personal
  growth, willingness to take risks, persistence,
  and results
• 1 Peter 5 2-7

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Engage Develop People

• Teach others the knowledge, skills, strategies
  they need to succeed.
• The bottom line in leadership is not how far we
  advance ourselves, but how far we advance others.
• To protect your value, you must give it all away
• When you add value to people, you lift them up,
  help them advance, and assist them in becoming
  who they were made to be

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Engage Develop People

• Drive employee engagement
• Clarify purpose values
• Emphasize the importance of your peoples work
• Set up boundaries and put people in control of
  the goal
• Provide consistent, meaningful positive
  reinforcement (Cheer them on!).

• Jesus is the Model
• John 177-8 Worthwhile Work
• Matthew 105-13, 16 In Control of Goal
• Acts 236-41 Celebrate Success

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Raise the Bar

• Get the right people on the team.
• In order to serve many, you must first pick just
  a few other leaders to serve
• Those who meet the standard
• Jesus chose only 12 and trained them

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Raise the Bar

• Continuously raise the expectations for
  performance
• Personal
• Jesus is the Model
• Solitude Luke 612-13
• Prayer Philippians 44-7
• Study Application of Scripture
• Accepting Responding to Gods Unconditional
  Love
• Involvement in Supportive Relationships

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Value Results Relationships

• Truly Value others
• Relationships built on mutual respect and trust
• Know and relate to what others value (Listen!)
• Never walk by someone without acknowledging them.
• It has to be personal!
• People dont care how much you know, until they
  know how much you care.
• Build on Strength
• Focus everyone on living out their strengths

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Embody The Values

• Trust is the foundation of influence (leadership)
• Actions speak louder than words.
• The leaders effective modeling of the vision and
  values make the picture come alive!
• People may doubt what their leaders say, but
  they usually believe what they do.
• People are always watching what their leaders do.
• Servant leaders Walk the Talk.
• Servant leaders confirm what their people are
  feeling about their leadership.
• Jesus is the Model
• John 1312-15
• John 1512-13

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Challenge

• Move from Success (Self-serving) to Significance
  (Service)
• You can make a difference in peoples lives!

As you enter into a season of leadership, the
quality of your service will be a direct result
of your spiritual preparation.
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Leadership Point of View

• Who are the Influencers in my life
• My Life Purpose
• My Values
• My beliefs about leading
• People can expect the following from me
• I expect the following from people I work with
• I will set an example by

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Information Credits

• Bible
• The Secret by Ken Blanchard
• Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard
• The Serving Leader by Ken Jennings John
  Stahl-Wert
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John
  Maxwell