CHRISTIANITY and LEADERSHIP

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CHRISTIANITY and LEADERSHIP
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CHANGE
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You will have seen change in

• POLITICS
• ECONOMICS
• SOCIOLOGY
• TECHNOLOGY

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SOME CONCERNS

• The present high level of Household Debt
• The Future. Does the UK stay in the EU?
• Immigration?
• ID Cards? Do we need them?
• Can the NHS continue to cope over the next 50
  years?
• Is my job and pension safe? What if

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The need for Spiritual Renewal

• It is written, Man shall not live by bread
  alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of
  the mouth of God
• Matthew 4.4

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Leaders and Managers sought who in the face of
Change can

• Deliver impressive productivity in world markets.
• Build lead teams. Reduce staff turnover.
• Develop relationships in a multi-racial team.
• Foster pride commitment to employer.
• Create profits, deliver on time, to quality
  standards

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LEADERSHIP
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• By Stephen Covey
• Published in UK By Simon Schuster Ltd 1989.
• ISBN 0-743-40885-3

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• In this old world there is very little
• that is completely new.
• Somewhere there will be something written
  about it.

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Let us be careful not to makesimilar
misjudgements onleadership in Christendom.

• CHRISTIANITY has a wealth of
• of knowledge on
• Leadership.

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The Leadership of Jesus And its legacy today

• By John Adair
• Published by Canterbury Press
• ISBN 1 85311 435 9

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Extracts from John Adairs book

• Jesus is one of the few individuals who seem
  somehow to rise above history, nationality, race,
  gender and creed he
• belongs to us all.
• What is His contribution to that timeless yet
  timely leadership that the World needs today ?

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THE BIBLE

• The greatest book on leadership ever written.

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The Bible

• It certainly makes one think!

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The early Roots of Leadership BC

• The influence of Ancient Greece.
• Socrates Xenophon, Plato Aristotle.
• JUDAISM. The knowledge it accumulated the
  numerous exploits of Moses.
• Rome and The Roman Empire. Early emphasis on
  VISION, COMMITMENT, ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE.

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AGAPE

• The Ancient Greek word for love. expressing the
  devotion expected of one to another, especially
  from a leader

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Definition of Leadership

• The ability to inspire and give confidence
• to a group of people to enable them to
• achieve success in a common purpose

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THINKING AHEAD!!

• VISION

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Where there is no revelation, the people cast
off restraint

• Proverbs 29 .18

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Essential elements of leadership

• Defining the Vision.
• Drafting the Strategy The Way Ahead.
• Making the Plan with the Team.
• Building and leading the Team.

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CORE COMPETENCES OF LEADERSHIP

• Ability to communicate.
• Acquisition and use of knowledge.
• Care of People
• Ability to inspire and motivate People

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Essential personal qualities of a leader

• COURAGE . Moral and physical.
• ABSOLUTE INTEGRITY.
• AWARENESS OF CHANGE.
• POSITIVE CREATIVE THINKER
• SENSE OF HUMOUR
• INSPIRES FOLLOWERS