2. III Skills Development
1. Attend and complete a seminar in each of the following 12 subjects:
a. Leadership
1. How to be a Christian leader
2. Vision, mission, and motivation
3. Risk Management for Adventurer and Pathfinder Ministries
4. Discipline
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3. Objective
• Understand the basic theory behind Leadership
• Establish the Biblical view of Leadership
• Best practice in leading children
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4. Defining Leadership
Leaders do not achieve their goals by force or pushing people in a certain
direction. Instead, successful leaders get the results they seek by
appealing to people's inner drives, needs, and desires.
• Getting people where they would not
otherwise go on their own
• Creating Vision and Strategy
• Communicating and setting direction
• Motivating action
• Aligning people
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way
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5. Leading vs. Managing
• Leadership is putting first things first
• Management is discipline, carrying it out
• Leadership is based on personality
• Management is based on position
• Leaders focus on effectiveness
• Managers focus on efficiency
- Planning and budgeting
- Organizing and staffing
- Controlling and problem solving
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6. Leadership Styles
• Two extreme approaches,
• Continuum of styles
- Autocratic - complete power over followers
- Democratic – members more engaged in decisions
- Laissez faire – Hands off, no interaction
- Servant Leadership – puts the needs of others first
• Math 20: 25 27
• John 13: 12-15
• 1 Peter 5: 2-4
• Phil 2: 3-8
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7. Leadership Traits
• Integrity, honesty and character
• Emotional intelligence (EQ) - Tact
• Inspirational
• Visionary
• Collaborative
• Six characteristics of legendary leaders:
- Farsighted – see possible futures
- Passionate – commit sincerely
- Courageous – make tough choices
- Wise – see patterns and trends
- Generous – delegating, credit, sharing knowledge
- Trustworthy – Walk the talk
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8. Bad Leadership Traits
• Win too much
• Cling to the past
• Withhold information
• Fail to delegate – add too much value
• Pass the buck
• Start with “No”, “But”
• Do not listen
• Speak when angry
• Make excuses
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9. Christian Leadership
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• Leadership that already has a leader,
set vision and mission
• Mark 10:44 – shall be servant of all
• 1 Cor 11:1 – Follows Christ
• Christian leaders are called
10. What then do Leaders do?
• Self – lead (EQ, Confidence, humility,
consistency, self-motivated)
• Inspire a shared vision – enthusiasm
• Model the way – Go first
• Empower others – work themselves out
of the job by equipping others
• Challenge the process – new ideas
• Encourage the heart – encourage others
to forge on
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11. Who should lead?
• Leadership not a province of a few
• Leadership is alive, real, vibrant and
personal
• Christian leadership – All should lead
people to God
• Col 3:23
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Qualities of a Christian leader
• Live a Christ-centered life
• Have real love for the followers
• Spiritual and emotional maturity
• Understand the followers
• Pleasant relationship with fellows
• Resourceful and creative
• Commanding personality
• Can easily enlists cooperation
• Good organiser
• Enjoy out-doors
• Sense of humour
13. Everything is going to be ok in the END.
if it isn’t ok, it’s not the END.
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