Effective Leadership. Harbor Academy Week #2: July 8, 2009
Harbor Academy Week #2: July 8, 2009
Effective Leadership Organizational Metaphors Leading Yourself Before Leading Others The Heart of a Leader Knowl...
Effective Leadership Organizational Metaphors Leading Yourself Before Leading Others The Heart of a Leader Knowledge & the Learning Organization
Organizational Metaphors Organisms Brains Cultures Political Systems
Effective Leadership Organizational Metaphors Leading Yourself Before Leading Others The Heart of a Leader Knowledge & the Learning Organization
Leading Yourself Before Leading Others “Self-leadership” 1992 disaster of the Coyote What’s more important?
Leading Yourself Before Leading Others “Self-leadership” Dr. Evan O’Neill Kane
Self-Leadership: How Did Daniel Do It? Daniel: Babylonian captive that emerged as dream interpreter into Persian era “Character enables the leader to do what is right even when it is difficult.” - Tim Elmore. Character leads to trust.
Four Changes in Daniel’s Life Change #1: He Was Given a New Home (1:1-4a, 6) Change #2: He Was Given a New Knowledge (1:4) Change #3: He Was Given a New Diet (1:5) Change #4: He Was Given a New Name (1:7)
Right Response to the Wrong Influences Daniel 1:8 Daniel used wisdom in his response. Daniel presented a win-win scenario. Daniel: sought the truth told the truth (honesty) lived the truth (integrity)
Build a Godly Foundation Early Maxwell (pp. 32-33) Do I have a game plan for personal growth? Am I the leader of that plan? Am I willing to change to keep growing, even if it means giving up my current position, if I am not experiencing growth? Is my life an example for others to follow? Am I willing to pay the price to become a great leader?
Effective Leadership Organizational Metaphors Leading Yourself Before Leading Others The Heart of a Leader Knowledge & the Learning Organization
The Heart of a Leader “The heart is at the heart of leadership.” Fallacious formulas: Performing leadership tasks automatically results in being a good leader Having a good heart automatically results in being a good leader.
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities PURPOSE Through brokenness
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities PERSEVERANCE Hebrews 12:1-2 Consistency Credibility Confidence Cooperation
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities AVAILABILITY “At the right place at the right time.” He wants us “in the right place all the time.” PRAYERFUL To ask – a “reliance” (God as source) To seek – a “compliance” of God’s will To knock – an “alliance” with the Spirit
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities STUDENTS OF THE WORD “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth” - 2 Timothy 2:15.
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities STUDENTS OF THE WORD What did it mean for the original audience? What is the universal and timeless principle we can learn now? What should we do in response to it?
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities POWERFUL TESTIMONY Romans 1:14-16 1. “I am obligated” (v. 14) 2. “I am eager” (v. 15) 3. “I am not ashamed” (v. 16)
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God Uses Leaders with These Qualities THEY EXPECT RESULTS The element of faith (or faithfulness) is woven into the fabric of their lives: - Vision - Confidence - Passion - Resolve - Dreams
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities SERVANTS IN ATTITUDE AND ACTION Christ did not cling to a position but rather to a purpose. It was aligned with the Father’s priorities.
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities THEY USE THEIR GIFTS It’s not about “me,” but it is about “I” Identification – discovering one’s God-given gifts Implementation – using the gift(s) to serve others Improvement – being honest about our limitations and refining our gift(s)
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities THEY EMPOWER OTHERS Only secure leaders share their power. SPIRIT-LED
• Filled with the Spirit • Christ-centered • Christ-like
God Uses Leaders with These Qualities INTEGRITY Caring more about what God thinks of you than what people think of you.
Effective Leadership Organizational Metaphors Leading Yourself Before Leading Others The Heart of a Leader Knowledge & the Learning Organization
Knowledge and Truth The mind can produce an interpretative grid through which individuals process information from the world around them. The Bible validates the notion that perception is a powerful motivation for action or inaction.
Three Levels of Learning SINGLE-LOOP Example: Thermostat Keyword: Efficiency “Doing things the right way.”
Three Levels of Learning DOUBLE-LOOP Example: Thermostat + Intelligence Keyword: Effectiveness “Doing the right things.”
Three Levels of Learning DOUBLE-LOOP 1. Sense, scan or monitor the environment. 2. Compare information against norms. 3. Question the validity of those norms. 4. Initiate appropriate action. Example: John 9
Three Levels of Learning TRIPLE-LOOP Knowledge is outside humanity Keyword: Eternity The heart of leadership is a complete reliance upon God and willingness to be humble and teachable.
