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Living Leadership

Living Leadership. David Stevens, M.D.,M.A. (Bioethics) Executive Director CMDA. What is Leadership?. Influence. What Do Leaders Do?. Lead Change Fill the Tank Read the Map Step on the Gas Steer the Vehicle Lube the Gears Repair Malfunctions Train New Drivers And More.

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Living Leadership

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  1. Living Leadership David Stevens, M.D.,M.A. (Bioethics) Executive Director CMDA

  2. What is Leadership? Influence

  3. What Do Leaders Do? • Lead Change • Fill the Tank • Read the Map • Step on the Gas • Steer the Vehicle • Lube the Gears • Repair Malfunctions • Train New Drivers • And More

  4. Is it Right to Have an Ambition for Leadership? • Should you then seek great things for yourself? You should not. Jeremiah 45:5 • To aspire to leadership is an honorable ambition. 1 Timothy 3:1 NEB • Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be a slave of all.Mark 10:44

  5. Real Leaders Are In Short Supply • God’s Search • David • the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people 1 Sam 13:14 • Ezekiel • I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so that I would not have to destroy it Ezekiel 20:30 • Paul • I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me Acts 26:16

  6. Good leaders are so scarce that most people are just following themselves.

  7. Nature or Nurture? • Nature • Joseph • Hitler • Nurture • Making Leaders • Military Academies • Combination • Best

  8. The Vision Thing • Dissatisfied with status quo • Knows where to go • Understands the mission • Determined to get there • Articulates the goal • Focus is on the future

  9. The best test of whether someone is a leader is whether anyone is following.

  10. Strategizer Strategizer • Develops the Map • Creates Strategy • Worthy • Effective • Doable • “A leader is man who knows the road, can keep ahead and who pulls others after him.”John Mott • Working Backward from Your Goal

  11. Motivator • Communicates with: • Conviction • Confidence • Empathetically • Understands what motivates people • Set of Values • Here is who we are and how we act • Why it is important

  12. Leadership may be defined as that quality that inspires sufficient confidence in subordinates as to be willing to accept his views and carry out his commands. Admiral Nimitz A leader is someone who can get others to do what they don’t want to do and like it. President Harry Truman

  13. Recruiter • Attracts the Right Kind of Followers • Can’t do the job alone • To determine the value of a leader, you must look at who is following. • “A” Recruiting • Smarter Followers • Stewardship

  14. A good leader inspires men to have confidence in him; a great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves.

  15. Creates a Psychological Bond • Confidence • Certainty • Action • Strength • Expertise • Courage • Optimism • Conviction

  16. Problem Solver • If we didn’t have problems we wouldn’t have a job! • Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. Churchill • Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. Churchill

  17. Exemplary • Strong Values • Respected • Organized • Responsible • Accountable • Integrity • Balanced

  18. Steward of People • Divine Trust • Help them succeed • Waste not, want not • Develop them • Takes time • Availability • Success • Training - knowledge • Equipping - tools • Delegation - amount • Performance standards • Maintain Culture

  19. Willing • To be Scrutinized • To Pay the Price • To Take a Punch • To Fail • To Stick it Out • To Seek God’s Will

  20. Maintain Your Balance • Balance the demands • Board, staff, partners, volunteers, members, public, donors, other org. • Political Astute • Between relationships and getting things done

  21. Power Plays • Positional Power • Expert Power • Knowledge or Ability • Personal Attraction • Affective Power • Effort Power • Commitment

  22. Spiritual Leadership • God Assigns Us • Prepares Us • Suffering is involved • Requires a Spirit of Servant hood • Blends Spiritual & Natural Qualities

  23. A True Leader Makes an Enormous Difference Dr. John Geddie When he landed, there were no Christians. When he left, there were no heathen.

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