Leaders: Living with Discipline and Genuineness

1. Leaders: Living with Discipline and Genuineness ACSI Leadership Summit July 29th 2006 Colorado Springs, CO.

2. The Calling of Leadership • Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. Acts 20:28 NIV ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

3. The Calling of Leadership • Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. Acts 20:28 NIV ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

4. The Calling of Leadership Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 1 Peter 5:2-5 NIV ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

5. The Calling of Leadership For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. (2 Chronicles 16:9) ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

6. A Roadmap of this morning’s journey • Why even have the discussion? • Who do we call leaders? • Why is being genuine important to leaders? • Is discipline for leaders really necessary? • What does it take to live the life of an “Exemplary leader” ? • Is it any different to be “Christ-centered” ? • What does this mean in in the busyness of our lives? ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

7. Leadership in Politics is in crisis Leadership showdown likely By Steve Lewis and Samantha Maiden July 11, 2006 A SHOWDOWN looms between Peter Costello and John Howard as they question each other's truthfulness, imploding one of Australia's most effective political partnerships. The Treasurer effectively accused the Prime Minister of lying yesterday when he gave his version of a 1994 leadership meeting, witnessed by former minister Ian McLachlan ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

8. Leadership in the Church is in Crisis • Catholic Church • Episcopalian • My neighborhood ?? http://www.apu.edu/facultywritings/kmannoia/20030912 ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

9. Leadership in business is in crisis…. Turnover for CEOs is on record pace Updated 7/12/2006 3:14 AM By Del Jones, USA TODAY What may go down as the CEO blood bath of 2006 continued Tuesday when retailer Williams-Sonoma (WSM) brought back 70-year-old former CEO Howard Lester to replace CEO Ed Mueller, who the retailer said was retiring even though he is 11 years younger than Lester…… ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

10. So who are model leaders? • NATION | WORLD | BUSINESS | ARTS | PHOTOS | CURRENT ISSUE • David Ben-Gurion • Ho Chi Minh • Winston Churchill • Mohandas Gandhi • Mikhail Gorbachev • Adolf Hitler • Martin Luther King • Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini • V.I. Lenin • Nelson Mandela • Pope John Paul II • Ronald Reagan • Eleanor Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Teddy Roosevelt • Margaret Thatcher • Unknown Rebel • Margaret Sanger • Lech Walesa • Mao Zedong ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

11. What we are reminded is that.. Leadership is not a position or title, it is an action. -Anonymous ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

12. How do we measure leadership? • By the wonder of their vision? • By the way they communicate? • Is it that they motivate people? • Is it a clearly articulated strategy and agreed goals? • Is it the way they find resources? ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

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14. So what really defines an exemplary leader ? • Leaders are people who we choose to follow • Leaders have genuine and disciplined relationships with their followers • Leaders are more than managers -Leaders do not always have a fancy title • Leaders can be measured by the energy and enthusiasm of those who follow them • Leaders are often described as CASTLES ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

15. CASTLE Leaders Courageous Authentic Servants Trustworthy Loving Effective Selfless Adapted from Lance Secretan ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

16. In foundational terms … Exemplary leaders are genuine and disciplined in who they are, and how they relate to their followers. ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

17. A Model for Exemplary Leadership ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

18. For Christian leaders – the great Paradox • Christ’s model is sacrificial • We promote selflessness • “Love your neighbor as yourself” – Matt 19:19 • Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

19. A Model for Christ-centered Exemplary Leadership ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

20. The Genuine Leader is self-aware • Knowing your impulsive emotions and feelings • Understanding your internal compass – what is “true north” for you? • Genuine leaders have integrity ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

21. A middle Eastern mystic said, “I was a revolutionary when I was Young and all my prayer to God was: ‘Lord, give me the energy to Change the world.’ As I approached middle age and realized that my life was half gone Without changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to: ‘Lord give Me the grace to change all who come in contact with me, just my Family and my friends, and I shall be satisfied.’ Now that I am an old man and my days are numbered, I have begun To see how foolish I have been. My one prayer now is: ‘Lord, give me The grace to change myself.’ If I had prayed this right from the start, I would not have wasted my life.’ ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

22. The Genuine Leader is socially aware • Have an intuitive social radar • Have several sources for community “touchstones” • Are intentional and active listeners • Nurture relationships throughout the organization (360 Degrees) • Resonates with their followers, enabling them to be successful and significant ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

23. Disciplined leaders are self-managers • Manage their impulsive emotions and distressing emotions well • Stay composed in the most trying situations • Think clearly and stay focused under pressure ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

24. Disciplined leaders manage relationships • Identify and nurture relationships intentionally • Develop relationships to support change processes • Manage conflict and intentionally develop healthy organizations ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

25. How do we grow to be exemplary leaders? • Leadership Practices Model (Kouzes and Posner) • Model the way • Inspire a shared vision • Challenge the process • Enabling others to act • Encouraging the heart ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

26. Model the Way • Manifest the standard for norms and behavior • “Walk the talk” • Be visible to the community • Become a “Hero” • Be servants ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

27. Inspire a shared vision • Articulate and share a common vision • Align that vision with the mission • Energize and motivate with the same vision • Communicate each followers role in achieving the vision – create significance ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

28. Challenge the process • Be an agent of change • What inside you motivates the need to challenge • Be a leader of change • Be a learner through change • Understand how to fail well ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

29. Enabling others to act • Leadership is a relationship • Leave your ego at the door • Eliminate redundancy between you and your follower • Empower and enable and then get out of the way – don’t abdicate, syndicate • Manage the expectations covenant ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

30. Encourage the heart • Transformational leaders lead with both the heart and the mind • Keep your followers eyes looking up • Celebrate well • To encourage the heart, you must know the heart! • Know your follower’s story ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

31. An Exemplary Leader is …. • resilient • someone whom we choose to follow • someone who acknowledges who they are and can manage this knowledge • someone who can motivate followers to the successful achievement of outcomes • someone who instills significance to the people and organizations to sustainability • someone who has no ego ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

32. A Model for Christ-centered Exemplary Leadership ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

33. So why should anyone be led by you? • Know who you are. (Be genuine/love yourself) • Know and intentionally nurture your followers (Be disciplined/love your neighbor) ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

34. You are called to be a leader.. • It is a noble task (1 Tim 3) • It is an act of stewardship • We will be held accountable (Ezekiel 34:10) ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

35. The Challenge You are called by God to be exemplary leaders, leaders that live with a genuine understanding of who they are, and through this self awareness live this out with discipline in how they relate to their followers. ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

36. The Standard Exemplary Leaders live lives that are genuine and disciplined ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

37. End Thank you for your partnering in this journey today. Contact : jreynolds@apu.edu ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

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40. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus” - Martin Luther King Jr. American Baptist minister and civil rights leader. 1929-1968 The Journey of Simon Peter ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

41. Exemplary leadership in Sport? Sports lesson in the art of management (Filed: 13/07/2006) Italy's World Cup success - and England's failure - highlight the impact of leadership on motivation and performance, writes David Bolchover …. ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

42. "The genuine leader is someone who can express a vision and then get people to carry it out." - Jack Welch ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

43. The Paradox of Genuine Leaders • To be a genuine leader, a person must understand the dichotomy between their personal wants and the needs of their followers understanding the importance of achieving a balance between these two drives: • Genuine leaders want control, power, clarity, creativity, opportunity and unity. • Followers need genuine leaders who are self-discipline, energy, structure, vision, courage and caring. ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006

44. Counterfeit Leaders • Counterfeit leaders, on the other hand, tend to operate in ways that are manipulative instead of truly developmental. These behaviors include being intimidating, coercive, cunning, belligerent, betraying and dogmatic – the psychological opposites of the winning behaviors of the genuine leader. ACSI-Leadership Academy 2006