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Living Leadership
David Stevens, M.D.,M.A. (Bioethics)
Executive Director
CMDA
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What is Leadership?
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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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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
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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
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Good leaders are so scarce
that most people are
just following themselves.
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Nature or Nurture?
• Nature– Joseph– Hitler
• Nurture– Making Leaders
• Military Academies
• Combination– Best
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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
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The best test of whether
someone is a leader is
whether anyone is following.
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Strategizer
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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
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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
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A leader is someone who can get others to do what they
don’t want to do and like it.
President Harry Truman
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
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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
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A good leader inspires men to have confidence in him; a
great leader inspires them to have confidence in
themselves.
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Creates a Psychological Bond
• Confidence• Certainty• Action• Strength• Expertise• Courage• Optimism• Conviction
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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
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Exemplary
• Strong Values– Respected– Organized– Responsible– Accountable– Integrity– Balanced
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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
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Willing
• To be Scrutinized
• To Pay the Price
• To Take a Punch
• To Fail
• To Stick it Out
• To Seek God’s Will
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Maintain Your Balance
• Balance the demands– Board, staff,
partners, volunteers, members, public, donors, other org.
– Political Astute
• Between relationships and getting things done
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Power Plays
• Positional Power• Expert Power
– Knowledge or Ability
• Personal Attraction– Affective Power
• Effort Power– Commitment
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Spiritual Leadership
• God Assigns Us• Prepares Us• Suffering is
involved• Requires a Spirit
of Servant hood• Blends Spiritual &
Natural Qualities
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A True Leader Makes an Enormous Difference
Dr. John Geddie
When he landed, there were no Christians. When he left, there were no
heathen.