Leadership
Mick Daly (Elder, Purpose Leader: Leader Development)

On Elder Sunday 2005 I challenged you to be all God created you to be. On Elder Sunday  September 3rd 2006, I focused on one aspect of how I believe we were all created: to be leaders. Developing Leaders is an established passion of mine (in our business) and my responsibility here at C@C.

My 9:00 am class on Sunday Feb. 4th laid a foundation for our Leadership Development 2007 training - here is the powerpoint presentation, which should be pretty self-explanatory (especially if you download it - right mouse click "save target as" and read the comments with each slide): Servant Leadership.

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One of my biblical heroes (after Jesus himself) is Barnabas, who was an outstanding example of servant leadership and mentoring. Here are all of the (33) verses in the New Testament that mention Barnabas - it gives a fascinating picture of this "good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith": Barnabas in the New Testament.

Does the picture below scare you? No worries - this is not what I’m talking about! Let me make one thing clear: I am NOT a good Leader - I probably need another 60 years to get anywhere close! Borrowing from Paul’s words in Philippians 3:12-14 “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but … I press on toward the goal.” I’m just  “pressing on”, growing and learning all the time.

Here are my newsletter articles on Leadership:

Leader(ship) - October 2006

Leadership Adventure - November 2006

Leadership in the Home - December 2006

Leadership Contradiction - January 2007

Leadership Development 2007 - February 2007

Servant Leadership - March 2007

Is my Leadership Spiritual? - April 2007

Growing into Leadership - May 2007

Leadership Trust - June 2007

Leadership below the Radar - July/August 2007

Teamwork - September 2007

Leadership from the Middle - October 2007

Leadership (Im)Perfection - November 2007

Lifestyle Leadership - December 2007

Leaders Listen - February/March 2008

Leadership in the Home (Revisited) - April 2008

Leadership: Father to Son - June/July 2008

Leadership: Be a Go-Giver - November 2008

Leaders Keep Moving - March 2009

These are part of a continuing series, building (I hope and pray) a culture of leadership understanding and commitment within C@C that extends into our homes, workplaces, businesses and community, changing our world for the better.

"The first task of a leader is to help define reality. The last is to say ‘thank you.’ In between, the leader is a servant." -- Max DePree

“Each of us looks like a Sheep from the front and a Shepherd from the back” -- Dr. Lynn Anderson
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -- John Maxwell

"Do what you love in the service of people who love what you do." -- Steve Farber (The Radical Leap)

Leadership Small Group

We concluded this year-long study. Here is the complete Discussion Guide.

As useful as teaching and small group discussion are, 'knowing' is not enough if transformation is to happen, and without transformation, we will never lead like Jesus. The Lead Like Jesus curriculum we used (including the book Lead Like Jesus by Blanchard and Hodges) challenges us to lead like Jesus, and equips us to close the “knowing-doing” gap and become Christ-like Servant Leaders (who are able to transform our organizations, our homes, our communities) by developing us in four levels of leadership. For more on this read: Lead Like Jesus Transformational Journey.