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The character of a leader
The toughest person to lead is always yourself (john maxwel)
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1st Corinthians 4:1-2
4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
(“ Leadership is a Trust, not a right”)
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Keys to leading yourself better
The Truth is that to be successful in any endeavor, we need to learn how to get out of our own way. Leading yourself is always a tough job.
A) learn Followership (only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well)
B) Develop Self-discipline (a man without decision of character can never be said to belong to himself. He belongs whatever can make a captive of him. (the pain that you are not willing to transform ,you will transmit)
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Continuation (Keys to leading yourself better)
C) Practice Patience.(leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. Its to take people across the finish line with you).
D) Seek accountability .(a leader needs to be accountable to someone other than himself and be willing to seek and accept advice)
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Exodus 18:21 ESV Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
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Introduction (the foundation of leadership is character)
The most valuable component of leadership is not power, position, influence, notoriety, talent, gifting, academic achievement, or management skills. It is character.
Character is the cradle of credibility for the leader. Without the element of strong, honorable character, leadership and all its potential achievements are in danger of dissolution.
Samson was strong but lacked character and lost his power and vision, Joseph was strong in character than power and saved Egypt.
Every leader is only as safe and secure as his character.
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Continuation (Note)
We do not lack people in leadership positions. We are lacking genuine leadership in our leaders.
Many leadership training seminars and academic programs focus on vision, skills, management, teamwork, and many other helpful subjects.
Yet few of these courses address the topic of the leader’s character.
The subject is either downplayed or never covered at all. This oversight is tragic.
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Definitions of character (samson/joseph)
Character is a commitment to a set of values without compromise.
Character is dedication to a set of standards without wavering
Character is self imposed discipline in keeping with moral convictions.
Character is a constant effort to integrate your words, deeds and actions.
Character is the willingness to sacrifice your pleasure for the sake of principles.
Character is the most powerful force a leader can cultivate because it protects leadership. It will enable you to be a success, personally and professionally, as you carry out your purpose, vision, and goals in life.
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1 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?
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Leadership Is Central in Our World and the body of Christ
There are concepts that demonstrate the role of leadership in human society.
1. Nothing happens without leadership.
Leaders establish governments, disseminate religious and philosophical ideas, and otherwise foster human culture.
Acts 20:28 ESV
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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2. Nothing succeeds without leadership.
Leaders develop ideas, carry out endeavors, and keep projects going.
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3.Nothing is altered or transformed without leadership.
Unless an individual or a group of people begin to think differently or act differently, circumstances usually remain the same—or become worse.
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4. Nothing develops without
leadership.
Leaders take initiative to implement innovations, build on what has come before, and expand on prior successes.
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5.Nothing improves without leadership.
Leaders see potential in situations and conditions where others see no hope and have no vision of the way things could be.
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6. Nothing is corrected without leadership.
To fix errors and solve problems, someone has to take responsibility to see that adjustments are made.
Leaders help societies to make a course correction when they have veered onto a destructive path.
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note
Every person on earth is being guided, influenced, or manipulated by someone.
Whether Directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, we are continually being led by those who are our “official” leaders, as well as those who have become our de facto leaders by their influence over us.
That is why our current problems won’t be solved without a renewed emphasis on the foundational elements of positive and effective leadership.
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finally
A lack of character will cause us to produce :-
charismatic leaders without character
gifted leaders without convictions
powerful leaders without principles
intellectual leaders without morality
visionary leaders without values
spiritual leaders without conscience