T21 Servant Leadership

Objectives: Understand the importance of an empowered team Identifying, evaluating and developing intentional empowerment goals A team is as strong as it's weakest link. “...Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders..."  Numbers 11:25a How often do you see great ideas, businesses, projects etc die with the vision carrier? If we examine the reason for failure critically, there is a good chance that a major reason in most cases was that team members were not sufficiently empowered to ensure continuity. Most organizations spend a good chunk of their yearly budget  to empower their staff in domains they feel is vital for the survival of their organizations. The task of identifying who needs training (in most institutions) however, is generally left to line managers who may either be objective or not in their selection of who gets training.  I know of an organization where t...

“...So whatever they tell you, take care to do it. But don't do what they do, because they talk but don't act”!~Matthew 23:3“...for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” ~Matthew 12:37 Objectives: Understand the power of your actions Review how your actions impact your team Target changes to help increase your impact Introduction You deserve a certificate in hypocrisy if you tell anyone, “do what I say not what I do!” This just does not work. I used to tell my last son when he was much younger, not t put his feet on the table. A long time ago, I came back home from work tired and therefore in great need to a rest. I assumed my lazy position , flipped my legs up to a side table while resting my body. As I peered from the side of eyes, the little man mirrored my actions almost at the “speed of light”. His little legs were on the table of course. Even though I had communicated to him that it was irresponsib...

“ .. that they may all be one , just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me” - John 17:21. Objectives: -Understand the effects of stereotyping on our ability to lead. -Identify our blind spots (stereotypes and generalizations). -Target team unity goals through proactively addressing profiling, stereotypes and generalizations. Introduction “ I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you , but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment' - 1 Corinthians 1:10. “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions , envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the k...