The Leadership Lessons of Jesus
Dec 6, 2009 Discussion Topics, Leadership Lessons of Jesus
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The Edge
The following is the chapter list of a great little book on leadership called “The Leadership Lessons of Jesus: A Timeless Model for Today’s Leaders.” I’d like to use this topic list as a study outline for discussion over the course of our Edge meetings on Sundays.
Better yet, I’d like to have each of the guys step up to lead some of these discussion. There are 52 lessons here to give a lot of great insight into the qualities of godly leaders and becoming a person who can influence the world for Christ.
- Who speaks for you?
- A call to leadership
- Temptation is part of leadership
- Leaders call followers
- Leaders teach with authority
- A leader takes care of his people
- Leadership requires discipline
- Leaders care
- Leadership and timing
- Leaders should expect the unexpected
- Leaders are teachers
- Choosing a team
- Eating with the troops
- Facing opposition
- A new way of thinking
- Leading with and through traditions
- Unwarranted attacks–be ready!
- The inner core
- Leaders plan
- Strategic withdrawal
- The place
- Authority, the stuff of leadership
- Painful attacks on your leadership
- Leaders tell stories
- Unity, a leadership requirement
- Leaders are often unappreciated
- Special relationships
- You win some: You lose some
- Truth and timing
- Leadership expectations
- Publicity, public relations, and leadership
- Evaluate
- A leader is faithful
- Little things–important things
- Leadership calms the storm
- Flexibility
- Publicity
- Decisive action
- Leadership is expensive
- Preparing successors
- Practical vision
- The best and the worst
- The use of authority
- Leadership teams
- Misinformation
- Facing a loss
- Visible leadership
- A leadership retreat
- Capturing unplanned moments
- Boldness builds leadership
- Establishing order–a priority
- Leaders pray in gratitude
So we’ll start this week with topic #1, Who speaks for you?
Tags: Leadership
December 13th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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