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ISBN-10: 1-4185-1784-4
ISBN-13: 978-141851-784-7
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Table of Contents
1. Gods Call for Us to Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2. The Heart of a Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3. I Have a Dream! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4. Priorities and Decision Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5. Cultivating People Skills in Your Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6. Strategic Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7. The Leadership Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
8. Security or Sabotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9. Delegating Tasks and Developing People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
10. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
11. The Wisest Investment Youll Ever Make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
12. Measuring Your Leadership Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
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Born to Lead
Consider this. The first description of mankind in the Bible
involves leadership. God designed us to lead, to have authority
and take dominion. According to Genesis 1:2631, you and I
were born to lead. Study this Scripture . . .
Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our
likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and the birds
of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the
creatures that move along the ground. (Gen. 1:26 NIV)
1. Being made in Gods image means we were created to
LEAD.
According to verse 26, we are made in Gods image. What
does this mean? One clue is found in the next phrase: and
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Leadership Is Influence
J. Oswald Sanders said it first: Leadership is influence.
Nothing more. Nothing less. It is about influencing
others in a worthwhile cause. It is not dependent on
titles or positions. It is dependent on someone catching
a vision from God and mobilizing others to join them in
its fulfillment. When this happens, leadership arises in its
purest form. It happens to every organization at one point
or another, especially when theres no system or plan. In
those times, there is no expectation of progress. Today,
many regions of the world are crying for godly, effective
leaders. The leader must earn the right to lead and others
choose to follow.
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5. Heroes like Moses and Joshua were dead and there was no
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Self-Evaluation:
In your own life, how well do you display the five
characteristics demonstrated by leaders in the book of Judges?
1. Perceive a Need
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