Leadership Quailities

Oct 6th

1. Communicator

2. Visionary

3.

As a society we have based a great leader on a good communicator which isn’t always the case they could be strong in that area but not have any leadership skills.

Examples of great leaders

- Hitler, Malcom-X, Jesus, Moses….

o A great leader depends on the definition being defined. We live in a pluralistic world. Ex. Tolerant.. what is the def. to one person is different to someone else but both might think they are on the same page.

o All are filtered to some point but need to be defined at some point so chaos doesn’t happen. (boundaries)

Nehemiah

- Jew who is working for king Z. serving him while hearing that Jerusalem walls were coming down. So he mourned and fasted.

o Takes a risk to leave to Jerusalem with a letter of approval.

o Finds the city all in shambles.

▪ God reveals a sign to him to rebuild the city.

▪ Built the entire wall in sections

• Was a risk b/c all men are building walls

• Half built the wall half watched out b/c of threats.

- While all this was going on he organized a plan to help the poor.

o A good leader adjust based on circumstances.

▪ Wall is finished they created boundaries.

• Ex. Poor breed people. Tithing.

▪ Overall it was the work of God so they praised him. (humble)

o Ex. Guinness during a poor economic time they built more breweries for more jobs

▪ 1700 also built housing for workers while employing doctors and nurses to care for the employees.

▪ Need to remember those who are helping instead of end results.

Key leadership qualities

- Before we become a leader we must

o Listens and asked questions

o Deals with the emotions

o Fast and prays (we need to not only believe but rely on God)

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