{"id":9881,"date":"2016-10-27T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dminlgp.com\/?p=9881"},"modified":"2016-10-27T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:21:07","slug":"the-leader-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/the-leader-in-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leader in You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leadership through the world\u2019s view is somewhat distorted. The styles of world leaders have ranged from fear to courage, low self-esteem to confidence, inexperience to experience, overcompensate for a lack of attempt, disrespectful to passionate, and more. If we were truthfulin the Christian community, these same world leadership traits are present in some Christian Leaders.\"cat<\/a><\/p>\n

Lowney found in his admiration of St. Ignatius Loyola\u2019s ability to achieve great heights in the Jesuit community. He found in his pursuit of success, traits that reflect great leadership skills. He condensed them into four pillars and he\u00a0explained them as follows:
\n\u2022 Self-awareness \u2013 where the men understood their strengths, weaknesses, values and worldview, (Lowney, Kindle location 82)
\n\u2022 Ingenuity \u2013 where they confidently innovated and adapted to embrace a changing world (Lowney, Kindle location 82)
\n\u2022 Love \u2013 engaging others with a positive and loving attitude, (Lowney, Kindle location 82) and
\n\u2022 Heroism- energized themselves and others through heroic ambitions. (Lowney, Kindle location 82)<\/p>\n

Three of these pillars (Self-awareness, ingenuity, love) are a part of the 25 character traits now share in our education system and Christian character building programs. We are trying to aid students in being a productive person by strengthening their self-esteem and providing them with tools to use in their lives.<\/p>\n

In chapter 2, Lowney provided ideas and tips on how to be an effective leader. He says that one should:
\n\u2022 Establish direction by developing a vision of the future, (Lowney, Kindle location 104)
\n\u2022 Aligning people by communicating the direction in words and deeds to others, (Lowney, Kindle location 104-107)
\n\u2022 Motivating and inspiring energizing people to overcome political, bureaucratic, and barriers to change, (Lowney, Kindle location 107) and
\n\u2022 As a result of the three acts above, producing change. (Lowney, Kindle location 107)<\/p>\n

Lowney\u2019s view of Loyola\u2019s leadership skills would probably receive a great review from Ken Blanchard, author of the Leadership and the One Minute Manager. In my managerial career, we taught the principles of leadership in his book \u201cThe One Minute Manager.\u201d In the review provided by Primary Goals website, Blanchard\u2019s book, Leadership and the One Minute Manager, provided these four points and he\u00a0explained them as follows:
\n1. \u201cDirecting – The leader provides specific direction and closely monitors task accomplishment. (p.46): Involves telling people clearly what to do, how to do it when to do it, and then closely monitoring their performance. (p.57): for people who lack competence but are enthusiastic and committed.\u201d[1]<\/a>
\n2. \u201cCoaching – The leader continues to direct and closely monitor accomplishments, but also explains decisions, solicits suggestions, and supports progress.(p.57): for people who have some competence but lack commitment.\u201d [<\/a>2] 3. \u201cSupporting – The leader facilitates and supports people\u2019s efforts toward task accomplishment and shares responsibility for decision-making with them.(p.46): Involves listening to people, providing support and encouragement for their efforts, and then facilitating their involvement in problem-solving and decision-making.(p.57): for people who have competence but lack confidence or motivation.\u201d [3]<\/a><\/p>\n

4. \u201cDelegating – The leader turns over responsibility for decision-making and problem solving to people.(p.57): for people who have both competence and commitment.\u201d [4]<\/a><\/p>\n

Lowney and Blanchard both recognized traits that parallel in good leadership skills. My views on them are as follows:
\n\u2022 Directing is necessary for providing leadership to those under your leadership. So that all may be on the same road towards the purpose, everyone must understand the expectations of the task.
\n\u2022 Coaching and Motivation both provide encouragement to complete the task.
\n\u2022 Supporting and aligning people with similar skills and abilities will assist in the task becoming successful.
\n\u2022 Delegation and producing change nurtures new ideas.<\/p>\n

In Chapter 12, Lowney states we must do a self-check of ourselves. We must: \u201c(1) appreciate our dignity and potential; (2) recognize our weaknesses that block that potential; (3) articulate our values that we stand for; (4) establish personal goals; (5) form a point of view on the world and how we will relate to others; and (6) see the wisdom and value in examen and commit to it.\u201d (Lowney, location 2866)<\/p>\n

When I served as a manager at my career job, I was always labeled as one of the best managers based on my working relationship with my employees and ability to encourage them to succeed as a group and achieve our goals. My management skills were similar to many of those skills above. In my self-check, one of my management challenges was being over protective of my employees. I felt they were mine and I sometimes boldly protected them when upper manager\u2019s challenged them. There must be balance in management styles, and we must be willing to learn and grow.
\nAs the executive director, of a non-profit, that is volunteer supported presents new challenges. They are not employees, so the managerial style is slightly different. Some employees are motivated by a paycheck and rewards while volunteers are driven by passion and appreciation. Negative impact for volunteers may result in the loss of volunteers.<\/p>\n

In our Christian studies, Jesus\u2019 leadership skills are one to follow and have been duplicated by many, even in the skills Lowney found in Loyola and addressed by Blanchard. With the disciples, He gave them instructions and directions<\/strong> for their task as well as demonstrated how to perform the skills before them. He coached and motivated<\/strong> them with encouraging words. He supported<\/strong> them by partnering them together as they went out to perform their assigned task. He delegated<\/strong> a specific task to some because He knew to reach the ultimate goal, He needs others to take charge, even when He was no longer in His position on earth.<\/p>\n

The picture of the cat and lion was my model for the development of our youth program motto \u201cLiving My Destiny<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

___________________<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a>\u00a0Blanchard, Ken, and Patricia Zigarmi, and Drea Zigarmi, Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing E<\/em>ffectiveness Through Situational Leadership<\/em> (New York, NY: William Morrow and Co., 999), http:\/\/primarygoals.com\/teams\/books\/one-minute-manager\/.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

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