HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER?

(Topic: Roles and Responsibilities - Spirituality in Leadership)

By Rev. Roli Arangote
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INTRODUCTION
A. Setting the Mood
B. Illustration from the Bible
UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP
A. Leadership Definition
B. Important Leadership Elements
UNDERSTANDING THE 5 LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP
A. Leadership of Jesus in connection to 5 levels of leadership
UNDERSTANDING YOUR PART AS A LEADER IN THE ORGANIZATION
HOW TO LEAD (INFLUENCE) OTHERS FROM THE MIDDLE?
CONCLUSION

HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER?

(Topic: Roles and Responsibilities - Spirituality in Leadership)
By Rev. Roli Arangote
I. Introduction
A. Setting the Mood
a. Shake hands with 3 persons in this room and tell him/her You look great!
b. Shake hands with another 3 persons in this room and tell him/her Jesus loves you!
Realization:
a. Who among you firmly held the hands of another during handshake? It speaks confidence.
Confidence is a must in leadership.
b. Who among you made an eye to eye contact while saying You look great or Jesus loves
you? Eye to eye contact speaks of your sincerity. Sincerity is a must in leadership.
c. Who among you did the instruction with a smile? Smile builds relationship. Good
relationship is a must in leadership.
B. Illustration from the Bible
Exodus 18:13-23
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The next day, Moses took his seat to hear the peoples disputes against each other. They waited before
him from morning till evening.
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When Moses father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, What are you
really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you
from morning till evening?
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Moses replied, Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God. 16When a dispute arises, they
come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of
Gods decrees and give them his instructions.
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This is not good! Moses father-in-law exclaimed. 18Youre going to wear yourself outand the
people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all by yourself. 19Now listen to me, and let
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me give you a word of advice, and may God be with you. You should continue to be the peoples
representative before God, bringing their disputes to him. 20Teach them Gods decrees, and give them his
instructions. Show them how to conduct their lives. 21But select from all the people some capable,
honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one
hundred, fifty, and ten. 22They should always be available to solve the peoples common disputes, but
have them bring the major cases to you. Let the leaders decide the smaller matters themselves. They will
help you carry the load, making the task easier for you. 23If you follow this advice, and if God
commands you to do so, then you will be able to endure the pressures, and all these people will go
home in peace.
Lesson: One is too small a number to achieve greatness. You need others to accomplish the
task in efficient and effective way. You need people to go with you. And it takes leadership skill
to make people follow you and go with you.
II. UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP
A. Leadership Definition
- Leadership is influence, influencing other people to go with you.
o The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to
participate. (Harry A. Overstreet)
o He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.
(John Maxwell)
- Leadership is the ability to influence the people to go with you and bring them from here to
there
B. Important Leadership Elements
1. Knowledge knowledge is an understanding of information.
- I KNOW it
2. Skills skills is an ability to perform task. A skill is useless without knowledge.
- I CAN do it
3. Attitude attitude is internal driver for behaviour to do it or not to do it
- I WILL do it

Given that there is high level of knowledge and skills, the success or failure of any organization
depends in the attitude of its member or constituents.
Right attitude is a MUST if you want to go from HERE TO THERE. Right attitude is a MUST if you
want to go from NOTHING TO SOMETHING. Right attitude is a MUST if you want to go FROM ORDINARY
TO EXTRA-ORDINARY. Right attitude distinguish a good leader from a bad one.
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4. Vision Know where you are going

- Leading is giving the people a direction where to go and influencing them to go there with
you
- Proverbs 29: 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish(KJV)
- Proverbs 28:18 Without revelation people run wild
God-given dream is called vision while personal dream is called ambition. Selfish ambition
comes when you force everything to happen in your own way at your own time just to achieve
your dream/desire.
Great vision comes from God. When you neglect God and take Him out of the picture in
your organization, you will just see your picture and every dream you want to achieve. Most of
the problems in the organization are caused by people who only see themselves and their
dreams.

Vision

5. Influence
- Influence is not acquired. It is earned throughout life journey.

III. UNDERSTANDING THE 5 LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP (John Maxwell Developing the Leader Within
You)
Position Rights
People follow because they have to. Note: The longer you stay here, the higher the turnover and the
lower the morale of subordinates.
Permission Relationships
People follow because they want to. This level allows work to be fun. Caution: Staying too long on this
level without rising will cause highly motivated people to become restless.
Production Results
People follow because of what you have done for the organization. Note: This is where success is sensed
by most people. They like you and what you are doing. Problems are fixed with very little effort because
of momentum.

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People Development - Reproduction

People follow because of what you have done for them. Note: This is where long-range growth occurs.
Your commitment to developing leaders will ensure ongoing growth to the organization and to people.
Do whatever you can to achieve and stay on this level.
Personhood Respect
People follow because of who you are and what you represent. Note: This step is reserved for leaders
who have spent years growing people and organizations. Few make it. Those who do are bigger than life
Connect this to the Life and Leadership of Jesus
Vision: The vision of God is that time will come that God and His people will live together in His kingdom
Mission: To seek and save the lost and make them followers of Christ
What leadership style Jesus did?
Jesus had no leadership position when He began his mission. He did not use His rights in order
for people to follow Him.
But He focused first in building relationship with people until He was able to create His 12
disciples.
=> Permission: People follow Him because they want to.
Then together with His disciples, they continue the mission and they produce results: People
were healed, people were transformed, and people received hope. This is a realization of their mission
in the kingdom of God.
=> Production: His disciples follow Him because of what He has done for the kingdom of God.
Then He focused His time in developing His disciples. He equipped and empowered them to do
and continue the mission to realize the vision. Most of His disciples became loyal to Him and eager to do
the mission. His disciples were able to continue the mission even Jesus was not with them anymore.
=> People Development. His disciples follow Him because what He had done for them. Jesus
added value to them
And today, almost all the people in this world have a high respect to Jesus and continue the
work He had started.
=> Personhood. People follow Him because of who He is and what He represents
IV. UNDERSTANDING YOUR ROLE AS A LEADER IN THE ORGANIZATION
Vision
Leader above you

Peers

You

Subordinates
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Peers

The reality today is this: You are part of the organization but you are not at the top leadership.
But the organization has put you in a certain level of leadership position where it believes that you can
be a great help to realize the vision of the organization.
Your personal mission as leader is to bring everyone to the vision of organization. And to bring
everyone to the direction of the organization is to influence everyone. And you need the genuine
leadership because leadership is influence => influencing everyone to go with you from here to there.

The Myths of Leading from the Middle of an Organization

Myth 1: The Position Myth: I cant lead if I am not at the top
Myth 2: The Destination Myth: When I get to the top, then Ill learn to lead
Myth 3: The Influence Myth: If I were on top, then people would follow me.
Myth 4: The Inexperience Myth: When I get to the top, Ill be in control
Myth 5: The Freedom Myth: When I get to the top, Ill no longer be limited
Myth 6: The Potential Myth: I cant reach my potential if Im not the top leader
Myth 7: The All-or-Nothing Myth: If I cant get to the top, then I wont try to lead
These are myths because some people think that to better lead people is to be at the top, which is not
true.
The TRUTH is you can lead even you are at the middle of an organization.
The TRUTH is you can influence the leader above you to trust you, rely on you, and look to you for
advice.
The TRUTH is you can influence your peers even you have the same position with them.
The TRUTH is you can influence your subordinates not because you are in higher position.
V. HOW TO LEAD (INFLUENCE) OTHERS FROM THE MIDDLE? (SOME APPLICATIONS)
1. Lead yourself well
- Ephesians 4:1 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of
your calling, for you have been called by God. (NLT)
- Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling
you have received. (NIV)
a. Manage your emotion
o Good leaders know when to display emotions and when to delay them John
Maxwell
b. Manage your thinking
o A minute of thinking is often more valuable than an hour of talk or unplanned work.
c. Manage your words
o James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It
corrupts the whole body
d. Manage your time and your priorities.
e. Manage your energy
o Activity without Direction doing things that dont seem to matter
o Burden without Action not being able to do things that really matter
o Conflict without Resolution not being able to deal with whats the matter
f. Manage your personal life (including family)

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What would it profit a leader to climb to the top ladder of success but loses his
family and friends?
g. If you want to influence people, lead yourself first. If you cant lead yourself, who will follow
you, who will respect you, who will go with you?

2. Lighten the load of the leader above you

- Hebrews 13:17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authorityDo this so
that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
- You can lift your leader up or take him down. Or you can make the load of your leader
lighter or make it heavier, which do you think is good?
- Remember this: If you will help the load of your leader, you help your leader succeed. When
your leader succeeds, the organization succeeds together with you. But if your leader fails
because of heavy burden, the organization fails together with you.
- Lifting your leader lifts you also
- When you lift up your leader, it makes you get noticed.
o Even others are not aware of what you are doing, the person being lifted surely
noticed you. Lifting up your leader must be an ongoing process to make them feel
you add value to them so they can also add value to you.
o When you lift up your leader once or twice the leader may respond, Thanks.
o When you lift up your leader many times, he may say, I need you.
o When you lift him up continually, he may say, Let me help you.
- When you lift up your leader it increases your value and influence.
o The lift you give for the leader often leads to the leader lifting you. Load lifters have
a special place in the heart of their leader.
- How to lift the load of your leader
a. Do the best you can in your responsibilities and be accountable to it
b. When you find a problem, provide a solution. Dont blame your leader for a problem.
Help him to find solution.
c. Tell true information to your leader, nothing more, and nothing less. Good leaders want
the truth even if it hurts. True information is vital for creating an effective plan of
action.
d. Take an extra effort, extra responsibility and extra thinking
e. Stand up for your leader whenever you can
f. Promote your leader to others
- When you lift up your leaders, you become a model to your peers and to your subordinates.
You are demonstrating them to do the same because it is the right thing to do. Your peers
and subordinates will likely help you to lighten your load. If that happens, you earned the
opportunity to influence them. It means, it increases your leadership level.
- When you do good to others, God will reward you: Ephesians 6:7-8 Serve wholeheartedly, as
if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward
everyone for whatever good he does

3. Add Value to Others

- Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
- Completing with one another is far better than competing with one another

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1 Corinthians 12:21-26 14Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. 15If the
foot says, I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand, that does not make it any
less a part of the body. 16And if the ear says, I am not part of the body because I am not an
eye, would that make it any less a part of the body? 17If the whole body were an eye, how
would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? 18But
our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19How
strange a body would be if it had only one part!
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Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. 21The eye can never say to the hand, I dont
need you. The head cant say to the feet, I dont need you. 22In fact, some parts of the
body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. 23And the
parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully
protect those parts that should not be seen, 24while the more honorable parts do not require
this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given
to those parts that have less dignity. 25This makes for harmony among the members, so
that all the members care for each other. 26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it,
and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
The truth is that every part of the body is valuable. Same also in the organization, every
member has value.
Good leaders know how to add value to others. To add value to others is to help them in
their weaknesses and to develop them in their strengths
When you add value to others they will feel you care for them
Leadership Principle: Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand (John Maxwell)

To be a better leader that adds value to others, understand this Leadership Loop:
a. Caring Take an interest in People
o People dont care how much you know unless they know how much you care
o Touch the heart first before asking for the hand
b. Learning Get to Know People
o Hear stories from your peers
o Discover their best skills
o Appreciate their differences
o Try to put yourself in their shoes
c. Appreciating Respect People
o Treat others with respect
o Appreciate people for who they are and they will be more likely to respect and
listen to you in return
d. Contributing Add Value to People
o Help your peers to improve and develop without strings attached
e. Verbalizing Affirm People
o Acknowledge their accomplishments. Say positive things about them to your leader
and peers. Sincerely compliment them.
f. Leading Influence People
o If you do the Caring, Learning, Appreciating, Contributing, and Verbalizing, you built
relationship with them, you gain credibility and shown that your motives are good.
With that track record, you have earned the opportunity to influence them. But it
should not end here. The next phase is important.
g. Succeeding Win with People
o The motivation to lead must be to see the vision fulfilled and to see others succeed
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Great leaders dont use people so that they can win. They lead people so that they
all can win together
Once leaders prove that they can help make peoples dreams come true, others
seek them out so that they, too, can be helped to win
If you add value to others and helped them succeed, additional people will come
into your life that you can help and be a help for you in order for you to win
together.

VI. CONCLUSION
If this happens to every person in an organization (referring to leaders led themselves well,
leaders lighten the load of their leader, and leaders add value to others), what do you think will happen
to the organization? What do you think will happen to the vision and mission of the organization?
As John Maxwell says, Everything rises and falls on leadership. In the Bible in the Old
Testaments, Israel nation was blessed by God because of the obedience of the people. This is because
they have leaders who were righteous before God. But later on, Israel was led to its downfall. The
downfall of Israel was caused by kings who became wicked who led the people to disobey God. So God
brought disaster and punishment to them.
Desire to be a good leader. What makes the difference between a good leader and other kind of
leader is the heart.
Luke 6:45 (NLT) A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an
evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.
Good leaders possessed good heart and they produce good things. Good leaders do not just
focus in achieving the goals of the organization but helping also others to achieve their personal goals
and dreams. Good leaders do not just add value to the organization but they also add value to the
people in the organization.
Reflect on this: Don't let your failures hinder you to achieve greatness. But don't let your desire
for greatness destroy your goodness. Remember, it's far better to be good than to be great.
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