This survey relates to Church leadership, but contains valuable lessons for any situation!
THE CRITICAL ISSUE IS LEADERSHIP
Warren Bennis, one of the most respected authors on the subject of leadership and founder of The Leadership Institute at USC, wrote this month that the crisis of leadership in our institutions and governments is in many ways the most urgent and dangerous threat facing the world today because "it is insufficiently recognized and little understood."
Writing in the July issue of Executive Excellence and drawing on 40 years of studying leadership, Bennis says that effective leaders share five characteristics.
Source is here.
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THE CRITICAL ISSUE IS LEADERSHIP
Warren Bennis, one of the most respected authors on the subject of leadership and founder of The Leadership Institute at USC, wrote this month that the crisis of leadership in our institutions and governments is in many ways the most urgent and dangerous threat facing the world today because "it is insufficiently recognized and little understood."
Writing in the July issue of Executive Excellence and drawing on 40 years of studying leadership, Bennis says that effective leaders share five characteristics.
1. They have a strong sense of purpose, a passion, a conviction, a sense of wanting to do something important to make a difference.
2. They are capable of developing and sustaining deep and trusting relationships. They seem to be constant, caring and authentic with other people.
3. They are purveyors of hope and have positive illusions about reality.
4. They have a balance in their lives between work, power, and family or outside activities. They do not tie up all of their self-esteem in their position.
5. They have a bias toward action and while not reckless, they do not resist taking risks.In speaking to a select group of doctoral students at Asbury Seminary last week, Carol Davis, a staff leader at The Church on Brady, identified critical changes of church leadership development, five of which are summarized in the following chart.
(Number 50 July 22, 1996 © Leadership Network)2. They are capable of developing and sustaining deep and trusting relationships. They seem to be constant, caring and authentic with other people.
3. They are purveyors of hope and have positive illusions about reality.
4. They have a balance in their lives between work, power, and family or outside activities. They do not tie up all of their self-esteem in their position.
5. They have a bias toward action and while not reckless, they do not resist taking risks.In speaking to a select group of doctoral students at Asbury Seminary last week, Carol Davis, a staff leader at The Church on Brady, identified critical changes of church leadership development, five of which are summarized in the following chart.
Source is here.
Changing Patterns of Leadership Development
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