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MAR - Trinity Evangelical Divinity
D.Min - Grace Theological Seminary
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Not everyone is going to take the journey with you
Not everyone should take the journey with you
Not everyone can take the journey with you
Are you forcing your Team to get on the train without understanding?
LIVE IT
At times as leaders we can wait for people we should not be waiting on
At times leaders can feel guilty for losing a key player – What are some potential reasons that people would leave?
Learn to appreciate those people who are with you even if they are there for a short time.
When a key person leaves your team what is the strategy for replacement?
LEAD IT
What is your personal reaction when people leave your team?
Are you waiting too long for people to go to the next level?
Where are your key players coming from?
Everyone you meet is a potential team player
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
The greatest detriment to tomorrow’s success is today’s success! – Rick Warren
Max DePree states by avoiding risk, we risk what is important in life – namely our growth, potential, and contribution to life.
The higher you go the harder it is to make trade-offs.
Many climb the mountain of their potential and then stop.
Many will come to a point they will not give up something to go to the next level of receiving.
What is your next level of growth worth to you?
LIVE IT
What are you willing to trade?
Affirmation for Accomplishment
Security for Significance
Immediate Pleasure for Personal Gain
Quantity of Life for Quality of Life
Acceptable for Excellence
First-half for Second-half
LEAD IT
Learn to travel light – learn to off-load before you re-load
We resist moving from our Comfort Zone to new levels
If becoming a better leader is the goal – get ready to make some serious trades
Do you have what it takes to keep making trades?
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
“When we talk about how good we are, we emotionally disqualify the people around us.” John Maxwell
People are impressed with success but impacted by our failures.
• If we’re going to lead well, we must talk about success as well as failure.•Makes the leader reachable.•Makes those learning teachable.
How to get a great ROF: Return on Failure1.What would you attempt to do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?•This question removes the fear of failure. It gets you going.•The problem with just this question is you will eventually fail.• It sets you up for success and provides a positive attitude but doesn’t prevent failure.•It gets you going.2.What would you attempt to do if you knew you WOULD fail, but you knew
you would learn, grow, and get better?
How to Flip Your Flops, Failures and Fumbles1.Optimism: believe there is always an answers, there is always a benefiting each situation2.Responsibility: Changing your response by taking responsibility for a failure, then learning and improving because of it. If you don’t feel responsible for the failure, you won’t feel the need to learn and improve from it.3.Humility: Having a teachable spirit and accepting feedback from others4.Collaboration: Learn to share your mistakes and learn from those around you.5.Resilience: Say good-bye to yesterday6.Initiative: Act and face your fears
Now it is your turn•Of the six items that we just discussed, which ones are you good at and how can you improve even more?•Where am I weak and how can I improve?
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Influence exists to speak up for those who do not have influence
Influence exists to speak to those who do have influence
Influence exists to be passed on to others
LIVE IT
Have you gained the influence of another and failed to build upon it?
If you borrow the influence of another, what do you expect to come with that influence?
You cannot build upon influence you do not have!
LEAD IT
Are there people you need to speak up for?
Where do you need to increase your level of influence with others?
Take inventory of the influence you already have
Insight: What do you know
Ability: What you can do
Character: Who you are
Passion: What you feel
Confidence: How you make others feel
Charisma: How you connect
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
The Robert Schuller Question: “What would you attempt to do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?”
The John Maxwell Question: “What have you learned from your failure?”
The Roadmap For Learning
Humility – The Spirit of Learning
Reality – The Foundation of Learning
Responsibility – The First Step of Learning
Improvement – The Focus of Learning
Hope – The Motivation of Learning
Teachability – The Teachability of Learning
Adversity – The Catalyst of Learning
Problems – The Opportunity for Learning
Bad Experiences – The Perspective of Learning
Change – The Price of Learning
Maturity – The Value of Learning
Improvement – The Focus of Learning
Improving yourself is the first step to improving everything else. It is the capacity to develop and improve that distinguishes leaders from followers. Improvement forces us out of our Comfort Zone – it requires a temporary surrender of security. Improvement is a daily exercise.
Teachability – The Attitude of Learning
The most important skill to acquire is learning how to learn. That skill begins with a teachable attitude.
The DNA of A Teachable Person
It all starts with a beginner’s mindset. How do you maintain a beginner’s mindset. It is a three-fold process: (1) Everyone has something to teach me (2) Everyday I have something to learn (3) Every time I learn something I benefit.
Problems Are The Opportunity For Learning
Do not wait for a problem to solve itself. Do not aggravate the problem. Communicate constantly and consistently. People respond to problems by often isolating from one another and communicating to one another.
Winning Isn’t Everything But Learning Is
Learning often decreases when winning increases. First-place is not an easy place to remain. WHY? “Been there – Done that!” The Entitlement Mindset. Playing to not loose.
There are two zones you need to be aware of:
(1) Your Strength Zone — what you do well, and
(2) Your Comfort Zone — what you feel comfortable doing.
To lessen your failure rate and be more successful you need to find the right combination of zones.
• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your
Comfort Zone = Bad and impossible to Win.
• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your
Comfort Zone = Bad and at best Average.
• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your
Comfort Zone = Good but not Great.
• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your
Comfort Zone = Great and continual Winning.
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“There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So, keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.” – John Wooden
My choices reveal who I am
Many choices in life are not easy
The choices I made changed who I was
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Choosing Your Choices
Choice #1 – My standards for myself will be higher than what others may set for me
Choice #2 – Helping people is more important that making them happy
Choice #3 – My focus will be on the present
LEAD IT
Write down and review major choices that have changed you.
What key choices have you made or will make that has changed you?
Are you prepared to make difficult choices?
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
Meetings usually fail for 2 reasons: The leader does not have a clear agenda; The people attending have their own agenda.
The meeting before the meeting is where you get buy-in
The meeting before the meeting helps people with perspective
The meeting before the meeting increases your influence
The meeting before the meeting develops trust
The meeting before the meeting keeps you from getting blindsided
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If you cannot have the meeting before the meeting, don’t have the meeting
If the meeting before the meeting did not go well, don’t have the meeting
If the meeting before the meeting goes well, have the meeting
Structure the meeting around these 3 items: Information Items, Study Items, Action Items
LEAD IT
Do your meetings have structure?
Have you connected with key influencers?
What is your plan for the next big change?
Plan your meetings according to levels of influence: Top Influencers, Top Positional Leaders; 20% of a Department; Meet with everyone
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
Everyday we have opportunities to write new experiences on our pages
Some people leave their notebook closed most of their life
Others fill their pages and never take the time for reflection
Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything
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Do you know people who have lots of knowledge but little understanding?
We all experience more than we understand
Our attitude toward unpleasant and unplanned experiences determines our growth
A lack of experience is costly
Experience is costly
Not learning from experiences is more costly
LEAD IT
How often do you pause to reflect on your experiences?
How do you record what you have learned?
How do you evaluate your year?
Shepherds Advantage provides Servant Leadership that helps people close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Shepherds Advantage closes that gap by providing Leadership Development, Keynote Speaking, and Executive Coaching.
All organizations have an influx and outflow of people that works similar to that of a revolving door.
People come in through that door because they have a reason they want to be part of that company.
But when they exit the company through that door, chances are they all have something in common. Their desire for “greener pastures” is often motivated by the need to get away from someone.
Some people cannot get along with anyone. Wherever they go, trouble goes with them.
“Some cause happiness wherever they go. Some cause happiness whenever they go.” Oscar Wilde
LIVE IT
As leaders, we’d like to think that when people leave, it has little to do with
us. But the reality is that we are often the reason. Some sources estimate that as many as 65 percent of people leaving companies do so because of their managers.
There are 4 types of people who leave
People quit people who devalue them. If we don’t respect someone, can we treat them with respect?
People quit people who are untrustworthy. Here are 5 ways Leaders the trust of their people:
Acting inconsistently in what they say and do.
Seeking personal gain above shared gain.
Withholding information.
Lying or telling half-truths.
Being close-minded.
People quit people who are incompetent
People quit people who are insecure
LEAD IT
Take responsibility on how you treat others
When people leave me, I do an exit interview
Place HIGH VALUE on the people working with you
I put credibility at the top of my Leadership list
As you study these 3 graphs allow your inner voice to speak ideas and strategies on moving your ministry goals forward to reach the Millennials and Gen-Z’s.
Resource: Technology Promises Connection, but Gen-Z Sees A Paradox. https://www.barna.com/research/teens-devices-connection/ ACCESSED 22 November 2020.
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