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BUILDINGCHURCHLEADERS.com: MOTIVATING LEADERS
MOTIVATING LEADERS
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BUILDINGCHURCHLEADERS.com: MOTIVATING LEADERS
“When you understand that
leadership is influence instead of
position, that changes everything.”
–John Maxwell
BUILDINGCHURCHLEADERS.com: MOTIVATING LEADERS
Why It’s Difficult to Develop Leaders• Leaders are often over-committed in
other areas
• Leaders usually are strong-willed and have personal agendas
• Leaders are often enticed with opportunities that look more exciting and meaningful
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To Develop Someone with Few Leadership Skills
• Provide on-the-job training
• Strive to add value to people, not just to lead them
• Remember that leadership is influence, not position
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How to Add Value to a Potential Leader• Ask the person to be a part of the vision
• Treat people as your greatest asset
• Listen to people; know their hearts
• Equip them according to their gifts and desires
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Leadership Styles• Visionary
– Has a clear picture of what should happen. Future-oriented, idealistic, and full of faith
• Strategic – Breaks vision into achievable steps,
forming a game plan that everyone can participate in
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Leadership Styles• Motivational
– Sees who needs a challenge, more training, some recognition, an encouraging word, a day off
• Team-building – Finds leaders and places them in the
right positions to produce the right results
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“I’m aware that some of us take our leadership role a bit more seriously than others …”
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Leadership Styles• Entrepreneurial
– Has vision, energy, and a risk-taking spirit. Functions best in a start-up operation
• Bridge-building– Brings a variety of people together to
help a complex organization achieve its mission
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Leadership Styles• Directional
– Assesses mission, strengths, weaknesses, resources, and then points organization in the right direction
• Managing– Establishes markers on the way to a
destination, then organizes people, process, and resources to achieve mission
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Leadership Styles• Shepherding
– Loves, supports and prays for team members so diligently that mission is achieved
• Re-engineering– Thrives in a situation that has lost focus.
Sees what the mission was and what it must be now
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What Is My Leadership Style?Visionary Bridge-builder
Directional
Managing
Shepherding
Re-engineering
Me!
Not me!
Strategic
Motivational
Team-builder
Entrepreneurial
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Discuss1. How do my leadership styles fit the
roles in which I serve this church?
2. What leadership styles are we missing on our team?
3. What’s the best way to recruit those leaders?
3 Key Positions on a Winning Team
Putting people in the right place
motivating leaders: assessment
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““Believe me, fellows, everyone from Believe me, fellows, everyone from the Pharaoh on down is an equally the Pharaoh on down is an equally
valued member of the team.”valued member of the team.”
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Key Positions on a Winning TeamInfluencers
– Get others excited about an idea– Convince doubters they can do a mission
bigger than themselvesContributors
– Get the work done– Deliver ministry so lives are touched
Managers– Provide what contributors need for success– Coordinate, plan, and troubleshoot
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Ways to Stay Motivated• Invest in an affirmative outlook
• Fuel the fire with like-mindedness
• Clear up conflicts quickly
• Do not “deficit motivate”
• Get involved in front-line issues
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Discuss1. What are some ways to keep a healthy
desire to serve from becoming over-commitment?
2. Besides guilt and anger, what are other deficit motivators?
3. After their term is up, do most of our leaders say, “Never again,” or are they eager to re-enlist? What’s the difference?
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To Bring Out the Best in People• Offer a friendly
atmosphere
• Enjoy their uniqueness
• Know their abilities
• Know how much they can take on
• Give them a reputation to uphold
• Enjoy your work and let it show
• Look for mutual benefits
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Discuss1. Do our volunteers enjoy their work?
How do we know?
2. Are our volunteers challenged to grow in their skills?
3. Which volunteers could take on more responsibility?
4. How do we reward enthusiasm in our volunteers?