By Gilberto Araujo Spiritual foundations for leadership Transformational

By: Gilberto Araujo

• Spiritual foundations for leadership Transformational – Biblical Concept of Leadership – Biblical calling to spiritual leadership – Examples of biblical leadership – Structures and spiritual leadership

• Servant Leader – Biblical Concept of Servant Leader – Jesus’ Example – Book of Nehemiah

• Strategic thinking and leading – Biblical indicators of where the church is supposed to be – Spirit of Prophecy counsel on a strong church – Assessing where we are – Tools to work with – Developing steps that will lead to the expressed goal of the church – Strategic planning – Strategic analysis

• Leadership and Mission – SDA missiology

• Leadership and Assessment – Assessment theology – Importance. – Use and abuse – Emphasizing Quality

• Leadership and Assessment – Goals and objectives – Importance – Use and abuse – Differences – Facilitating Effective Planning – Evaluating

• How to lead a group into “Group Visioning. ” – How to transfer a vision from your head to others and let others own it – Group works – Casting a vision – Sharing a vision

• Communicating your vision and coordinating group thinking – Win – win situation – Leaders need people to accomplish the goals – Leaders using and abusing people to reach goals – Caring for people – Caring for the task to be done – Balance

• Communication and Leadership – How to communicate efficiently as leader – Communication among organizations, levels – Communication among leaders

• Communicating Effectively - Responding mails and e-mails - Delays - Communication breakdown - Communication Methods. - Cross-cultural communication. - Communicating decisions

• Team work and team building – Why you need the team – How team building develops – Elements that are necessary for team building – Not manipulation – Unswerving Commitment to Empowering People – Fostering Participation

• Delegating – A biblical principles for leadership – Importance of delegating – Effective delegating – Delegation and authority to accomplish the task

• Chairing meetings – Where do agenda comes from – How to process an agenda item – Preparing for meetings – Chairing meetings – Managing decision of the meeting – Facilitating discussions. – Parliamentary Procedure

• Implementing Decisions – How – Who – When – How much

• Dressing as a leader – Models of Good Dressing. – Psychology of Clothes Yes. – Yes, dressing makes a difference – Elements of good dressing – Dressing for seasons

• Decision Making in leading and leadership – Leadership is about making decisions – How to make spiritual decisions – Nature of decisions – How to process decision making on very important matters – Group Decisions

• Leadership and Ethic – Ethic and culture – Ethic that help in leadership

• Leadership and Values – Exercising Solid Integrity – How to be a leader with right values – Values that help in leadership – Values Classification and Values Hierarchy

• Managing Criticisms – How to manage criticisms – How to welcome criticisms – How to differentiate a positive and negative criticism – The Gift of Opposition

• A balance life – Holistic Leadership – Spiritual life – Financial life – Family Life – Physical life – Social life – Emotional Life – Intelectual Life

• Managing difficult areas of life – Money – Personal finances. – Women – Power – Managing Leadership and Authority – How to manage Conflict of interest

• Understanding Organization – Purpose – Structure and Systems – Processes – People – Assessing organizational effectiveness. – How to strength the organization – The organization’s finances. – The organization Mission, vision, values.

• Understanding Organization – Managing Resources Responsibly – Budget – Reports

• The Leader – A Philosophy of leadership – Characteristics of an Effective Leader – Styles of leaders – Motivation – The leader and the administrator. – The leader’s expectative – The leader’s main goal – Abundance Mentality

• The Leader – Affirming Others – Coaching others – Mentoring others – Confronting others

• The Leader – Accountability

• Time Management – Prioritizing and planning your time – Eliminating Non-Priorities

• Crisis Management. – Conflict resolution – Problem solving and decision making.

• How to introduce Changes – Understand the change – How to avoid change resistance – The change cycle. – Courage to Challenge the Status Quo – Ability to challenge the Status Quo