LeadershipService How do they go together Eagle Ambassadors

Leadership/Service How do they go together? Eagle Ambassadors August 2009 Leadership Series III

What is your personal definition: • Of a Leader? • Of Service?

A Leader is… • One who is able to bring an individual or organization to a higher level of greatness so that they can excel at bringing excellence into the earth from any position. • One who is able to help others make great decisions as they infuse them with inspiration and information to empower them. • One who is able to serve and still lead with gentleness, care, and sternness when needed. • One who is able to make an individual or organization recognize where they are and steer them to where they need to go; keeping their eye on the PRIZE. • One who is able to lead from the front, middle, & behind. • Being Present!

Service is… • Helping bring about greatness from any position. • Working to make “it” (what ever “it” may be) happen. • Taking up the slack to meet the goal as a team. • Making sure everything needed is taken care of. • BEING PRESENT!!

What are the real differences? A. Can you lead and serve? B. Can you serve and lead? C. Do you always have to be in front to inspire? D. What kinds of words do you think about that go with the word: leader? Now Service?

Humble… A. What is Humble? B. What is your personal definition of humble? C. Is being humble important when in a leadership role? D. Why?

Humble is… • Not proud or haughty • Not arrogant or assertive! • What does that look like? Write in 25 -50 words what “humble” looks like.

Put it all together • Using the words: Leader, service, and humble create a definition of leadership. As an Eagle Ambassador, how will you use these words to help you in your leadership role?