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Mary Kamau,
ICM Tanzania Country Co-Director (Class 2007)
Vitalis
Gathatha, Pastor & Evangelist, Full Gospel Churches of Kenya (Class
2007)
Elijah
Abuoi Arok, Bishop, African Christian Mission International (Class
2009)
William Magot Niareng, Pastor, Episcopal Church of Sudan (Class 2009)
Eustace
N. Kiama, Pastor, Presbyterian church of East Africa (Class 2009)
James
Bruce Luchivya, Missionary, Church of Christ (Uganda) (Class 2009)
Cleophas Mangros, Chaplain, Kenya Prison Service (Class 2009)
Peter
Kibet Ndlema, Administration Police Officer, Kenya (Class 2009)
Justus
Saliku Chanzu, Pastor, African Israel Nineveh Church (Class 2009)
Judy
Njeri Gichuru, Youth Worker, African Christian Mission International
(Class 2009)
Jacob Ole
Kogo, Pastor/Missionary to the Maasai People of Narok, Kenya (Class
2009) |
A Return to Servant Leadership
will introduce you to a unique style of leadership that is modeled on the
approach of Him who said He came to serve, not to be served. This upside
down leadership style puts the needs of followers above the needs of the
leader; promotes teamwork, individual dignity and worth; and results in a
synergy of purpose unachievable with the old leadership models.
This course will provide you with a solid foundation of the theory and
practice of leadership while contrasting traditional and more modern
theories with Jesus' style of servant leadership and its most effective
application today. You will be challenged, as a leader in the church of
tomorrow to adopt a leadership style that is contrary to the prevailing
style yet is one that the Son of Man modeled for us in His ministry on
this earth.
INSTRUCTOR:
John Sullivan
TEXT:
Servant First! Leadership for the New
Millennium, John J. Sullivan,
Xulon Press (2004)
CLASS CONTEXT:
The course will consist of lecture,
individual and small group discussion, team presentations, a written exam
and a take-home project.
GRADING:
Consists of three elements:
·
Participation
in class discussion/presentations = 20%
·
Final exam =
60%
·
Take-home
project = 20%
COURSE OUTLINE:
Day One:
TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORIES
How did you learn to be a leader?
Most of us learned from watching and working with leaders and imitating
their style. Are there sets of variables that distinguish successful
leaders from those who are not? This session will review the traditional
approaches to studying leadership and why they may or may not work today.
Topics include:
-
Defining the
three elements of leadership
-
Contrasting
leadership with management
-
Leadership as
science and art
-
Trait studies:
Focus on the leader
-
Behavior
studies: Focus on the followers
-
Situational
studies: Focus on the situation
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Preface and Chapters 1-3. Questions
for small group discussion will be presented in class.
Day Two:
DEMING, GREENLEAF, BARNA and OTHERS
The contributions to leadership theory
through the quality revolution over the past 50 years are often overlooked
in leadership training. We will examine the people-centered leadership
taught by Deming and others, the geneses of the human relations school of
management, and its early influence on the quality pioneers. We will
explore the servant as leader approach of Robert Greenleaf, the most
widely know modern proponent of servant leadership. Topics include:
- Deming’s principles
and functions of leadership
- The concept of
servant as leader
- Identifying servant
leaders
- Called to
leadership: traits and behaviors of servant leaders
- Unique types of
leaders in Christian organization
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapters 4-8. Questions for small
group discussion will be presented in class.
Day Three:
JESUS, A MODEL FOR LEADERSHIP
We begin our study of
Jesus as LEADER by exploring his background, looking for clues as to what
molded His leadership style. A common element of successful organizations
is a set of guiding principles that direct the strategy, goals, and
direction of the organization while providing the foundation for a shared
set of organizational beliefs. We will discover that Jesus established a
set of guiding principles that are still relevant today. Topics include:
- Clues to Jesus’
genealogy
- What did Jesus
REALLY look like and should we care?
- Jesus’ definition of
a servant leader
- What are guiding
principles?
- Jesus’ vision,
mission, and values
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapter 9. Questions for small group
discussion will be presented in class. Selected presentations on local
church/organizational guiding principles.
Day Four:
JESUS’ FIVE-PHASE STRATEGY
Another common characteristic of
successful organizations is that they plan for the future. In this
session, we will discover that Jesus had a very deliberate strategy that
played out over the three years of His active ministry. This same
strategy may be applied in organizations in the private and public sectors
today. Topics include:
- Preparing for
leadership
- Picking potential
leaders
- Enabling lower level
leaders
- Empowering leaders
and followers
- Deploying the
strategy
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapter 10. Questions for small
group discussion will be presented in class. Small group discussion and
presentations on implementing Jesus’ strategy.
Day Five:
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
TRAITS
Although the original
trait theory as a means of selecting future leaders was largely discounted
by other later research, a number of more recent studies have concluded
that successful leaders do have a set of distinguishable traits.
In this session we will examine Jesus’ six dominant leadership traits and
relate them to leading organizations today. Topics include:
- Showing compassion
- Demonstrating
humility
- Remaining impartial
- Living a life of
integrity
- Building trust by
being trustworthy
- Applying knowledge
and experience while developing wisdom
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapters 11 and 12. Questions for
small group discussion will be presented in class. Small group discussion
and presentations on selected traits.
Day Six: BEHAVIORS OF A SERVANT
LEADER
Jesus’ leadership behaviors, i.e., how He
acted towards His followers, were highly relational and focused on
developing His followers into becoming leaders themselves. In this
session we will discuss the ten dominant leadership behaviors of Jesus and
examine how they may be applied in modern organizations. Topics include:
- Obedience to the
mission
- The importance of
commitment
- Overcoming
temptation
- Exercising authority
- Providing vision
- Communication
imperatives
- Seven teaching
methods
- Being an effective
encourager
- How to recognize
potential leaders and effective followers
- The importance of
reconciliation
- The necessity of
prayer
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapters 13 and 14. Questions for
small group discussion will be presented in class. Small group discussion
and presentations on selected behaviors.
Day Seven: TACTICS OF A SERVANT
LEADER
Once an organization
has established a strategic plan and a set of long-range goals, then comes
the difficult task of implementation. What tactics did Jesus use to
implement His five-phase strategy? As we answer that question we will
discover that these same tactics are available to leaders today. Jesus
implementation was eloquently simple and straightforward and consisted of
five dominant approaches. Topics include:
- Teaching on three
levels
- Leading by example
- Effective delegation
- Removing fear
- Forgiving mistakes
ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapter 15. Questions for small
group discussion will be presented in class.
Day Eight:
ASSIGNMENT:
Final Exam. Take-home project will be assigned. |
