Influential Leadership - Dr Vidhya Sravanthi - Influence Conference 2014

Leadership is ?

A born Leader?

A Position?

In the Family?

DEFINE!

“Leadership is not a role, and not an assigned position. Leadership is a way of living that suffuses everything we do and are… a way of being… in family, …. in marriage, …. among friends, a way of going to work, a way of climbing mountains, and most centrally, a way of following Jesus”

- Walter Wright -

DEFINE!“Leadership is a relationship – a relationship in which one person seeks to influence the thoughts, behaviours, beliefs or values of another person”

- Mark Brian -

What Does a Leader DO?

Shared:

VISION

RESPONSIBILITY

LEADERSHIP

Character

Forgiveness

Shaping Organizational

Structure

Accountability & Relations

Who are YOU? Who

CARES?

Why do People follow

a

?

Character

Confidence

Commitment

Relationship

Vision & Hope

What does a leader do

to enable people

FOLLOW

him/her?

Ownership Shared Vision

Communication of Information

Approachable Leadership

Trusting RelationshipsRelaxed Relationships -

MBWA Vulnerable – Life long Learning

Delegation

Ownership of RESULTS

James Mc. Gregor Burns

Transforming leadership is a relationship that raises the vision, values and aspirations of both the leader and the follower to new levels of expectation

Biblical Leadership

Power to serve

Mutual interdependency

Character and Values

Leave an Impression

Accountable to God

Romans 12: Offer ourselves as a gift to people

Accountability, Vulnerability & Forgiveness

Continual renewing presence of God

Scripture and Prayer

Meditation

St Paul – an incredible Leader

Those who discover their God-

given callings tap into a dynamic

direction and confidence that can

only come from the

Creator himself