AREAS TO LEAD YOURSELF FOR HEALTHY LEADERSHIP
INFLUENCE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Jesus is the
ultimate Leader. Your top priority should be to have a good relationship with
God. Religion is not synonymous with spirituality. John Maxwell says, “A leader
lives with people to know their problems. A leader lives with God in order to
solve them”. You cannot lead well l if you have not been in touch with God.
What you do daily to strengthen your walk with God is what will help your ability
to lead yourself and others, John 15:1-5. Invest time and money on developing
your spiritual life.
Integrity
The dictionary
defines integrity as moral soundness, probity, wholeness, completeness. It is
impossible to become a person of influence if the foundation of integrity is
not in place. When people around you know that you are a person of integrity,
they know that you want to add value to their lives, hence they trust you. When
you earn people’s trust, you will begin to earn their confidence, which is one
of the keys to influence.
Integrity is about
being a person of sound character, being honest. This is needed in leadership. No
wonder Abraham Lincoln says, “God grant that men of principle shall be our
principal men”.
Your character is
who you are while your reputation is what people know you for. Character is
what you do when nobody is watching. Philips Brooks says, “Character is made in
the small moments of our lives”. People today are desperate and looking for
leaders they can trust, persons of good character. People will follow you
because of who you are and what you represent.
Emotional Balance
No one will follow a
leader whose personal life is based on feelings and whose emotions get the
better of him. You must be in charge of your emotions if you want to be a man
of influence. You must regularly work on your emotions. A leader who is a slave
of his emotions will lose respect.
Attitude
Someone says ‘your
attitude determines your altitude’. This
is true with leadership. You can’t go far in the school of leadership without the
development of a positive attitude. Your attitude talks about your conduct,
manners, comportment, and behaviour. It is either positive or negative. Your attitude
determines your relationship with people. It determines how you look at things.
You have got to work on your attitude.
To be continued!
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