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Excerpts from a Workshop by Rev. Steve Simons
Based on the work "Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make" by Hans Finzel

• Leadership is VISION 
• Leadership is INFLUENCE 
• Leadership is MANAGEMENT 
• Leadership is SERVICE

To Lead You Need…

• Courageous and Generous Character 
• Commitment to Competence 
• Complete Two-Way Communication 
• Intentional Care for People 
• Focused and Secure Vision 
• Responsibility to God and Relationships 
• Willingness to be a Servant

Leadership Mistakes

• Top-down Attitude 
• Putting Paperwork before Peoplework 
• Absence of Affirmation 
• No Room for Mavericks? 
• Dictatorship in Decision Making 
• Dirty Delegation 
• Communication Chaos 
• Missing the Clues of Corporate Culture 
• Success without Successors 
• Failure to Focus on the Future

Be a Servant

• Build an Inverted Pyramid 
• Servant not Superior 
• Facilitate Other's Success

Find a Balance

• People - Opportunity, not Interruption 
• Balance task and relationship 
• People change people

Always Affirm

• Know the Need Continuum 
• Listen, Empathize, Comfort, Carry the Burden, Encourage

Foster Creativity

• Discern the Useful Maverick 
• Freedom is a key to productivity

Become a Facilitator

• People - the greatest resource 
• Be a developer 
• Access distributed wisdom

Delegate

• Match delegation to follow-through 
• Assignment, Authority, Accountability, Affirmation

Communicate

• Never assume anyone knows anything 
• More people, more communication 
• Connect inside to outside

Connect the Culture

• Know your group's culture - customs, values, artifacts 
• Distinguish values from beliefs 
• Encourage a mission-driven culture

Be Followable

• Mentoring is Essential 
• Search for your Successor 
• Humility needs to replace pride

Focus on the Future

• Change can be harnessed 
• Don't theologize your method 
• Vision and Strategy incorporate the short step with a long look

Set SMART Goals

• S - specific 
• M - measurable 
• A - attainable 
• R - relevant 
• T - trackable

Stay Fresh

• inewchurch.com 
• gcoutreach.org 
• purposedriven.com 
• outreachmarketing.com