Outline:

1. Review of Leadership and the types of Leaders.

2. Aims and Core values of Any Leader.
3. Importance of being a Servant-Leader.

Review of Leadership –
Leaders are:
a. A needed Agent of change in today’s world – History Makers.
b. People oriented than self-focused.
c. Should be Transformational in leading with a solid belief or
values.
d. Required to be Prayerful, Empathetic, Compassionate ,
encouraging and selfless.
e. Required to have a clear goal or vision.

Core Values of Any Leader –

1. Dependence on God: We need to rely on God to help us do our best
in everything we do. If we rely on ourselves, we will burn out before
we can have an impact on anything or anyone.
2. Passionate for the Vision or Cause: We need to love what we do, not
see our role as a Leader as a burden. We need to be committed to
the Cause. “When Passion dies, stay true to your commitment.”
3. Compassion for people: We need to help others in godly wisdom,
love, grace and truth. We need to treat others without expecting
anything in return.
4. Excellence: We need to always be at the top of our game. Always
prepared. Always willing to help without being asked. Always pay
attention to the little details (observant).
5. Integrity: We need to have a standard, one that is consistent with
your belief and your calling. We need to be exemplary as Leaders.
Remember that people are always watching us. We need to be a
person of right standing.
6. Humility: We need to put aside ourselves and serve God and others.
As Leaders, the first person you serve is God because He is the one
who has QUALIFIED you to serve others. Serve God first and then
others.
We are all not QUALIFIED to be Leaders, but when we are CALLED to be
one, GOD QUALIFIES us to become Leaders.
What is a ‘Calling’?
 A calling is a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career.
  A calling is a start of your leadership journey, and it is always
connected with your vision.
Characteristics of a Servant-Leader:
1. Actions speak louder than words.
2. Servanthood and Humility are inseparable.

Aspects of a real servant leader –

 does not seek service for themselves

 aims to serve others
 does not aim to do his own will
 does not promote himself

A servant leader:

1. Puts the needs of the followers first — not themselves or the

preservation of their own power. (This, counter intuitively, results in more
influence.)
2. Transfers as much authority as possible to the followers, enabling them
to make their own decisions in as many areas as is possible. Other words
for this are empowerment and decentralization. These are not just popular
buzzwords. They are essential concepts for the proper functioning of society
and any organization.
3. Seeks the growth of their followers to their maximum potential. This is
another reason that top-down oriented leadership is not right or helpful: it
stunts the growth of followers by making most of their decisions for them.
4. Recognizes that they are accountable to those they lead. This is an
implication of the equality of all people. Without this accountability, leaders are
by definition in a special “higher class” than the followers, which is unbiblical,
wrong, and prideful at its very root. We see a very good, albeit imperfect,
example of this in modern democracy. The leaders in government are
ultimately accountable to the people, and the best governmental leaders see
themselves as public servants in the fullest sense.
5. Seeks to lead chiefly through influence and persuasion, not authority or
coercion (threat of punishment or bad consequences for not doing what
the leader wants). Note that this requires that the servant leader read and
study, for their is no other way to have the knowledge needed to operate
according to persuasion. Often when people lead by coercion, they are taking
the easy way and trying to make up for the fact that they lack true knowledge,
and thus real influence.
6. Recognizes that their authority is limited. No individual ever has total
authority over another. That is by definition a form of dictatorship, even if the
“leader” who thinks he has such authority has good intent. This, again, stems
from the fact that we are all in the image of God and thus ontologically equal.
Ontological equality does not necessarily negate functional differences, but
it must be reflected in the way those functional differences operate (such as
 through accountability to the led, principle 4, and recognizing the limited scope
of authority, this principle).
7. Has a concern for the poor and marginalized. Concern for the poor is a
fundamental biblical responsibility, and the servant leader recognizes that this
is not to be forgotten in the way they go about anything, including the way they
lead.