In Sermon Illustrations: "Gifts Leadership" showing 61-80 of 2,892

A Good Leader Is Doing His Job When Half The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A good leader is doing his job when half the people are following him ...read more

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If You Are Guided By Opinion Polls, You Are Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership you ...read more

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Not All Readers Become Leaders. But All Leaders ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Not all readers become leaders. But all leaders ...read more

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Ifa Staff Doesnt Seem Fully Mobilized Until The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Ifa staff doesnt seem fully mobilized until the boss arrives, the self-assurance of a ...read more

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If You Wish To Be A Leader You Will Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you wish to be a leader you will be frustrated, for very few people wish to be led. If you aim to be a ...read more

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A Follower Of Jesus Christ Who Seeks To Lead ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A follower of Jesus Christ who seeks to lead like Jesus must be willing to be treated like Jesus. Some ...read more

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There Was Never A World In Greater Need Of Men ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There was never a world in greater need of men and women who know the way, and can keep ...read more

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Contrast The Poor Example Of King Jehoiachin ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007

Contrast the poor example of King Jehoiachin with that of the British Royal Family during World War II. King George Vi and his wife Queen Elizabeth remained in Buckingham Palace throughout the War rather than fleeing to the countryside for safety. During the German Blitzkrieg of London from ...read more

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Denomination: Methodist

King George And Queen Elizabeth And Then Princess ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007

King George and Queen Elizabeth and then Princess Elizabeth set the example of being great leaders of and role models for their people by being servants. The Rev. Dr. John C. Maxwell is an honored pastor in the Wesleyan Church Dr. Maxwell and founder of two companies world renowned EQUIP and ...read more

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Denomination: Methodist

It Is Better To Train Ten People Than To Do The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

It is better to train ten people than to do the work of ten people. ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership, Leadership General, Workplace

Leadership

Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016

I remember hearing a story about a famous film producer. As a child, he had a fight with another boy and lost. While his mother was bathing his black eye, he told her how it was entirely the fault of the other boy. It was the other boy who had started the fight, he claimed. His mother said ...read more

Scripture: John 13:2-17

Tags: God Is Love, Giving In Love, Jesus Leadership

Denomination: Baptist

Leadership

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 14, 2020

“I firmly determined that my mannerisms and speech in public would always reflect the cheerful certainty of victory – that any pessimism and discouragement I might ever feel would be reserved for my pillow... I adopted a policy of circulating through the whole force to the full limit imposed by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Tags: Leadership, Character, Discipline

Denomination: Pentecostal

Leadership ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

LEADERSHIP WISDOM Back in the 90’s there was a president of Harvard University named Neil Rudenstine. Now, one of the major roles of the college president is to raise money for the institution so they can pay the salaries and other financial responsibilities of the organization. And Neil ...read more

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Gifted Leaders Who Are Self-Centered And Loveless ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 27, 2005

Gifted leaders who are self-centered and loveless are a blight to the church rather than a blessing (1) a leader works; (2) a leader sees his assignment as responsibility rather than rank or privilege; (3) a leader wants strong, capable, self-assured, independent associates; (4) a leader creates ...read more

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Fred Smith, In His Book Learning To Lead Wrote ...  PRO

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000

Fred Smith, in his book Learning to Lead wrote “The shepherd or pastor’s ultimate goal is not to please the sheep but to please God.” Cecil Paul the Author of Passages of a Pastor says that pastors need to free themselves from and I quote “The Tyranny of Evaluation.” Tim Hansel writing in his ...read more

Tags: Leadership General, Gifts Leadership, Doing God's Will

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Art Of Leadership  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002

Because self-importance is the natural human inclination, a same attitude for you, if you are a leader, will be to remind yourself constantly that the position of leader is not, in the deepest sense, any more important than that of the humblest follower. Both are simply contributing whatever ...read more

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Stress And Leadership  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Traits characteristic of the stress-prone: 1. Plans day unrealistically 2. First to arrive, last to leave 3. Always in a hurry 4. Makes no plan for relaxation 5. Feels guilty about doing anything other than work 6. Sees unforeseen problem as a setback or disaster 7. Is always thinking about ...read more

Tags: Peace, Emotions, Giving Yourself

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Definition Of Leadership  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006

Definition of Leadership There are lots of ideas of what leadership is. 1 : the office or position of a leader 2 : capacity to lead 3 : the act or an instance of leading - Merriam Webster "The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary ...read more

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Leadership And Prayer

Contributed by Tim White on May 8, 2011

LEADERSHIP AND PRAYER Henry and Richard Blackaby in Spiritual Leadership in chapter seven "The Leader's Influence" stress that leaders influence others through prayer. They give six reasons why leaders should pray. The fourth reason is "God is all-powerful. . . .God can do far more than even the ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

True Leadership

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 9, 2012

TRUE LEADERSHIP From the pages of “The Essence of True Leadership (Be a Leader and not a Boss)” V.Balu, D.B. Jain College, Chennai - 600 096. T. Nadu, S. India… The legendary Russi Modi of Tata Steel in India, was a phenomenal success with thousands of his company's employees. Revealing the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-15

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: *other