Ten Traits
Today I came across an excellent chapter from the book Focus on Leadership. In this chapter, Bennis is suggesting that the following ten traits should exist in a life of a leader. How can our churches incorporate some of these traits when training leaders? Is it about time for us to start doing so, or should we just be satisfied with the status quo of our leaders? Source: Bennis, Warren. (2002). Become a tomorrow leader. In Spears, Larry C. & Lawrence, Michele. Focus on leadership: Servant-leadership for the twenty-first century , pp. 102-107. New York, NY: John Wiley. Warren Bennis Tomorrow’s leaders must learn how to create an environment that embraces change, not as a threat but as an opportunity. Some leaders will be successful at this; others will fail. 1. Successful leaders have self-awareness and self-esteem . They sense when a different repertoire of competencies is needed, without being threatened by the need to change. They have the diagnostic ability...