Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena

on Earth. JM Burns

Christian Leadership is the process by which men and women called by God give servant direction and humble guidance to a body of believers toward a common goal using Biblical principles. Leadership is the management of heavenly resources, including people, talent, and time.

Troy A. Griffitts

Num 27:15-20 NLT Then Moses said to the LORD, 16 "O LORD, You are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Please appoint a new man as leader for the community. 17 Give them someone who will guide them wherever they go and will lead them into battle, so the community of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd." 18 The LORD replied, "Take Joshua son of Nun, who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. 19 Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people. 20 Transfer some of your authority to him so the whole community of Israel will obey him.

• By definition leaders must love change while by definition managers must be committed to the status quo

• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read & write but those who cannot learn, unlearn & relearn. Alvin Toffler.

Fast Changing Times

• Strategic Leadership provides the vision and direction for the growth and success of any endeavour.

• Strategic Leadership is the ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility and empower others to create strategic change as necessary.

• Understanding the Now

• Seeing the Future

• Managing Change

Current Reality

Strategic Plan

The Vision

Past

Present Alternative Futures

• There are no future facts

• The Present is a result of the past

• The future is a continuation of the present

• Changing the future begins now

Current Reality

VISION

Structure

Resources

Communication

Strategy

Evaluation

Understanding the Now

• Internal Environment

• External Environment

– STEEP Analysis

• Social

• Technological

• Environmental

• Economic

• Political

– Environmental Scanning

Strengths Internal and Positive

What do we have ?

•Experience, knowledge

•Unique caracteristics

•Resources

•Geographical advantage, location

•Competence, capabilities

•Quality, reputation

Opportunities External and Positive

•Strategic alliances, partnerships

•Programme development

•Innovation an technology development

Threats External and Negative

•Loss af alliances and partners

•Strong competition

•Competitors new prorammes and innovation

Weaknesses Internal and Negative

What do we lack that may leave us unable to deal with the reality?

•Gap in experience, knowledge

•Financial aspects

•Reliability and trust

•Geographical factors

S W

T O

Primary change factor: Political and Social

Where are we? SWOT ANALYSIS

Learning

• To achieve sustainability, there must be a focus on learning, and learning how to harness the learning capabilities that lead to innovation.

Learning = Discipleship

Learning and Leading

• “Leading from behind” Nelson Mandela

• Classroom and/or development?

• Development today means providing people opportunities to learn from their work rather than taking them away from their work to learn.

Learning Communities

• What future do we want?

• Where are we now?

• How do we develop a culture of learning?

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