Writings on Christian leadership and leader development by Malcolm Webber
Everything does not depend upon the leader. If our churches and Christian ministries are to be healthy, every member must take responsibility for the whole, functioning actively and thoughtfully.
Malcolm Webber
In our last Letter we looked at five kinds of followers: the alienated follower, the conformist, the passive follower, the pragmatic survivor and the effective follower. This Letter will begin to study eleven characteristics of effective followers.
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Followers are often ignored when organizational successes or failures are explained. This is because:
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As we noted in our last Letter, a godly leader will choose accountability. Healthy leaders will be accountable ones!
Malcolm Webber
A godly leader will choose accountability. To be accountable means to be responsible to others, to allow others to call one to account. An unaccountable person, on the other hand, will answer to no one outside of himself.
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In the forming of character in the life of a leader, discipline is an essential element. In fact, discipline lies at the heart of character.
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No leader will be perfect – other than the Lord Jesus. However, since God’s leaders reflect God Himself to men, they must be of the highest character. This was why Moses received such a harsh judgment (Num. 20:7-12). God’s work will be done in God’s way, in a manner consistent with God’s holiness and [...]
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Healthy organizations have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization. The ultimate test of a leader is not whether he makes smart decisions and takes effective action in the short term, but whether he teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can continue to be healthy [...]
Malcolm Webber