78. Leadership Secrets: 13. Final words about leadership, Moses and Joshua
We come to the end of the quarter when we will close off the discussion on leadership secrets taken from the lives of Moses and Joshua from the Old Testament of the Bible. Here's a quick recap for Moses: 1. You need to spend a lifetime developing yourself, keeping up to date and in the know 2. You are never too old to lead 3. There is motivation, in the form of a God encounter 4. Delegate 5. Sharing your vision with your people 6. Being accountable Here's a quick recap for Jo
77. Leadership Secrets: 12. Joshua: Leaving a legacy
Last week we saw how Joshua took care of his people. As a leader, he did not hang them out to dry, or left them to fend for themselves. He went to help them when they went to him for help. Today, we will cover the last leadership secret of Joshua for this series. I am sure he has many more leadership traits, but for the purposes of this blog, we will stop with this last item: leaving a legacy. As a leader, do we just go to a role, play the role and leave the role? Usually, no
76. Leadership Secrets: 11. Joshua: Take care of your people
Last week we read that Joshua had to do the work in order to succeed. It's not just ordering people around and sitting on the behind. This week, we look at another lesson from the life of Joshua. Joshua chapter 10 talks about how the Amorites planned to attack the Gibeonites for allying themselves with the Israelites. When the Gibeonites heard this they went to Joshua for help. Joshua 10: 6-10 says, 6 The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not aban
75. Leadership Secrets: 10. Joshua: Doing the Work
Last week we read where a leader gets his courage, from within and from without. Today we want to remember that being a leader does not mean he sits on his behind and simply orders people around. Some may call it delegation. Well that's true. But real leaders do stuff. Real leaders do the work. Real leaders have been there and done that, as they say. That means, they still need to get their hands dirty, going the tough road, not for its on sake, but also to be a beacon to the
