LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY

Leadership Philosophy

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of leadership in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on leadership and its relation with Christianity leadership. The research also analyzes many aspects of leadership such as contemporary definitions, philosophies, theories and approaches in Global Leadership whilst comparing and contrasting all of this with the Biblical call to authentic and moral Christian Leadership with the purpose to impact and change the world.. Finally the research describes various challenges and issues faced by leadership in current times.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Definition of Leadership4

Discussion5

Contemporary definitions, philosophies, theories and approaches in Global Leadership5

Leadership Theories5

Leadership Styles7

The Biblical View Leadership9

What is a leader?10

The challenges of globally competent leadership14

To Assume That Leadership Role Is Flexible and Integrated15

To Assume That Leadership Is Not Only a Question of Technique16

Third Challenge: The Manager Should Not Run As It Is18

The Leader Must Lead From the Inside Out20

Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Global Leadership21

How Can Leaders Resolve Ethical Issues21

How Leaders Create Ethical Institutions22

Biblical Philosophy and Ethics of Wisdom23

The formation of authentic Christian leadership25

The World Needs a Leader - Servant25

Today's World Needs a Christ-Centered Influence26

Conclusion26

References28

Leadership Philosophy

Introduction

In the past few years there has been a noticeable increase our countries appetite for training, self-help, and literature on the subject of leadership. Books and programs taken from the theories and practices of coaches, athletes, chief executives, and even Charles Shultz's animated character, Snoopy are abundant in every bookstore and coffee shop in America (Weick and Sutcliffe, 2001). While leadership is not a new concept, it is certainly being promoted as an essential factor in our business cultures and personal lives. This analysis of leadership takes a look at some of the classical models and theories and compares them to contemporary approaches.

Definition of Leadership

Leadership has been defined as "activity of influencing people to strive willingly for the achievement of the objectives of the group." By the group is meant a small group, a sector of the organization, organization, etc. Because what matters here is the organizational leadership in the field, from now on use the word "organization" to mean taken as a whole or any sector or group that composes it (Snyder, 1994).

From this definition emerge two main areas of leadership:

1) The intellectual process of thinking about the objectives of the organization.

2) The human factor that is influencing people to voluntarily be committed in achieving the objectives.

John P. Kotter, in his excellent book "The Leadership Factor" (1988) says that leadership is characterized by the following:

1) Design a vision of what should be the organization and create the strategies necessary to accomplish the vision.

2) Achieve a "network" cooperative human resources, which means a group of highly motivated and committed to turn vision into reality.

The definition of leadership cited the principle contains a keyword "voluntarily", which could also be translated as "willingly." It is not just to influence people, but to do so to voluntarily strive to match the objectives. Therefore, we excluded the influence concept of leadership based on coercion (Smith, ...