{"id":79610,"date":"2024-02-23T09:57:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?p=79610"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:57:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:57:24","slug":"10-core-skills-required-to-develop-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/10-core-skills-required-to-develop-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Core Skills Required To Develop Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>10 Core Skills Required To Develop Leaders<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/mesoamericaregion.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=03e55b045b4b2d81fc3a5a85b&amp;id=350c1916ac&amp;e=1e0613ef18\">Dan Reiland<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Without developing more and better leaders, it\u2019s unlikely that you\u2019ll realize all that God has in mind for your church. Yes, God can do anything, He doesn\u2019t \u201cneed\u201d us, but He chose us. This is His plan. In His divine wisdom, God has chosen to extend His Kingdom through us.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus modeled leadership development. He gathered the seventy, selected the 12 disciples, and he was close to Peter, James and John. Jesus invested in His disciples. He spent time with them, taught them, corrected them, cared about them, and empowered them to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and carry out the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m grateful for the mentors who have so generously invested in me. Candidly, without them I can\u2019t imagine where I\u2019d be, and it\u2019s highly unlikely that I\u2019d be writing to you today.<\/p>\n<p>Their passion has rubbed off on me, and for decades now it\u2019s been my privilege to develop other leaders. Second only to someone\u2019s salvation, there\u2019s just nothing like helping someone grow as a leader. That experience leads to a legacy that anyone who develops leaders can enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A 3 Point Framework:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vision<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Developing leaders is the best way to realize the full measure of your vision to reach people for Christ. You just can\u2019t do it alone, raising up more leaders is essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heart<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The best developers of leaders genuinely care about the men and women they invest in\u2026 it\u2019s not only to grow the church, it\u2019s first to grow the person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Skill<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 When you develop leaders inside an organization like the local church, there are certain skills required to be effective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me offer these three principles:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If it\u2019s a skill, it can be learned. The 10 skills I will outline can be taught and learned.<\/li>\n<li>You may already have a good grasp of all 10 skills, but that doesn\u2019t mean you maintain those skills at a higher level\u00a0or larger church. You need to continually learn them as you grow and the church grows.<\/li>\n<li>They are listed in a sequential fashion. They begin more basic and get more nuanced. However, leadership development rarely runs in a straight line. It\u2019s not linear. This is just the best way to learn and teach it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>10 Core Skills Required to Develop Leaders in the Church:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Connect<\/strong><br \/>\nLeadership begins at the place where we connect at a heart level. Connection is the beginning of all true influence. Authenticity is at the core of connection and is essentially about you being real as a leader, it\u2019s about being yourself. You will never connect if you self-protect \u2013 (attempt to hide the real you.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Appreciate<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ability to appreciate people as God made them is the foundation for seeing what they can become. Appreciating people the way they are can seem like a tension for leaders because we want to help people grow, improve and realize their potential. So we challenge because we care about them. But we need to be careful not to push so much that our intentions are misunderstood. It\u2019s important that we love and appreciate people the way they are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Encourage<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ability to encourage attracts people to you and builds their self-confidence. Encouragement is the emotional fuel that enables people to hold longer, reach farther and dig deeper than previously believed possible. If you\u2019re an encouraging leader, people move toward you simply because you help them think, feel and believe better about themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) Inspire<\/strong><br \/>\nInspiration connects people with the vision and lifts their sights to new possibilities.\u00a0All leaders must inspire, not just the senior pastor and senior staff. The cool thing is that you get to inspire by your own style and there are several common styles that you might identify with such as relational, strategic, passion, competence, and coaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Invite<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ability to invite with conviction gives people the opportunity to serve in distinctive areas of meaningful ministry. The skill of inviting people into ministry is another way of saying recruiting. Your invitation extends an opportunity to be part of something bigger than they are, one they could not accomplish on their own. Be careful not to dismiss \u201crecruiting\u201d as a management technique. Jesus was a master recruiter. When he said to Peter and Andrew, \u201cCome, follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people,\u201d\u00a0He wanted a yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) Equip<\/strong><br \/>\nTraining a potential leader in core competencies for specific ministries sets them up for success. Equipping someone involves training them to accomplish specific ministry functions or tasks, such as how to lead a child to Christ or how to demonstrate gifts of hospitality as a greeter. Equipping also helps them carry out the overall responsibility they own as a team member and potential leader for that ministry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Select<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s a noble thing to prepare the way for someone who might surpass you in leadership. Choosing the right apprentice positions the individual and the church for progress. Making the right selection not only effects the person but the future effectiveness of your church. Ask questions like: Will they follow? Will they serve? Will they learn? Will they sacrifice? And, will they be honest? These questions are just the beginning of a good selection process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8) Include<\/strong><br \/>\nGiving an apprentice real responsibility allows them to experience the reality of leadership. The current leaders need to resist the temptation to protect their territory. Exclusion prevents emerging leaders from rising to their full potential. New leaders need to feel the weight of leadership, be allowed to make mistakes, and learn to take responsibility for the role they carry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9) Develop<\/strong><br \/>\nThe emergence of a new leader is a great gift to the kingdom of God. The ability to develop leaders is a transformational skill. Developing is a skill that enables an individual to become a bigger, better, stronger person. It\u2019s not only about being a leader in the church, but a better leader at home, at work and in the community. It\u2019s a wholistic process that benefits the church, but the person comes first. Grow the leader and they will grow the church.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10) Empower<\/strong><br \/>\nTrue empowerment allows a leader to realize their full potential. Extending trust and transferring authority releases a new leader to fulfill their potential and the mission of the church. Empowerment involves extending authority equal to the level of expected responsibility. And at the core of effective empowerment is trust and a confident belief in them as a leader.<br \/>\nI hope this specific skill-set outline resonates with your heart to develop leaders!<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2023 Dan Reiland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Core Skills Required To Develop Leaders By Dan Reiland Without developing more and better leaders, it\u2019s unlikely that you\u2019ll realize all that God has in mind for your church. 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