LDRS 300

LEADERSHIP AS
Lecture #3
The Discipline of
Followership and
SERVICE Being Habits
PART III:
THE
BEING
HABITS
KEN BLANCHARD ON
THE
HABITS OF A SERVANT
LEADER

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PRACTICES/ HABITS OF
SERVANT LEADERS
A FEW IDEAS TO PONDER FROM KEN
BLANCHARD…

1. How do we enter our 3. What are your

day? values?
Task-oriented self
Reflective self

4. How do you end

2. How do you want to be your day?
remembered? If we were to
 Keep a journal
think about what people
will say about us after we  Praise – what did I do
die: well/ what felt good?
Re-directions – what would
What WILL they say right now?
I change or what would I
What would you WANT them to have done differently?
say?
 Experienc
ing
Solitude

Acceptin
Maintainin
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Supportiv
e Abiding Practicing
Prayer
Relations
hips in God’s
Love
Knowing
and
applying
scripture
 We know and rely on the
love God has for us. God is
love. Whoever lives in love
lives in God and God in
them.
1 John 4:16

HABIT #1
ACCEPTING AND
ABIDING IN GOD’S
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
 IT STARTS
WITH
WHAT’S
INSIDE OF US
We cannot give to
others love, peace,
hope, or security if we
ourselves have not
received it first. (Blanchard,
Hodges, & Hendry p. 93)

Believing that it is
possible for God to love
you will lead you to God –
and God enables us to
believe in his love the son
Jesus’ death on the cross
and the Holy Spirit’s work
in our hearts.
(Blanchard, Hodges, & Hendry p. 90)
GOD KNOWS YOU. GOD LOVES
YOU.
GOD PROMISES YOU THE
• _____, I know you by name.
FOLLOWING:
• _____, I have loved you with an everlasting
love.
• _____, I gave my life for you.
• _____, I have great plans for you.
• _____, nothing can separate you from my
love.
• _____, I will wipe away every tear from your
eyes.
• _____, ask and you will receive.
• _____, I want you to have life and have it to
the full. Blanchard, Hodges, & Hendry p. 92
• _____, I take great delight in you.
• _____, I am with you wherever you go.
 The answer is this:
God’s love will
change you and by
extension change
your leadership.

You will see

leadership
differently; it
becomes less
about power and
control and more
about the
stewardship of the
WHY ARE WE TALKING people you touch
and the work God
ABOUT GOD’S LOVE IN has given you to
WHEN WE TALK do.
ABOUT LEADERSHIP? (Blanchard, Hodges, & Hendry p. 93)
 Very early in the morning
while it was still dark, Jesus
got up and left the house
and went off to a solitary
place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35

HABIT #2
SOLITUDE
SOLITUDE IS STEPPING OUT THE
BACK DOOR OF YOUR NOISY LIFE
OF TO-DO LISTS AND
DEMANDING RELATIONSHIPS AND
BREATHING IN SOME FRESH AIR.
Solitude will:
1. Reveal how you’re really doing.
2. Helps you discover what is most
meaningful and importance. The
unexamined life is not worth living
(Socrates).
3. Give you insight into your character.
4. Gives you energy.
5. Let you actually hear from God.
6. Establish priorities: solitude
accelerates clarity.
7. Restores your soul: If you have lost
your soul. Solitude will help you find
it.
 JESUS MODEL
OF SOLITUDE
• Matthew 4:1-11 When preparing for the
rest of His public ministry, Jesus spent
40 days alone in the desert.
• Luke 6:12-13 Before Jesus chose His
twelve apostles from among his
followers, He spent the entire night
alone in the desert hills.
• Matthew 14:13 When Jesus received the
news of the death of John the Baptist,
He withdrew in a boat to a solitary
place.
• Matthew 14:23 After the miraculous
feeding of the five thousands, Jesus
went up the hill by himself.
"Time spent alone returns to you a hundredfold because it is the
proving ground of the spirit. . . .
"Loneliness is small; solitude is large. Loneliness closes in around
you; solitude expands toward the infinite. Loneliness has its roots
in words, in an internal conversation that nobody answers; solitude
has its roots in the great silence of eternity. . . .
"In solitude silence becomes a symphony. Time changes from
a series of moments strung together into a seamless motion riding
on the rhythms of the stars. Loneliness is banished, solitude is in
full flower, and we are one with the pulse of life and the flow of
time. . . .
"As always, look at the world around you. The mountain is
not restless in its aloneness. The hawk tracing circles in
the sky is not longing for union with the sun. They exist in
the perfect peace of an eternal present, and that is the
peace that one finds only in solitude. Find this peace in
yourself, and you will never know another moment of
loneliness in your life."
— Kent Nerburn’s Simple Truths
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on-solitude
One day Jesus was praying in a
certain place. When he finished,
one of his disciples said to him,
“Lord teach us to pray, just as
John taught his disciples.”.
Luke 11:1

HABIT #3
PRAYER
 SO WHY PRAY & WHAT DO WE
PRAY
Pray for Humility- Most FOR?
studies on the traits of
effective leadership include the attribute of humility.

Pray for Direction- Every leader will find themselves

in a crisis where nothing they know or have been
through is adequate to inform their next decision.

Pray for Courage- It is much easier to act with

courage– to make the hard decisions, when you know
that God has equipped you and empowered your
leadership.

Pray for Reassurance and Affirmation- All great

leaders get hurt. People will leave the company or
disagree with your decision, but God reassures us
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6: 9-13 The Message (MSG)
“The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant.
They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for
getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your
Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need.
With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this:
Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what’s best—
    as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You’re in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You’re ablaze in beauty!
    Yes. Yes. Yes.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
馬太福音
6:7-13 Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-ZH)
“ 祈祷的时候，不要像非教徒那样，喋喋不休地重复着那些毫无意义的
7 

话。他们以为说的话多，上帝就会垂听。  8  千万不要学他们的样子，因
为，在你们还没有开口请求之前，天父就已经知道你们需要什么
了。  9  你们应该这样祈祷：
‘ 我们在天的父，
愿您的名字永保神圣，
10  愿您的天国降临，

愿您的旨意，
就像在天上一样，
在地上也得以实现。
11  请赐给我们日常需要的食物，
12  请宽恕我们的罪过，

就像我们也宽恕那些亏待我们的人一样。
13  请不要让我们受到诱惑，

解救我们摆脱那个邪恶者。（魔鬼）
 HABIT #4
SCRIPTURE
READING &
STUDYING
 SCRIPTURE
READING/READING
• By reading God’s scripture, you can
come to know God’s ways, the heart of
God, who God is.
• What if I’m not a Christian?
• Read the Psalms and Proverbs: there
is great wisdom in those books; much
can be learned.
• A leader must be a reader!
• Reading reminds you to work on
things
• Reading challenges you
• Reading gives you opportunities to
MARK 2:1-12
(NRSV TRANSLATION)
When he returned to Capernaum At once Jesus perceived in his spirit
8 

after some days, it was reported that they were discussing these
that he was at home. 2 So many questions among themselves; and he
gathered around that there was no said to them, “Why do you raise such
longer room for them, not even in questions in your hearts? 9 Which is
front of the door; and he was easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your
speaking the word to them. 3 Then sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand
some people came, bringing to up and take your mat and walk’? 
him a paralyzed man, carried by But so that you may know that the
10 
four of them. 4 And when they Son of Man has authority on earth to
could not bring him to Jesus forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic
because of the crowd, they — 11 “I say to you, stand up, take
removed the roof above him; and your mat and go to your home.” 
after having dug through it, they
let down the mat on which the
paralytic lay.  And he stood up, and immediately
12 

took the mat and went out before all

of them; so that they were all
amazed and glorified God, saying,
When Jesus saw their faith, he
5 
“We have never seen anything like
said to the paralytic, “Son, your this!”
sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of
the scribes were sitting there,
questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why
 PSALM 3
(THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION)

I stretch myself out. I sleep.

5-6 

GOD! Look! Enemies past

1-2  Then I’m up again—rested, tall
counting! and steady,
Enemies sprouting like Fearless before the enemy
mushrooms, mobs
Mobs of them all around me, Coming at me from all sides.
roaring their mockery:
“Hah! No help for him from God!”
Up, GOD! My God, help me!
7 

But you, GOD, shield me on all

3-4  Slap their faces,
sides; First this cheek, then the other,
You ground my feet, you lift my Your fist hard in their teeth!
head high;
With all my might I shout up to
GOD, Real help comes from GOD.
8 
His answers thunder from the Your blessing clothes your
holy mountain. people!
PSALM 23
THE DIVINE SHEPHERD
(NRSV VERSION)

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall

1  5 You prepare a table
not want. before me
    in the presence of my
    He makes me lie down in
2 
enemies;
green pastures; you anoint my head with
he leads me beside still waters;
oil;
    my cup overflows.
3     he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
    for his name’s sake. 6 Surely goodness and
4 Even though I walk through the mercy shall follow me
darkest valley,     all the days of my life,
    I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
and I shall dwell in the
    your rod and your staff— house of the Lord
    they comfort me.     my whole life long.
SCRIPTURE & BIBLICAL
IDEAS CAN BE LEARNED
THROUGH ALL KINDS
OF MUSIC Toby Mac, “Light Shine Bright”, 2015
 “You are the light of the
world. A city built on a
hill cannot be hid. No
one after lighting a
lamp puts it under the
bushel basket, but on
the lampstand, and it
gives light to all in the
house. 
 In the same way, let
your light shine before
others, so that they
may see your good
works and give glory to
LIGHT SHINE your Father in heaven.”
BRIGHT Matthew 5: 14-16
Though one may be
overpowered, two can defend
themselves. A cord of three
strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12

HABIT #5
MAINTAINING
SUPPORTIVE
RELATIONSHIPS
 • Trust- this is the
foundation of every
good relationship
• Mutual respect- You
value their input
and ideas
• Mindfulness- Taking
responsibility for
your words and
actions.
• Welcoming
Diversity- Accept
diverse people and
opinions
DEFINING A • Open
communication-
GOOD emails, skype,
zoom, face to face,
RELATIONSHIP wechat
 • Leadership can be
lonely
• Trusted people
can give you
valuable feedback
• Trusted people will
know your
weakness and
help and support
you
• Accountability-
They have your
back.
• Jesus had an inner
CULTIVATING A circle of three
confidants– Peter,
GOOD James and John–
to lean on in
RELATIONSHIP crucial times.
IN-CLASS
REFLECTION
WORKSHEET
Take 15 minutes to reflect
and answer the question
posed in this week’s class
reflection,
“After hearing about the
being habits, write or draw
a one page reflection of
the value or importance of
learning and practicing
one of these habits in your
own life.”
15 MINUTE BREAK
LEADERSHIP BEGINS An Introduction to
WITH AN INVITATION Jesus on Leadership
by C. Gene Wilkes
AND A POSTURE
 When someone invites you to a
wedding feast do not take the
HEAD- place of honor, for a person more
TABLE distinguished than you may have
been invited. If so, the host who
MENTALITY invited both of you will come and
say to you “Give this man your
seat.” Then humiliated, you will
have to take the least important
place.
But when you are invited, take
the lowest place, so that when
your host comes, he will say to
you, “Friend move up to a better
place.” Then you will be honored
in the presence of all your fellow
guests.
For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, and
he who humbles himself will
be exalted.
Luke 14:8-11
 HEAD-
TABLE
MENTALITY
WHAT DOES THE
HEAD TABLE
SYMBOLIZE?
Priority in a culture of
achievement
Power
Being at the top
Authority
Control
Money the person at
the head usually pays for
the meal.
 Priority in a culture of
achievement
Power
Being at the top
NO!
Jesus taught that the head
of the table seats were by
“invitation only”. And the
head table is not for those
who think they deserve it.
It is for everyone who was
formerly excluded…the
WHAT DOES THE refugees, the poor, the
HEAD TABLE women, the mentally ill,
SYMBOLIZE TO those who were always on
the outside of mainstream
JESUS? society.
Humbl • Humble Heart- Servant leaders
humble themselves and wait for

e God to exalt them. (based on

Luke 14:7-11)

Follow • First be a Follower- Servant

leaders follow Jesus rather than

er seek a position (Based on Mark

10:32-40)

Servic • Find Greatness in Service-

Servant Leaders give up

e personal rights to find greatness

in service to others.

7 PRINCIPLES TO
LEAD AS JESUS LED
 • Take Risks- Servant leaders
Take can risk serving others
because they trust that God
Risks is in control of their lives
(Based on John 13:3)

Take • Take up the Towel- Servant

leaders take up Jesus’ towel
up the of servant hood to meet the
needs of others” (Based on
Towel John 13:4-11)

7 PRINCIPLES TO
LEAD AS JESUS LED
 Share • Share Responsibility and
Responsibi Authority- Servant leaders share
their responsibility and authority
lity & with others to meet a greater
need (based on Acts 6:1-6)
Authority
• Build a Team- Servant leaders
Build a multiply their leadership by
Team empowering others to lead
(based on Mark 6:7)

7 PRINCIPLES TO
LEAD AS JESUS LED
 In the 21st century
organization,
all leaders must learn to follow
if they are to successfully lead.
Douglas K. Smith, The Leader of the Future

BE A FOLLOWER Wilkes
Principle #2
FIRST
 A servant
leader –
serves the
mission and
leads by
serving those
on mission
with them.
(C. Gene Wilkes,
p. 18)
SERVANT
LEADER
“I believe Jesus was (and is)
the greatest servant leader
because he served his
Father’s mission without
compromised and has
inspired many people over
may centuries to carry it out .
..
I believe Jesus was the
greatest leader
because his mission
was for all people for all
time.”
(C. Gene Wilkes, p. 28)
PRINCIPLE #2-
FIRST BE A
FOLLOWER
 PAUSE, REFLECT, RECORD…
I am a Follower: I am a Leader:

At your table
groups
discuss and
Advantages: Advantages:
record the
following:
Do you consider
yourself a
follower or a
leader? Why or
why not? Disadvantages: Disadvantages:
Which is
harder…leading
or following?
Why?
List the
advantages of
being a follower
and the
advantages of
being a leader.
Leading, Following
and Creating
Something Together
 PRINCIPLE #2: FIRST BE A
FOLLOWER
A good leader has an agenda…

A- Accountability to the Mission

G- Growing  the Mission
E- Expanding  the Mission
N- Nurturing  the Mission
D- Decisiveness  the Mission
A- Accomplishing  the Mission
 Good Leaders . . .
.
#1. State their
intentions to
those closest to
them.
 Mark 10:32-34 “Jesus
knew what the end
of His mission looked
like and wanted his
followers to know.”
 “Vision is simply
what the vision looks
GOOD LEADERS like when it is
complete.”

STATE THEIR  Jesus gave his

disciples a picture of
INTENTIONS the future.
 Good Leaders .
..
#2. Cultivate
the ability to
read the
current events
and have a
strong sense
of what the
future might
bring.
GOOD LEADERS  They seem to see
what no one else
SEE WHAT LIES can see.

AHEAD
 Good
Leaders . . .
#3. People
can follow
when a leader
establishes
trust
 Servant leaders
accept the honest
request of those
they serve
 Jesus waited to
GOOD LEADERS understand what
KNOW TRUST IS they wanted from
him. (Mark 10: 35-
KEY 45)
 “Relationship
is everything
in leadership
and trust is
the
foundation
upon which
relationships
in every
setting are
GOOD LEADERS built.”
KNOW TRUST IS Steven Covey
KEY
 “Trust is the foundation
of all effective
relationships and
organizations. Without
a culture of high trust,
true empowerment can
neither be established
nor sustained. Why,
then, is the trust level
in most organization so
chronically low?

The reason is that trust

is not the result of
organizational
imperative or program.
GOOD LEADERS In other words, it is not
a quick fix. It is the fruit
KNOW TRUST IS of trust worthiness at
the personal level.”
KEY Stephen Covey
 Good Leaders
...
#4. Jesus
wanted his
disciples to
be followers
first
 Jesus cared that
his followers
WHEN WE BECOME were willing to
obey him.
GOOD FOLLOWERS
FIRST, GOOD
LEADERSHIP RESULTS
 “In the 21st century
organization, all
leaders must learn to
follow if they are to
successfully lead . . .
Leaders at all levels
and in all situations
must pay close
attention to situations
in which their most
effective options is to
follow- not because
the hierarchy
demands they “obey”
but because
performance requires
them to rely on the
capacities and insight
FOLLOW FIRST of people.”
Douglas K. Smith
 Being a follower is
good training to
becoming a
leader.
Following is at the
core of being a
servant leader –
the word
“disciples” means
“learner”
Jesus teaches that
we learn to lead
WE LEARN TO by learning to
follow.
LEAD BY LEARNING
TO FOLLOW
 Obedience begins
with listening.
Then you are
moved to action
(this is the
response).
Obedience is
simply translating
what you heard
and putting it into
action.
To be a follower
first you must be
FIRST BE A willing to obey the
person you are
FOLLOWER… following you.

OBEY
WHEN TO
LEAD…
WHEN TO
FOLLOW
“Obedience is not an act of
subservience to a dictator; it is an
act of love and respect. Jesus said
he would know how much you and I
would love him by the way we obey
(do) his commandments (John
15:10,14)” (Wilkes, 1998, p. 81).
What can we learn about the role of
the leader and the follower from the
Tango? A lot. Pay attention and
reflect as to the significant role the
follower in making the Tango work
and making it work beautifully. As
you watch the clip, write down the
qualities that make a good follower.
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PAUSE &
REFLECT
What was going on in
this dance clip?

What qualities make for

a good follower in the
tango?

How does this connect

to servant leadership
and being a follower?
 1. Good
Judgment –
James 1:5,6
2. Work Ethic –
Galatians 6:9
3. Competence
-2
Corinthians
3:5
4. Honesty -
Matthew

EIGHT 15:1

QUALITIES OF A
FOLLOWER
 5. Courage –
Joshua 1:5,6
6. Discretion –
Proverbs
2:11
7. Loyalty –
Proverbs
17:17
8. Ego
Management
– Philippians

EIGHT 2:1-4

QUALITIES OF A
FOLLOWER
 “TRUE
LEADERSHIP ONLY
EXISTS IF PEOPLE
FOLLOW WHEN
THEY WOULD
OTHERWISE HAVE
THE FREEDOM
NOT TO FOLLOW”.
JAMES MCGREGOR BURNS
 READ:
Lead Like Jesus by
Blanchard, Hodges &
Hendry (2016), Part 3
(Chapters 12-16, pp.
84-122)
Jesus on Leadership by
C. Gene Wilkes (1998),
Principle 2, (pp. 59-84).
Other articles posted in
moodle.
STUDY:
Exam #1 NEXT WEEK
FOR NEXT – Be prepared! Be
caught up on all
WEEK your readings.
LEADING, FOLLOWING &
CREATING SOMETHING
TOGETHER
PART 1: ACTIVITY
In your groups you have been
given a bag with all sorts of
items. Read the instructions and
use all the items in the bag.
Together you have 10-15 minutes
to complete the task.
You will present your completed
project to your fellow classmates.
We will also individually debrief
after this activity.
LEADING, FOLLOWING &
CREATING SOMETHING
TOGETHER
PART 2: DEBRIEF
Discuss and answer
the questions on the
debrief sheet
together as a team
and hand them in to
the professor before
the end of class
today.