Discussion Questions
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Before this lesson, how would you have described what a good leader does? How would you describe what a good leader does now?
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Someone who takes charge and has a strong personality. I would say now someone who leads well leads men and lives for Christ.
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Both before and after the lesson, I would describe a good leader as someone who selflessly serves those they lead. Jesus said “The Son didn’t come to be serve, but to serve” and looking at it biblically and practically, those that are leaders are people who are willing to lay down their life for those who they lead. Likewise, it is someone who leads with unwavering integrity and is F.A.T. (Faithful, Available, and Teachable).
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A good leader must have a goal that both the mentor and those they are mentoring agree on and is achievable together.
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Before: A good leader knows their followers, casts vision for her team, and serves them by leading them to new and greater things.
After: I still think I would keep it the same!
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Before I would have said a good leader has vision, influence and accountability. I would still say that now, but frame it in the framework of the statement: · Leadership takes us where we “ain’t.”
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What is the difference between leadership and management?
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Leadership takes us to new heights, to new ground, to new improvements, while management just helps us to do what we need to do in the same place for the time being.
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Leadership is taking someone to a new place. Management is making sure that everyone is doing what they have been asked/directed to do.
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To me, managing just means overseeing a person or group of people. Leadership takes it a step further and it’s managing in a way that betters the group or leads them to a specific goal/place.
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Leadership takes us someplace. Meanwhile, management helps us do what we’re supposed to do while in that particular place.
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leadership takes people in a direction
management helps maintain a certain ecosystem of productivity