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1. The initial post is to be posted first and have 300-500 words · The original post is substantive, showing depth of knowledge on the topic and requires 2 references. References are from LDRS 300 course text or readings. · Substantive replies occur under two or more different threads, other than that belonging to you. · Response posts to peers original postings are respectful, show clear synthesis and evaluation of the content read, and provides depth, breath, or new insight to the topic. · Be clearly written and contain no APA/spelling/grammatical errors Use APA Citations for all your sources and include an APA References list. (No Title Page, or other APA formatting is required)  Spelling and Grammar is important. Discussion Question: Servant Leadership in a movie, book, or drama film you have enjoyed. Based on our readings from Lead Like Jesus (Blanchard, Hodges, & Hendry, 2016), Jesus on Leadership (Wilkes, 1998) and thus far in the lectures of LDRS 300; A Servant Leader models Jesus by having the following leadership traits: 1. Followership. 2. Greatness in Service. 3. Takes Risks. 4. Shares Responsibility and Authority. 5. Practices one of the Being Habits or Doing Habits. 6. Embodies the Vision, Mission, and Values of the group. 7. Is a Performance Coach. 8. Displays Lessons Learned from The Work of a Carpenter. Choose a character from a movie and discuss the following two questions. 1. How did the character display TWO (2) traits of a Servant Leader like Jesus from the list above? 1. Give 2 examples from the movie to support your position.  2. How would you describe the EGO of this character in terms of the two ways EGO is discussed in this class? (Edging God Out Verses Exalting God Only) 1. Give at least 2 examples from the movie to support your position.PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION “One of our world’s great problems is egocentric, self-serving leadership—leaders who think people exist for their benefit, instead of vice versa. In stark contrast, Jesus modeled servant leadership, leading by example. He said, ‘I came to serve, not to be served.’ Now, two thousand years later, Jesus has over 2.1 billion followers, which makes Him the undisputed greatest leader of all time. No one else comes close! This is why you need to know how to lead like Jesus. He is the only flawless example. That’s why you should read this book!” —Rick Warren, Author, The Purpose Driven Life Named One of “America’s Twenty-five Best Leaders” (U.S. News and World Report) “I had the pleasure of hosting at our church one of Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges’s Lead Like Jesus Celebrations. What an impactful day that was for those who participated. I know they will never think about leadership in the same way again. Reading Lead Like Jesus will provide you with that kind of experience. Don’t miss learning from the greatest leadership role model of all time.” —Bob Russell, Bob Russell Ministries; Retired Pastor, Southeast Christian Church “Ever since writing Leadership by the Book with Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges, I’ve watched them grow in their depth of understanding of what the Bible reveals about how Jesus would have us lead others. The best thinking the Lord has revealed to them, to this point, can be found in this book. If you want to be the servant leader that Jesus mandated His followers to be, then read Lead Like Jesus. It will change your life and the lives of people you are able to influence.” —Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church “You’ll find few men better qualified to address this topic than Ken Blanchard. His favorite name is Jesus and preferred verb is lead. Let him do for you what he’s done for me and millions of others—help you lead like Jesus.” —Max Lucado, Minister of Preaching, Oak Hills Church; Bestselling Author “Finally. Finally. Finally. A definitive guide to the connection between our faith and our work—one that is both theoretically elegant and immensely practical. This is, without a doubt, the most important management book I have ever encountered.” —Patrick Lencioni, Author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 2 “Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges continue to lead us deeper into the gold mines of God’s Word to the treasured truth of life. Lead Like Jesus promises a refurbishing, applicable perspective from the leader of all time!” —Dan T. Cathy, President and COO, Chick-fil-A, Inc. “For those who seek to lead like Jesus, this book is an important reflective tool in helping to better understand—who we are, where we are going, and why it is important for people to follow. It is a reminder to all of us that leadership is only a means. To what end is the ultimate question.” —C. William Pollard, Chairman, Executive Committee, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Former Chairman2 Jesus on Leadership—a must read for those who value their family! This book is most inspiring and practical. I’m pleased to recommend it. WILLIAM MITCHELL, author of Building Strong Families, founder of Power of Positive Students It was my opportunity to be led by God to enlist Gene Wilkes to write the curriculum edition of Jesus on Leadership: Becoming a Servant Leader for LifeWay Press. Gene’s message communicates the biblical servant leadership demonstrated by Jesus and has helped equip church leaders to be more effective. In the same way, I believe this tailored Tyndale House edition will have incredible impact on leaders in business, industry, government, and schools, as well as churches. This edition of Jesus on Leadership is simply proof of how God’s energizing presence has brought together spiritual gifts, experiences, relating style, and vocational skills in Gene Wilkes’s life to serve all leaders who desire their lives to please and serve God. The quality of what Gene has done is an example of how God can and does develop a person’s capacity to understand and apply God’s servant leadership principles in the daily walk of life. For God’s touch on Gene’s mind and heart in the writing of Jesus on Leadership, I say, “Thank you, God!” HENRY WEBB, director, Discipleship and Family Leadership Department, publisher of LifeWay Edition of Jesus on Leadership: Becoming a Servant Leader Read at your own risk. Gene Wilkes may change your whole view of leadership. While Jesus on Leadership is a practical tool kit, Wilkes’s unusual writing gifts make it stirring devotional reading as well. And it is no book of theory. This material flows from the heart and hands of an authentic servant leader. Besides living these principles himself, Gene Wilkes has trained and mentored scores of leaders, Jesus-style. I am delighted that he has now spelled out his heart in print for the benefit of thousands. This refreshing book deserves top priority on the reading list of every Christian. I predict it will be around for a long time. LYNN ANDERSON, president, Hope Network Ministries, author of They Smell Like Sheep: Biblical Leadership for the Twenty-First Century 3 Spiritual formation is the biggest issue for leaders in the church. The need is obvious, most notably demonstrated by the lack of genuine spiritual vibrancy in so many who occupy positions of influence among Christian congregations and institutions. Help has now arrived! What Gene Wilkes says is right on target at delivering a corrective for so much of what we see masquerading as Christian leadership. Don’t read this book if you are unwilling to be challenged—or even changed! REGGIE MCNEAL, director of leadership development, South Carolina Baptist Convention Gene Wilkes’s description of leadership according to Jesus—“I am a mission and I serve those who are on that mission”—has captured the heart and passion of the mission-driven leader. BILL EASUM, author of Growing Spiritual Redwoods Skip to main content Side panel TWU Moodle Resources FAQ Help Library Library Home Getting Started: Research Guides SETL Student Experience of Teaching & Learning English ‎(en)‎ English ‎(en)‎ Русский ‎(ru)‎ 한국어 ‎(ko)‎ 正體中文 ‎(zh_tw)‎ 简体中文 ‎(zh_cn)‎ Enter your search query 0 Messages New message No messages See all 0 Notifications You have no notifications See all Wanzheng Xu Dashboard   Profile Grades Messages Preferences   Log out LDRS 300 I5 - Leadership as Service (SP 2021) Dashboard My courses LDRS 300 I5 (SP21) Unit #6 Lecture #6 Lecture #6 25.2MB Powerpoint 2Skip to main content Side panel TWU Moodle Resources FAQ Help Library Library Home Getting Started: Research Guides SETL Student Experience of Teaching & Learning English ‎(en)‎ English ‎(en)‎ Русский ‎(ru)‎ 한국어 ‎(ko)‎ 正體中文 ‎(zh_tw)‎ 简体中文 ‎(zh_cn)‎ Enter your search query 0 Messages New message No messages See all 0 Notifications You have no notifications See all Wanzheng Xu Dashboard   Profile Grades Messages Preferences   Log out LDRS 300 I5 - Leadership as Service (SP 2021) Dashboard My courses LDRS 300 I5 (SP21) Unit #5 Lecture #5 PPT Lecture #5 PPT 7.4MB PoweSkip to main content Side panel TWU Moodle Resources FAQ Help Library Library Home Getting Started: Research Guides SETL Student Experience of Teaching & Learning English ‎(en)‎ English ‎(en)‎ Русский ‎(ru)‎ 한국어 ‎(ko)‎ 正體中文 ‎(zh_tw)‎ 简体中文 ‎(zh_cn)‎ Enter your search query 0 Messages New message No messages See all 0 Notifications You have no notifications See all Wanzheng Xu Dashboard   Profile Grades Messages Preferences   Log out LDRS 300 I5 - Leadership as Service (SP 2021) Dashboard My courses LDRS 300 I5 (SP21) Unit #4 Lecture #4 PPT Lecture #4 PPT 61.2MB PoweSkip to main content Side panel TWU Moodle Resources FAQ Help Library Library Home Getting Started: Research Guides SETL Student Experience of Teaching & Learning English ‎(en)‎ English ‎(en)‎ Русский ‎(ru)‎ 한국어 ‎(ko)‎ 正體中文 ‎(zh_tw)‎ 简体中文 ‎(zh_cn)‎ Enter your search query 0 Messages New message No messages See all 0 Notifications You have no notifications See all Wanzheng Xu Dashboard   Profile Grades Messages Preferences   Log out LDRS 300 I5 - Leadership as Service (SP 2021) Dashboard My courses LDRS 300 I5 (SP21) Unit #7 Lecture #7 PPT Lecture #7 PPT 3.9MB PowerLDRS 300: Leadership as Service Lecture #2a Influence and Leadership. Robert Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership and the impact of this movement on society. Examining the 10 traits of servant leadership more closely. Looking at the heart of a servant leader. Love Humility Respect LECTURE #2 WILL FOCUS ON… Image credit: erhui1979 | Getty Images Influence & Leadership Image credit: erhui1979 | Getty Images Image credit erhui1979/ Getty Images 3 “Anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of people in their personal or professional lives, you are taking on the role of a leader” (Blanchard, Hodges & Hendry, 2016, p. 24).” Leadership is a process of influence. The greatest influence you have as a leader is to yourself. LEADING SELF - Matthew 4: 19-20 “Come and follow me”, Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed Him. You cannot change how someone else thinks or behaves but you can change your own paradigms of thinking. ANOTHER – Matt. 14: 31-30 – Peter sinks into the waves and calls out to Jesus for help. Peter trusts Jesus to walk on water and to save him when he fails. OTHERS – John 13: 13-14 – Jesus gives His followers a huge lesson in servanthood and empowers them to do the same. You can only influence, not change others, or an organization. As a leader build trust through vulnerability and openness, people will respond by becoming a community where change is safe and possible. ORGANIZATIONS – Matt. 28:18-20 – the Great Commission. A leader decides to change how a company operates and the change is always in the best interest of the people in the organization. 4 Leading Self. “Your Identity is linked closely who or what is your ultimate authority and audience (Blanchard, Hodges & Hendry, 2016, p.27).” The first step to leading self is to decide who you will follow and to whom you will listen. 5 “’Come and follow me’, Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed Him (Matthew 4: 19-20, NIV).” Leading Self begins with knowing who or what you are following. Jesus calls you and me to follow Him to be more than what we could ever imagine for ourselves. The men Jesus called to be his followers in Matthew chapter 4 were fishermen, tax-collectors, just ordinary men and women. All he asked of them is to love and follow him, to trust him. 6 SELF = perspective SELF: Whose am I? (who do I belong to) If I follow Jesus then I belong to God and in turn God will ultimately lead and direct my life. If not Jesus, then who is the ultimate authority in your life? Who am I? My identity My life purpose Where do I find these things? Where does my identity come from? ”For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10, ESV).” Pause & Reflect Whose are you? (Who are you folloWelcome LDRS 300 Leadership as Service Lecture #3 + Required Course Material. LDRS 300 SU20 - Leadership as Service - Unit Lectures - Articles & Videos Listed in Moodle All other outside sources can only be used as a support to your thoughts after you have used LDRS 300 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIAL! + Lecture Agenda; Heart of a Leader EGO 5 Being Habits Jesus on Leadership (Wilkes, 1998). Humility Followership Close with a Blessing. + GET THE BOOK! Do the READINGS!! Why start with the heart? Is this leadership? “In your heart is your why. Within your heart lies the reason you do what you do; your heart is home to your intention and motivation. It is the core of who you are (Blanchard, et al,, 2016, p. 39).” + It starts with the HEART Heart = Motivation + Moses is a person from the Old Testament Genesis ends with a hero of the book dying and the people of God are in Egypt. The book of Exodus is the story of how God saves his people from the tyranny and slavery of Egypt. Moses is the leader who God uses to lead His people from Egypt to the land he promised to their forefathers in the Book of Genesis. 6 “When leaders want to change they usually focus on their behavior --but behavior can’t change until the heart changes. (Blanchard, et al, 2016, p. 41).” It starts with the HEART Heart = Motivation + Moses is a person from the Old Testament Genesis ends with a hero of the book dying and the people of God are in Egypt. The book of Exodus is the story of how God saves his people from the tyranny and slavery of Egypt. Moses is the leader who God uses to lead His people from Egypt to the land he promised to their forefathers in the Book of Genesis. 7 When leaders want to change they usually focus on their behavior --but behavior can’t change until the heart changes. (Blanchard, Hodges & Hendry, p. 41). It starts with the HEART Heart = Motivation + Moses is a person from the Old Testament Genesis ends with the story of Joseph, a hero of the book dying and the people of God are in Egypt. The book of Exodus is the story of how God saves his people from the tyranny and slavery of Egypt. Moses is the leader who God uses to lead His people from Egypt to the land he promised to their forefathers in the Book of Genesis. 8 Moses was a leader God used to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt to the land He promised to their forefathers in the Book of Genesis. The Story of Moses “The Bible Project” + You can read about the adventures of Mosses and God’s people in the book of Exodus in the Bible. Or Click on the link in the slide The Story of Moses for a video that explains a part of the story. The Bible Project is a great resource in discovering the meaning in each book of the Bible. 9 Moses had These Attributes: He was Born an Israeli slave in Egypt, 1525 BC. He was condemned to die as a child but saved out of pity and raised in Pharaohs court Welcome 1 LDRS 300 Leadership as Service Lecture #1 Welcome Slide Make sure everyone is comfortable and have a clear view of you and the screen. 2 – LECTURE #1 OUTLINE Introduction to the Leadership of Jesus, Leadership and Service Influence and Leadership Definitions of a Servant Leader Today’s Blessing 3 PAUSE and REFLECT Go to Moodle LDRS 300 course site ASSIGNMENTS DROPBOX and complete the Worksheet #1. What you think about these three words? Jesus; Servant Leadership; Being a servant; Take 10 minutes and write everything you know about these three things on this sheet of paper When you are done, submit your copy into the DROPBOX This is not a TEST by which you will be graded. It is a way for us to see how much you will have learned by the end of this course. A base line from which to grow from. Be as honest and open as you can. If you were not present for the first Class in Unit #1 then complete this worksheet now. Place worksheet on each of the student’s desk. After 5- 6 minutes show the next slide and have those who are done take a break. 4 Pause the Lecture and Complete Worksheet #1 If you were not present for the first Class in Unit #1 then complete this worksheet now. Save the file in this format: YourName-LDRS300-Class Worksheet #1 When you are done, submit your copy into the DROPBOX Your Worldview should answer these 5 questions; What is the meaning of life? Does God exist? Do all religions lead to God? Why is there evil? Is there life after death? Questions taken from the book THINKING by Andy Steiger (2015) 6 This is the Christian’s Worldview. A Christian sees the world with the perspective of what God has done for mankind through the life, the mission, the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is all based on what the Bible tells us. 7 So what is the big deal about a book written so long ago? A little background to the Bible The Bible is composed of 66 individual books penned and recorded by 40 different writers over 2000 years, yet it has proven to be consistent, enduring and reliable socially, scientifically and historically. (1500 BC – AD 100) Divided into two parts; Old Testament- 39 books- before Jesus’ life on earth. New Testament – 27 books- during and after Jesus’ life on earth. Contains actual words of God. God inspired writers what to write. The words ‘thus says the Lord’ appears 3000 times. A little background to the Bible There are over 50 versions of the translation of the Bible in the English language from the original ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Greek’