Five Leadership Axioms That Shape Your Ministry

Jenni Catron is a writer, speaker, and leadership expert committed to helping others lead from their extraordinary best. Jenni’s passion is to lead well and to inspire, equip, and encourage others to do the same. She speaks at conferences and churches nationwide, seeking to help others develop their leadership gifts and lead confidently in the different spheres of influence God has granted them. Additionally, she consults with individuals and teams on leadership and organizational health.

 

Earlier this year I taught in the MA in Evangelism and Leadership program. In EVAN 559, Organizational and Change Leadership, we explored models and principles of change leadership, leading organizations, building teams, handling conflict, and fostering entrepreneurial environments (4 credit hours).

Part of the excitement of being in the classroom for the week’s intensive is the interactions students had with great thought leaders and published, credible writers like Carey Nieuwhof, Dan Reiland, Larry Osborne, Eric Geiger, Will Mancini, Derwin Gray, and Jenni Catron (and one emerging leader, Amy Whitfield).

Today’s post highlights Jenni Catron’s presentation. Jenni is a writer, speaker, and leadership expert committed to helping others lead from their extraordinary best. Jenni’s passion is to lead well and to inspire, equip, and encourage others to do the same. She speaks at conferences and churches nationwide, seeking to help others develop their leadership gifts and lead confidently in the different spheres of influence God has granted them. Additionally, she consults with individuals and teams on leadership and organizational health. More information can be found on her website: get4sight.com.

Here are five leadership values (adapted from her lecture) that help make Jenni (and those she coaches) more effective leaders.

1. Value People More Than Tasks

This first leadership axiom is one that I will occasionally just put on a post-it note on the top of my computer. Slow down and see people. Because I’m such a driven leader, I can be task before people by nature. I am sure there are others who feel the same way, right? Yet leadership is all about people, influence, and relationships. It has taken me some time to learn that I can get a lot done, but if I’m bulldozing people in the process, I’m not an effective leader. Leadership means taking people along the way and I know that I need to be intentional to slow down, to see people, to engage. When I do this, the results of valuing people over tasks have a far greater reward than the reward of knowing the task is complete. This is more Christ-like anyway and Jesus’ concern for people needs to be reflected in my leadership form and function.

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