Ten Commandments of Christ-Like Leadership (Characteristics of Servant Leadership)

Are the leadership models around you reflecting the Christ-like model of servant leadership? What are some of the things you see that reflect a true model of leadership? 

How will you model the leadership style of Jesus to relate to and reach an inter-generational audience?

Here is a clever take on Christ-like leadership: Keith Kents, “Paradoxical Commandments” (http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com)

Read the following and think about this analysis.

1. People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered.
   • Love and trust them anyway. Luke 23:24
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
   • Do good anyway. Matthew 11:16,19
3. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
   • Succeed anyway. Luke 19:36-38; John 19:15
4. The service you render today will be forgotten tomorrow.
   • Serve anyway. Luke 17:17
5. Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.
   • Be honest and frank anyway. Luke 12: 51; Luke 13:5
6. The biggest men with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men with the smallest ideas.
   • Think big anyway. Luke 22:22,24
7. People pretend to love the “little” people, but sell their soul to the “big” people.
   • Fight for the little people anyway. Matthew 19:14
8. What you spend building may be destroyed overnight.
   • Build anyway. Matthew 26:48-49
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help.
   • Help people anyway. Luke 4:18-19
10. Give the world the best you have, and you will get kicked in the teeth.
    • Give the best you have anyway. Matthew 27:17,21

Take the “Servant Leadership Self-Inventory Test” (Found in King, The Transforming Power of Servant Leadership, p.21-22) and read King’s study-guide p.22-39.

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