Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
Problem Solving Mario Denton Module 603 B Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Passage to memorize I Corinthians 1:30-31 It is because of (God) that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written, let us who boasts, boast in the Lord
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
As a leader you will face problems: Neh 6:1-14 • Retain your focus. • Confront any false accusations against you immediately and with integrity. • Pray to God for strength and wisdom. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Is there a pressing problem? • God is waiting to help you in your business, in your family, in your personal life. • Take a moment to go to him in prayer.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Lasting solutions • Lasting solutions come from addressing why questions. • The problems that most need to be resolved can only be solved by a change of character, a change of morality, a change of heart.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Daniel solve difficult problems: Daniel 5:10-16 • Great leadership is willing and able to rollup its sleeves, get down in the dirt and tackle life’s toughest issues. Daniel did that.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Make a difference where you stand!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Trigger Trigger questions questionsfor forthe theministry ministry problem problemsolving solvingpuzzle puzzle Roles Roles
Teams Teams
Structures Structures Functions Functions
RelationRelationships ships
Energy Energy
Paradigms Paradigms
Technologies Technologies
Ideas Ideas
Business Business Systems Systems
Work Work Processes Processes
Knowledge Knowledge
Status Status&& Power Power
Information Information
CommuniCommunications cations
Team Team Spirit Spirit
Rewards Rewards
Skills Skills
Vision/ Vision/ Strategy Strategy
Culture/ Culture/ Values Values
Conflict Conflict
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Decision situations Situation
Need
Decision
Cause Analysis
What’s Happening and Why?
Actual Cause
Go. /No Go. Decision
Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Yes/No
Decision situations (Continued) Situation
Criteriabased analysis
Situation analysis
Need
Decision
Which one?
Best alternative
Where do I start?
Top priority actions
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Risks • What could go wrong if we go ahead/don’t go ahead? • What effect will acting/not acting have on other goals, people and plans in our ministry? • What can we do in advance to reduce or eliminate the risks? • How can we respond if the risks become reality in our ministry? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Building a diagnostic map • • • • •
What is the problem? Who owns the problem? Who can fix the problem? Who must be involved? How will we know it is fixed?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Problem vs
solution-orientated ministries Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Problem-orientated ministry • What is wrong? What is the problem? • Why do we have this problem? • How does this problem limit us? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Problem-orientated (Continued) • What does this problem stop us from doing that we want to do? • When was the worst time that we experienced this problem? • How do we feel because of this problem?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Solution or outcomeorientated ministry • What do we want instead? How would we rather be? • How will we know that we have it?/What experience(s) will let us know that we are on the right path? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Solution or outcomeorientated (Continued) • What will happen when we get this?/ What else will improve in our ministry when we get what we want, or become as we want to be? • Can we remember a time when we had what we now want? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Solution or outcomeorientated (Continued) • What resources or skills do we have available (inside and outside of ourselves) to help us with the solution to the problem? • How can we utilise the resources and skills that we have? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Solution or outcomeorientated (Continued) • What would an expert on the solution of these kinds of problems advise us to do, or do if he/she was in our position? • Let’s project ourselves into the future and see ourselves as having what we now want. How did we go about getting it? What was our first step? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Solution or outcomeorientated (Continued) • What are we now going to begin doing to get what we want, or be like we want to be? • When exactly are we going to start? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
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The People and Performance Challenge in your Ministry
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Hi •Under-value the human factor •Volunteers are factors of Warm & Fuzzy production •Rationalistic and authoritarian •Quickly–Slowly: Rush implementation, fight fires People •Passivity of innovation •Autocracy from the top
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AlignedWarm & pieces Fuzzy •All the fit - aligned culture driven •Purposeful leadership with heart •Passion for performance at every Performance
level •Responsiveness to the targets “set by” your ministry and volunteers •Uncompromising delivery by volunteers •Consequences of Authority-driven non-compliance
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Lessons from Suffering If you learn from your suffering, and really come to understand the lesson you were taught, you might be able to help someone else who's now in the phase you may have just completed. Maybe that's what it's all about after all... - Anonymous The road is better because you have travelled it. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Prayer Focus • Today I fix my mind on whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honourable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious. If there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, I will think on and weigh and take account of these things. Amen Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Lord I Lift Your name on high LORD I LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH LORD I LOVE TO SING YOUR PRAISES I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE IN MY LIFE I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME TO SAVE US YOU CAME FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH TO SHOW THE WAY FROM THE EARTH TO THE CROSS MY DEBT TO PAY FROM THE CROSS TO THE GRAVE FROM THE GRAVE TO THE SKY LORD I LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25 • “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. • But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Problem solving