think that all of us would say that the main purpose for small groups in a church is to make disciples. If we are not making disciples‚ then we might as well call them social clubs. The question then becomes – what is a disciple? For the sake of this discussion‚ I am going to use the definition that a disciple is simply someone who is taking their next steps to be more like Christ. The really tough part is how to evaluate your groups for effectiveness in discipleship-making. We can make it complicated
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Effective Athletic and Business Leaders Jeffery Blake Laney Concordia University Irvine Effective Athletic and Business Leaders Effective leaders can be found in a wide variety of professions. Being an effective leader is not limited to certain jobs. All successful businesses and athletic programs have leaders that are effective in their own unique ways. Two effective leaders close to me are Kelly Lawrence and Jeremy Pruitt. While both of the leaders are highly effective‚ they both have their
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Being an effective section leader means being willing to make sacrifices‚ and above all to be a hard worker and to strive for nothing but the best for yourself and your peers. I have a lot of experience in leadership roles‚ because I was Vice President of my NJHS class and for the past two summers‚ I have volunteered to supervise and guide first and second graders at Vacation Bible School. I also have played soccer since I was about four years old‚ and have played club and select soccer since about
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malpractice without having the fear of dismissal from work. The article ‘a former civil servant was sacked by the home office last week (March 11th 2004)’ states the exposure of duplicity and incompetence in the handling of immigration procedure. The news was the immigrants were handed over the visas by cutting corners and violating immigration rules particularly from Eastern European countries. Even though this was a good act performed by the civil servant‚ it also had its consequence resulting him in losing
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award (PPA). As the setting manager I always understood that my role as manager was to manage and lead the team‚ I did not realise that these were two completely different yet both very important aspects of my role. When reflecting back on my initial personal targets‚ goals and self evaluation in my learning contract‚ it was unclear to me exactly how much I had to learn and grow within my role. Leadership ‘A leader…is someone who is able to develop and communicate a vision which gives meaning
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Webster’s dictionary 11th ed. Defines a leader as “1: something that leads 2: a person who leads: as a: guide b(1) a person who directs a military force or unit (2) a person who has commanding authority of influence…” This definition sets a firm ground from which we can ask the question what makes a good or even great leader? From a biological and anthropological stand point the answer is simple: All social creatures seek the strongest possible leader. That may be a no brain-er statement however
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qualities should an effective leader possess? “I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” The pre-eminent spiritual leader of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ tells us what leadership really is – being a people person. Leaders are not those who achieve success by underhand methods‚ but they are the ones that understand his followers before undertaking the difficult job of leadership. Certain qualities are necessary to help effective leaders understand their
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Successful was Lenin as A leader? In order to access whether Lenin was a successful leader it is important to note four main principals. His establishment of power‚ his ideologies‚ domestic policies and the nature of Russia when he came into power. When looking into success we need to analyse how far Lenin accomplished his aim or purpose and how he turned Russia into a single party state in such a short period of time. It is also important to note the length of Lenin’s rule- he was not there for
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terrorism‚ which is set to wipe out scores of people‚ to environmental decay‚ which threatens to cause grave danger to the world itself in general. To handle such problems as amicably as possible‚ every country needs an effective leader. There are many qualities that define an effective leader and my essay will be about these qualities. One of the most important qualities would be pragmatism. Pragmatism is a way of solving problems in a realistic way which suits the present conditions rather than
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Julius Caesar is a prime example of an in effective leader. Caesar always seemed to have good intentions and definenetly loved Rome‚ but his egotistical side and his ambition scared many. Caesar was loved by most lower class romans; that said all roman leaders were adored by this class. It was the better educated more insightful elders of Rome that saw right through Caesars ambitious plans. These elders‚ including cassius and Brutus were freighted that Caesar was too self-centered to lead Rome. They
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