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Servant Leadership Journal Template

Leading Like Jesus

1. Am I a leader?

2. Am I willing to follow Jesus as my role model for leading?

3. What do I do now that reflects the way Jesus led?

Pause and Reflect

1. Think of the people who have shaped your life. Their titles may not matter as much as their impact. Now think of the people you influence. Do I seek to serve them, or to be served?

2. Am I open to following Jesus as my example of leadership? Why or why not?

3. Does Jesus have any relevant, practical knowledge or experience in dealing with the following types of leadership issues I face day-to-day? Check all that apply:

☐Working, living, or caring for imperfect people

☐Teaching, guiding, and sharing responsibility

☐Handling pressure with integrity

☐Facing rejection, criticism, and opposition

☐Managing competing priorities

☐Resisting the desire for instant gratification, recognition, and misuse of power

☐Dealing with conflict, turnover, or betrayal

☐Leading across cultures or differences

☐Challenging the status quo with courage

☐Casting a hopeful vision

☐Speaking hard truths when needed

☐Choosing purpose over popularity

Pause and Reflect

If you are skeptical about adopting Jesus as your leadership role model, write down your reasons. What doubts or concerns come up? What is causing you to hold back? What part of His story invites you to trust Him more?

Pause and Reflect

1. As a leader, name three ways you build trust with others.

2. What habits or actions might cause others to question your trustworthiness, if any?

3. Think of a time when you lost trust in a leader. How did you feel? Were you able to forgive them?

Pause and Reflect

How do you think the people in your family would describe your leadership in the following?

· A time of crisis

· A time of failure

· A time of victory

· A time of plenty

· A time of want

Do you like what you would be told? If not, why?

Instructor's Assignment:

1. Spend 30 minutes in solitude. What did you experience during your time of solitude and/or meditation on scripture?

2. Before this assignment, when was the last time you purposely spent a significant amount of time in solitude without a to-do, think, or prayer list and sat quietly in God's presence and listened to His "still, small voice?" How has this helped you in your life?"

3. One of the most revealing questions you could ask yourself as a leader and as a person is, "How is my prayer life?" The answer can speak volumes about where and how you might lead. Discuss your thoughts and answer this question.

4. Evaluate where you are with your practical application, what you plan to do to make it a habit, and when you will set as a target deadline for each one to be a Scripture habit?

5. One way to apply what you hear is to ask yourself the following questions and to jot down the answers. You might want to record them in your journal or make a form to help you remember.

· What did God say to you through His message?

· How does your life measure up to this Word?

· What actions will you take to line up your life with this Word?

· What truth do you need to study further?

· What truth can you share with another person?

6. Think of a time when, beyond a shadow of doubt, you experienced God's love for you: personally, specifically, and in a way that only he and you knew its true significance in your life. How did you feel at the time? How do you feel at this moment? What do you need to say to God?

7. Name the special people in your life who will love you enough to tell you what you need to hear. How are you improving those special relationships? What can you do to make sure they stay alive and well? Who needs you to hold them accountable? Do you love them enough to tell them what they need to know?

Management Self-Assessment

Instructor's questions:

1. What is your definition of management?

1. The ends do not justify the means. Do you strive to choose the most effective means to your ends?

Questions:

1. Are you sensitive to the needs and aspirations of all who may be affected by what you think, say, and do? And, in being sensitive, are you willing to say the words and take the actions that build constructive tension?

1. Can you accept the fact that the best possible compromise is right?

1. Do you have a view of yourself on which progressively greater strength can be built?

1. Are you striving to make a creative act out of conformity?

Strength and Journaling

It was previously suggested that all who would be strong should become journal writers. As the questions are asked and allowed to sink into the inner mental apparatus, write. Write what comes to mind. Ask the questions, reflect on them, and write something every day. Occasionally, reread what you have written and extend it. Cultivate spontaneity. Let the pen capture the fleeting insight.

Write down any additional thoughts and feelings about the readings during Module 2: Week 2:

Leadership Vision

1. Develop your life's personal purpose (compelling vision) by listing: your personal God-given characteristics, the ways you interact with people successfully, and writing a description of your perfect world.

2. What can you do to glorify God in the context of fulfilling your vision?

3. What are the 3-5 main goals that will help you fulfill your vision?

4. What are your core values?

5. How well do you serve those around you?

6. List three things that are most likely to pull you off course as a leader. What impact does changing course or direction have on the morale of the people you lead?

7. Share any additional thoughts and feelings about the assigned readings in this Module 3: Week 3.

Leadership Self-Assessment

1. Do you think there is a leadership crisis? Cite your reasons for or against this.

2. What is your definition of leadership?

3. What are the challenges of leadership in our society?

4. Think back to a failed leadership experience. Was the leadership adequately prepared?

5. Have you ever asked yourself, "In saying what I have in mind, will I really improve on the silence?" What do you think about this question?

6. The leader must be a person who is growing. How are you growing?

7. Do you find time to withdraw regularly? How? If not, why not? What do you plan to do about it?

8. Please share any additional thoughts or feelings about the readings from Module 4: Week 4.

Leadership Reimagined

Pause and Reflect

1. Which of the following words best describes your usual reaction to negative feedback?

☐Fear

☐Anger

☐Denial

☐Sadness

☐Curiosity

☐Gratitude

2. Do you view training your successor or the next generation as a threat, a burden, or an opportunity to extend your leadership impact beyond your season of influence? How does the planning for your successor impact your daily, weekly, quarterly, or yearly priorities?

3. Acting out of pride is like trying to blow up a balloon with a hole in it. It is a lonely business requiring consistent effort with only temporary results that never satisfy or please anyone. Think of a time when you blew up a balloon, and there was a hole in it. You will have a good mental picture of what happens when you base your self-esteem on your performance and others' opinions.

Think of a time when fear of rejection or failure prevented you from doing or saying something that might have helped a friend avoid an impending mistake. What excuse did you give yourself to justify letting your fears control your inaction? Was it worth it?

4. How long has it been since you have felt truly at peace? Are you willing to make some changes in how you treat others?

5. The price of forgiveness is letting go of the right to require either payment or an apology for a wrongdoing. Whom do you need to forgive in order to restore a relationship with someone who let you down?

6. Imagine your 10-year-old daughter or niece was interviewing you, and she asked you the following question: "What are the four most important rules in our family?" What would you answer?

7. Think for a moment on the depth of character and the love Jesus displayed in that intense moment for His disciples who would abandon and deny Him in the writhing hours. He did not give in to the temptation to despair over their slowness to grasp the essence of what He had repeatedly taught them about how they should lead. As the ultimate servant leader, Jesus demonstrated His willingness to provide what the disciples needed most: to grow and to develop in their ability to fulfill their mission, which was to be taught one more time.

8. Think for a moment about how well you serve those around you. Do you initiate coaching? Do you help your people to pass the final exam? Do you help them to live according to the vision? Leadership is not about power. It is not about control; it is about helping people live according to the vision.

9. Think back to a time when you were on either side of a failure in communication on what was expected and what was delivered. Recall the frustration and wasted energy that could have been avoided by testing for understanding.

10. Think of a time when you were an untrained novice just starting out to learn a new task or role. What did you need most from someone else to help you get started? Did you get it? If not, what was the result?

11. Think of a time when you needed someone to push you beyond a failure or an easy early success to get to a higher level of understanding and performance in a new task. Think of a time when you quit because nobody was there to take you to the next level.

12. Has there ever been a time when you felt underappreciated or unrecognized for a job well done because the attention was being given to the "problem children?" What would have been the effect of a leader reinforcing you with some small heartfelt sign of appreciation?

13. The highest form of recognition that a teacher can give a follower is to commission him/her to "go and teach others in my name." Fulfilling that commission is the highest compliment and act of gratitude the student can afford the teacher. What are you doing to pass along that which has been given to you to the next generation?

14. Capture any additional thoughts and feelings about the readings during Module 5: Week 5.

Leadership Commitment

1. Soren Kierkegaard once noted, "If you do not seek first the kingdom of God, you will never seek it." How do you intend to take this caution seriously as you seek to lead like Jesus?

2. What three pieces of evidence would you rely on as your commitment to seek to lead like Jesus? Is it hard evidence or merely circumstantial?

3. Think of a time when doing the loving thing instead of the popular thing, the easiest thing, the quickest thing, the most rewarding thing, or the safest thing would have restored or retained trust. Remember that moment for future reference.

4. What four words best describe what you would hope to leave as your leadership legacy? Which ones are most in need of a new focus to become a reality?

Questions of the Heart

☐Do you love Jesus?

☐Do you trust Jesus?

☐Will you serve Jesus by serving others?

☐Do you believe that Jesus will always love you regardless of your performance or the opinion of others?

☐Are you willing to set aside instant gratification, recognition, and power to honor Jesus by doing the right thing?

Question of the Head

☐Do you see your leadership as a season of service and stewardship?

☐Do you have a compelling vision to lead your organization and a strategy to serve and help your people live according to that vision?

Questions of the Hands

☐Are you willing to seek to understand by listening and sorting what you hear with service in mind rather than self?

☐Are you willing to lead and learn from people who are different, think differently, look differently, and are older or younger than you?

☐Are you willing to honor all work honestly performed as sacred?

☐Are you ready to admit when you make a mistake in the way you treat the people you lead and apologize?

Question of the Habits

· Solitude: Are you ready to be alone with Jesus on a regular basis in order to keep things in proper fellowship between you and Him?

· Prayer: How can your prayer life be different so that you and Jesus can communicate on a regular basis?

· Bible study: Are you actively seeking Jesus' guidance through spending time in His Holy Word?

· Experiencing God's unconditional love: Do you sense God's unconditional love for you today?

· Supportive relationships: Do you have a small group of like-minded friends with whom you can be open and vulnerable?

Instructions

1. One way to uncover the truth about your leadership motivations is to test your response to the question, "Why do I lead?" Complete the sentence as many times in succession as needed until you uncover the root cause of why you lead.

Example:

I coach Little League so that_________________________________________________

So that____________________________________________________________

I serve as an elder in my church so that________________________________________

So that____________________________________________________________

2. The Heart of the Servant Leader: Motivation

· I depended on the work of the Holy Spirit in my life and relationships.