TESTIMONIES
JD Friel has his hand on the pulse of the problem and cure for much of our woes that assails the business community, education and the workforce at large. His ministry, "Lead Now", will go a long way in addressing and curing those woes. Lead Now cuts through the thoughtless cures for the woes facing our country and tackles it a the core, the next generation. His seminars can be adapted for schools, businesses and churches and is a must if we are to turn things around.
Ron Bramos, Senior Pastor at Victory Life Church.
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Core Leadership Skills for Youth to Develop Now (Part 1)
Moral Integrity – Integrity is non-negotiable. Not every leader has the same skill set but yet many leaders are successful. Every good leader has their strengths and knows how to use them to effectively carry out their purpose. Every good leader also has their weaknesses and knows how to find people who are strong in these areas. However, one area in which every leader must be strong is in the area of integrity. The cord that connects a leader with those who follow is trust and when breaches in integrity take place that cord gets frayed. If the breach is severe enough the cord is cut and many times it is never repaired. It is imperative that young leaders develop integrity and guard it with everything you have. The following are some ways that you can develop and maintain integrity.
- Keep your word – If you say you are going to do something do it. I know it is easy to get excited and want to help everyone as much as you can but if you become spread too thin the quality of your help diminishes. People will stop depending on you; if this becomes the situation your ability to effectively lead will suffer. I know there are circumstances that come up and you have to make adjustments but make sure you spend those tokens wisely.
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Being Light!
We saw last time the importance of being salt, but there is a second part and that is being light. Salt is a preservative and is used to prevent decay it is how meats were preserve during the early centuries. However, if all you have done is just prevent decay you haven’t finished the job, you must then show people the way. This is where being light comes into the picture.
Our lives must be the light that shows people the way. At this point we border on sounding arrogant and we would be acting arrogantly if it were our ideas and our philosophy that we were saying was the way. What we are doing is directing people according to the teachings of Jesus not our own teachings. This is not arrogance but compassion and love. Let us never come across in a way that leads people to believe that we are some how righteous because of our doings. We must not condemn people for their wrongdoings but instead share with them the grace the lord has shown us. We are the undeserving recipients of grace telling people hey I was once blind but know I see. We are just beggars telling other beggars where we found some bread. To update this saying, “We are just one homeless person on a street corner with a will work for food sign telling another homeless person hey this is good corner for begging.”
As leaders this is what we are to do let us lead as instruments of light always remembering where we get our wisdom.
JD
