What Makes A Good Leader, Day 7 Never forget where you came from. Read Titus 3:3-7. Some of the best leaders I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with were people who truly understood, where they came from and what they had been through. They remembered what it was like to struggle through life. They understood that they had been given their position of leadership as a responsibility to others and not as a reward for something outstanding they had done. We need to always understand that as believers in Christ, we are only one or two poor decisions away from where everybody else is in this world. Sin is…

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 6 Be nice. Read Titus 3:1-2. As a parent raising a child, it seems that we are forever telling that child how to act. We want them to be considerate and kind. We want them to be respectful and gentle. I found myself summarizing all that repeating multiple times into the two word phrase, “Be nice!” The same goes for us as adults. As leaders, we are to be nice to others, but more than that, we are to teach others to be nice as well. They are to be focused on being respectful and kind. It seems interesting that Paul had to put…

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 5 What should we be teaching? Read Titus 2:11-15. Yesterday, we discussed how we are to be leaders that are also teachers. Today, Paul goes into more detail on what we should be teaching. We are to teach people to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions. We are to teach people how to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. We are to teach people the importance of waiting for the hope that we have in Christ. We are to encourage people and rebuke people through the authority that we have in Christ. Ultimately, that’s a lot of teaching that needs to happen! Sometimes,…

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 4 Are you a good teacher? Read Titus 2:1-10. Do you enjoy the idea of being a teacher? Recently, I have made a career shift and am now focusing on being a teacher. I use this YouTube channel is a way to teach others about the truths of the Bible. And, I also teach high school students a variety of subjects. Plus, I coach middle school athletes in the sport of track and field. Moving into doing this on a more regular basis has been an interesting transition. I’ve gotten to know several amazing teachers. Now, not all teachers are created equally. Great teachers…

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 3 Providing Correction. Read Titus 1:10-16. Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve spent a lot of time in the corporate world, specifically in the human resources. The most challenging topic to help managers and leaders deal with comes when discussion providing critical feedback. Leaders can often really struggle to find ways to give that kind of critical feedback, and unfortunately, what that can typically mean is that they don’t give that feedback until something major has happened and they have no choice. By that time, the person receiving the feedback may have gone too far and really done something they shouldn’t have. Yesterday, we saw…

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 2 The List of Dos and Dont’s. Read Titus 1:6-9. I’ve worked in the field of Human Resources for many years and recruiting and hiring has been a significant part of my responsibilities over the years. I’ve seen many different approaches to hiring people through the years. One of the key approaches that people tend to favor is more of the checklist style approach. We have a list of qualities and characteristics that we want (and don’t want) in a prospective candidate. Then, the application and interview processes are designed around that list in order to help clarify which candidate is going to fulfill…

What Makes A Good Leader? Day 1 Choose Good Leaders. Read Titus 1:1-5. If you walk through the leadership section of any bookstore, you will see shelf after shelf of books detailing the qualities and characteristics of what makes a good leader. There are books that describe leadership, books that explain what leadership does and how they act. There are books that teach how to become a good leader. We have no shortage of “how-to” book on this subject. And yet, we seem to constantly be lacking good leaders. You just have to look at the workplace to see multiple people upset and complaining about their leaders. So, even with…