Walking the Walk: Leadership Lessons of the World's Greatest Leader is a work in progress, but I have drafted a list of the lessons learned from the Gospel of Luke. Each of the lessons will be explained in a separate post over the next few months, along with additional business stories and analysis from the leadership literature. The first lesson and introduction were posted earlier, the entire list follows:
The Lessons:
1. Visionary leaders have a vision before they begin.
2. Visionary leaders make some people angry, especially those who are "loyal defenders of the present".
3. Visionary leaders don't waste time trying to convince the un-persuadable,they move on to those who want to listen.
4. Visionary leaders are forthright, confident, and authoritative.
5. Visionary leaders avoid personal celebrity that would interfere with their mission.
6. Visionary leaders recruit loyal followers by giving them a purpose that's essential to enabling the vision, and confidence to step out on a new path.
7. Visionary leaders work with those who want to learn and be changed.
8. Visionary leaders form relationships with other leaders who have different values.
9. Visionary leaders have a sense of urgency.
10. Visionary leaders lead by telling stories with a message (parables).
11. Visionary leaders defend their followers from attacks from the "loyal defenders of the present".
12. Visionary leaders reinterpret the old truths and give them a new twist consistent with the new vision.
13. Visionary leaders, after careful contemplation, select a small core-leadership team that is diverse and committed to the vision.
14. Visionary leaders clearly articulate the values that they believe.
15. Visionary leaders publicly praise and reward those who exemplify the visionary values in action.
16. Visionary leaders rely on the support of their followers.
17. Visionary leaders mentor their leadership team and answer their questions about how to lead.
18. Visionary leaders act on their vision but when the change they bring frightens people, visionary leaders don't struggle to overcome the opposition, they move on and leave a follower to carry the message.
19. Visionary leaders, after a period of mentoring, give their leadership team a mission at a formal ceremony, including the authority to carry out the mission, a set of values to live up to as leaders as they work to further the vision.
20. Visionary leaders promote action learning; after a period of time in action, leadership teams return to their leader to report and for a leadership retreat.
21. Visionary leaders retreat from daily distractions to have conversations with their leadership team about their understanding of the vision, mission, purpose and values.
22. Visionary leaders keep their followers focused on the vision and the mission not the past or other distractions.
23. Visionary leaders select future leaders, give them partners, and send them out with a clear mission in service of the vision.
24. Visionary leaders keep their focus on their vision and the core leadership team that will make it happen, reinforcing the message at every opportunity.
25. Visionary leaders sometimes take dramatic action to demonstrate their core values in action and continue to reinforce the message about the vision, purpose, and values.
26. Visionary leaders refuse to be suckered into pointless debates with those opposed to the vision.
27. Visionary leaders follow through with their vision and carry out their mission regardless of the personal cost.
28. Visionary leaders empower the core leadership team to carry on with the vision and mission after they leave.
Copyright 2009 Kevin Karlson JD PhD
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