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    People have always asked if there is any style of leadership that is most effective. Nevertheless, numerous theories and models have been created to show that there is no style of leadership that is the best. Rather, styles of leadership need to adjust depending on the variables such as the leader, the situation, the subordinate, the task, the environment and other factors. Paul Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, and Dewey E. Johnson noted that if the leader’s style of behavior is appropriate or matches

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    scripture (s) that was read and interpreted on Sunday did not collate or merge in their daily lives, and this led to leadership principles and skills that were without Jesus. It was a division: Jesus and His mercy on Sunday and a secular ideology on Monday through Friday. I have always believed those theological principals taught on Sunday, Bible Study, Revivals, or weekly Bible Schools, etc. was just not extended beyond the church doors to the work environment where those same individuals who ask

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    Moral Values In The Bible

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    Morals and Themes Learned From an Important Lesson: The Bible Many books, movies, quotes and ideas have been crafted and based off of the stories and themes of The Bible. The parables as shown in The Bible As/In Literature have many characters that other authors and artists base their work off of as it guides some audiences to believe where these ideas and morals have come from. One of these art forms being the Dreamworks animated movie, The Prince of Egypt. It tells the Biblical story of Moses and

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    Servant Leadership

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    Leadership is defined as the ability to direct others and inspire them to perform well. Effective leadership challenges to achieve goals and motivate each other to contribute to meeting goals. Effective leadership performance exceeds above and beyond to make things happen. “The most important achievements of humankind are associated with people who influenced others to achieve more than they thought was possible (p.311).” The famous quote “Leaders are born, not made” is used to describe effective

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    (2009). Theology and Pastoral Leadership. Anglican Theological Review, 91(1), 11-30 Beeley makes the argument that theology lies at the center of Christian leadership. It sites early theologians from the past, later theologians in the Anglican and other traditions. The author provides the relationship between theology and practicalities of leaders work, the ministry of the word, pastoral interpretation of Scripture, and the regular study of the work of Christian leadership. He points out in the article

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    Unfortunately, at my current place of work I have experienced numerous negative leadership traits. The owner is fantastic but the office manager he has placed in power is less than agreeable. The office manager lacks the appropriate leadership skills because he is a very negative individual. He consistently speaks unkindly to employees, never follows through, is very lazy and is quite frankly unknowledgeable. He does not know how to lead people but only how to shove them toward the ground. He lacks

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    Leadership theories and practices are quite numerous, many leaders start out with one style and over the years adopt various styles and practices based on the organization and the situation that they are faced with. However, throughout the years two important aspects of leadership has remained constant. (Ferch & Mitchell, 2001, p. 81) pointed out that “leadership is a relational phenomenon that occurs between people, and the fundamental goal of leadership is to remain as effective as possible”

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    Leadership can be defined as the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Being from a small town, opportunities to show leadership come few and far between. However when they do, they provide a learning experience that is hard to find anywhere else. Over the years, I have had many opportunities to show my leadership skills both on the job as a student supervisor at Tim Hortons and as a youth is the small community of Wawa. I've worked at the Tim Hortons here in Wawa for nearly three

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    Team Captain Qualities

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    I was a member of the Maranatha SDA Church Bible Bowl team for 8 years, and was team captain for 7 years, with my last season ending in November of 2015. My team was very successful over the years; we were the South Central Conference champions in our age group for 5 years, and we went to the nationals 5 times. Leadership skills were necessary in order to be team captain because I had to be responsible, manage my time, and set a good example for my teammates. Responsibility played an important part

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    the early Christian communities from insular spirituality to a global social or religious force, and then apply these concepts to the challenge of organizational leadership today by using Sacred Texture Analysis understanding on how Apostle Peter was saying about the principles of the concepts to the challenge of organizational leadership today, I must use the application of exegesis with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. These are my insights. In carrying out his mission, Peter persistently had

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