Dynamics of Effective Leaders and Followers

Rationale

First, for the Christian leader to succeed, he or she must know how to lead. The leader needs a comprehensive understanding from the perspectives of both the Bible and current research of the practices of effective leaders. Second, everything does not rise or fall merely on leadership; the whole body must function and it must function in a healthy manner. It is vital for the Christian leader to nurture healthy followership. Sadly, Followers are often ignored when organizational successes or failures are explained. This is because:

1. Leader is more visible than followers,
2. Considerably more study has been done on leadership than on followership,
3. We suffer from significant misconceptions about the power of followers.

Too often we look upon followers as fairly benign participants in the organization who remain passive until they receive instructions from their leader and then proceed, dutifully and unquestioningly, to follow those instructions. As a result we do not sufficiently appreciate the contribution that effective followers actually do make to organizational success. To be effective themselves, leaders must have effective followers!

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of:

1. The nature and role of vision in leadership.
2. Alignment and how it is achieved.
3. Empowerment and its value.
4. The role of the leader as an example.
5. The organizational power of small wins.
6. The biblical basis of leadership affirmation.
7. The characteristics of effective affirmation.
8. How to recognize contributions and deliver correction.
9. How leaders celebrate accomplishments.
10. The two-way influence between leaders and followers
11. The two dimensions of followership.
12. The five kinds of followers.
13. The eleven characteristics of healthy followers.
14. How followers influence their organizations.
15. How followers influence their leaders.

16.   Leadership derailment.

Performance

Upon completing this course, the student will be able to perform the following tasks under appropriate supervised direction:

1. Prepare a case study on a leader, examining the effectiveness of his or her leadership.
2. Make specific recommendations for improvement of the leader practices.
3. Perform effective self-evaluation of his or her own leadership practices.
4. Perform effective self-evaluation of his or her own potential for leadership derailment along with a plan for prevention.
5. Educate others within the church and community on the practices of effective leadership.
6. Educate others within the church and community on the characteristics of healthy followers.

Students will learn to understand the concepts and principles, apply concepts and principles and evaluate concepts and principles in Christian ethics from:

Reading the three

Listening to the lectures which expand the

Researching and writing a major paper that expands on the

Course Objectives

 Cognitive Objectives

Know the basic concepts and principles of ethical

Know methods and procedures in ethics

Justify methods and procedures in ethics

Apply concepts and principles of ethics to new situations

Use methods and procedures correctly

Identify unstated assumptions in ethical theories

Recognize logical fallacies in reasoning

Evaluate the relevancy of evidence to ethical assertions

Integrate learning from other theological areas for ethical problem-solving

Judge the adequacy with which conclusions are supported by evidence

Affective Objectives

Show awareness of the importance of

Demonstrate a high value on problem resolution in

Formulate and develop a ministry life plan in harmony with beliefs, abilities and

Demonstrate industry, punctuality and self-discipline.