Characteristics of Quality Leaders

(I taught this to final year Engineering students when I was working as an Assistant Professor in a college. I am sharing here with you now.)

(from ‘ Race without a finish Line’ by Warren H.Schmidt and Jerome P. Finnigan. In fact I did not use this book directly to teach. The book I used had this reference. Thanks to them)

They give priority to internal as well as external customers.
They empower, rather than control, subordinates.
They emphasize improvement rather than maintenance.
They emphasize prevention
They encourage collaboration rather than competition.
They train and coach, rather than direct and supervise.
They learn from problems.
They continually try to improve communications.
They continually demonstrate their commitment to quality.
They choose suppliers based on quality not by price.
They establish organizational systems to support the quality effort.They encourage and recognize team effort.

Truth or Myth?

Who knows the fact?

1) 7 or 70 appears through out the scriptures. Agree?
2) Bible uses the term “day” for a thousand years (2 Pet. 3:8) Agree?
3) Adam to Abraham- 2000 years. It is history
4) Abraham to Jesus-2000 years. It is history
5) From Jesus till date-2000 years. It is history again.

So total years of mankind on earth is 6000 years.
Does these 6000 years are resembles 6 days of creation week? Look at point 2.
(Remember, we do not know when God created earth, but we know that, from bible, God created humans on earth 6000 years ago)
Then On Sabbath day, God took rest.
If it is so, next 1000 years should be millennium year. (Great Sabbath)
So 7 days of week so as 7000 years of mankind on earth.
NOTE: This is not an attempt to date-set the rapture, because that the date is known only to God.

God's Names

Jehovah : Self-existent or Eternal one (Isa.42:8).

Elohim (Gen 1:1) Triune God,

Adonai (Gen 15:2) meaning Lord,

El (Gen 17:1) Almighty,

Elyon (Gen 14:18) most high God.,

Shaddai (Gen 17:1) the supplier of all needs of His people,

Eheyeh (Ex 3:14) 'I am' or the 'Self-existent one' ( Ex 34:6-7).

Leadership

REAL = 4 key things to success

RELATIONSHIPS

Leaders touch with the heart before they reach for the hand. You have to be good at relationships – it is that simple. Successful people get along with other people. Ability to related and connect with people critical

EQUIP

Successful people always equip and train and develop and coach people. What are you doing to develop yourself and others? (2 key questions)

ATTITUDE

Having the right attitude in the face of adversity. When you are faced with difficulty, failure, how you react. Attitude isn’t everything it is the main thing as far as success. (but attitude can’t makeup for incompetence, not good to be a happy person while going bankrupt). But all things being equal, attitude is the difference maker. Able to overcome because of right attitude

LEADERSHIP

Successful people have learned how to lead others.

5 levels of leadership (envision as a 5-step staircase)

1. POSITION: (Rights)

a. people follow because they have to.

b. (ie you are the boss and they have to to get the paycheck). The mistake people make is thinking this is the highest level of leadership (ie getting the position) when it is really the lowest level. The position doesn’t make the leader, but the leader makes the position.

c. Leadership is not title but influence

d. Leaders develop daily, not in a day (ie getting the position doesn’t make you a leader)

e. A huge myth is “I can’t lead unless I am top” … this is simply not true. Major influencers like Mother Teresa/Martin Luther King were not the top leader, but they had influence

2. PERMISSION:(Relationships)

a. people follow because they want to.

b. People here understand that position is not enough, but relationships are important for people to “permit” them to lead them

c. A great test is leading volunteers

d. If you lost your position tomorrow, would you still have influence?

e. Relationships are key here … the elevator principle is some people lift you up and others bring you down (to the basement). 2 types of people – people who lift and people who lean. Most people who lean don’t do it intentionally. They just take more than they give. However, those who lift do it intentionally.

f. Every day you either add value to people or you subtract value

g. Leaders lift others, add value, and give to others

3. PRODUCTION: (Results)

a. people follow because of what you have done for the organization

b. Here you are recognized that things are better because of you (not that She/he is here, things are better)

c. People follow you because of your example

d. Credibility because you’ve been there, done that, and had results

e. You have momentum here – which is the big exaggerator. People start to think you are better than you are, You’ve got that big “mo” going. When you have momentum, don’t let up … put the pedal down and keep pushing versus letting up

4. PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT: (Rights)

a. people follow because of what you have done for them.

b. Who would say in a positive way you have influenced their life?

c. They are loyal to you because of what you have done for them. People follow you because their life has been changed because of you.

d. You are show them how to not only do the job, but how to be successful in life.

e. Everything compounds at level 4 … things are additive at level 3 …. But they multiply at level 4

f. How do you develop people? It all starts with the desire to add value to people.

3 ways to add value

i) You need to value people – it is just that simple. Only real reason to be a leader is to add value to other people.

ii. You need to know and relate to what they value. We listen. We know what they value. You know who they are, you know and relate to what they value.

iii. You need to improve and add more value. You need to be a tour guide and get on the bus with them (you can’t be the travel agent and send them to places you’ve never been before)

5. PERSONHOOD:(Respect)

a. People follow because of who you are and what you represent

b. When you stand up and cast the vision and/or communicate change, often the responses from the team are different. Some think great and some think hell no I won’t go. People do not hear you for what you say, they hear you based on what level they are on with you. So look at your key players and where they are on the staircase. Build a strategy to get people to the next level. The higher the levels they are on the better the response.

Daniel's 70th week

Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,
1. to finish the transgression, and
2. to make an end of sins, and
3. to make reconciliation for iniquity, and
4. to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
5. to seal up the vision and
6. to seal up the prophecy, and
7. to anoint the most Holy.

Explanation
Read carefully. The God’s plan is very clear. Lucifer violated God's Law. Lucifer is the origin of sin. This devil has to be defeated.

We are very sure that the most Holy is Jesus and he will be anointed.

Daniel 9:25

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Explanation
Fulfilled 100% accurately.

Daniel had this vision in the year 586 BC. By that time Jews were in Babyloan as slaves.

In the year 444 BC the Persian king Artaxexas gave permission to Nehemia to rebuild Jerusalem. (Due to change in the calendar system, some historians say this happened in the year 445 BC)

The first Nissan of either 444 BC or 445 BC is March 14th.


49 years to rebuild Jerusalem

444 BC (7 weeks)



(62 weeks)


33 AD , Nissan 14th.

Jesus was crucified, but not for himself.

Daniel 9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Explanation
In year 70 AD, Romans (Army of Titus) destroyed the temple and the city and millions of Jews were killed and million dispersed throughout the world. In 132 AD, nearly 5,80,000 Jews were killed by Roman army after Bar Kochba rebellion.

From the date this was prophesied till today, the city Jerusalem is in troubles only. The war is going on every day for the past 2000 years.

Oh! blind people, why do you made your heart so tough not to realize this truth.


Daniel 9:27

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Explanation
As per Daniel’s vision, 69 weeks are over. The 70th week is left over.

1.Some people ask this, why there is a such long (almost 2000 years and more) between 69th week and 70th week?


***this explanation will be continued later***
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