After many years in spiritual leadership, I learned that leading people well is not just about relationship, it is not just about production, it is about leading people to experience the presence of God. Learn hear what I learned...

1. Presence Filled
Leadership People Can
Follow
Thrive Conference 2015
© Dr. John Jackson

2. “Management has a lot to do
with answers.
Leadership is a function of questions.
And the first question for a leader
always is:
‘Who do we intend to be?’
Not ‘What are we going to do?’
but
‘Who do we intend to be?’”
—Max Du Pree, Herman Miller

3. You teach what you know.
You reproduce who you are.

4. Presence before
Purpose
I loved the purposes of God more than His
presence. I led the people of God to fulfill His
purposes but not to enjoy His presence.
Purpose over Presence=Performance
Presence before Purpose=Power, Peace

5. “So then, just as you received
Christ Jesus as Lord,
continue to live in Him,
rooted and built up in Him,
strengthened in the faith as you
were taught,
and overflowing with
thankfulness.”
(Colossians 2:6-7)

6. Son or Orphan?
 What is the foundation for who I am?
 What is the foundation for what I do?
 What is the foundation for why I do what I do?
 What is the foundation for how I do what I do?

7. 4 Aspects of Winning Leadership (Kevin
Myers, HomeRun Life):
Calling (Winning with God)
Character (Winning with Yourself)
Community (Winning with Others)
Competency (Winning over Obstacles)

8. True North…Guiding Points
 Moving from a functional paradigm of ministry
to a relational paradigm. Everything flows
from the Father. The Son. The Spirit.
 Psalm 1…Bear Fruit in Season
 Order vs. Chaos. Impossible &
Unexplainable. God of the Non Linear.
 7 Mountains