Kazakh Adventure 2014
by Tom L.
Transformational Leadership
Who is a Leader?
• Transformational Leaders are born of virtue, embrace virtue
• “Virtue is a gift of God”:
Socrates
• The chief virtue is love - I am my brother’s keeper (1 cor.13)
• Leaders have vision of a better world
• Leaders invite others to pursue and fulfill their vision
Transformational Leadership
Transformational VS Transactional
• Transactional
 Boss tells you what to do; you do it
 Minimal interaction in making decisions
 Command determines action; no creative thinking
• Transformational
 Leader inspired with vision to make meaningful change
 Leader invites & empowers others to create new solution
 Followers become innovative team, not just workers
Transformational Leadership
What does a Leader do?
• Leaders inspire a Culture of growth & contribution
• Culture is “How we do thing here” - emerging from
core beliefs, values, character
• Parents, Grandparents create family culture
• Teachers create the culture of a classroom.
•Pastors ,elders, and leadership team create church culture
Transformational Leadership
How do Leaders Create Culture?
• Leaders develop their personal interior culture beliefs, values and character
• Leaders authentically model their culture to the Team
• Good Leaders are made in the hands of God,
in the fire of experience
Transformational Leadership
Why is it so important to focus on the interior culture of an
Transformational Leader?
 Building a strong, enduring interior culture, enables
leaders to transform their exterior culture
Parable of the Good Samaritan
Transformational Leadership
Session 1 Core Beliefs of Transformational Leaders
Key Idea:
What we do, and how well we do it, depends upon
who we are – the interior culture of our beliefs, values,
and character
Core Beliefs Definition:
Principles and truths in which we Place our trust
which provide guidance for our values, decisions,
actions - the foundation of our inner culture
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” Proverbs
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Transformational Leadership
Session 1
Core Beliefs of Transformational Leaders
Belief 1:
The world can be, and should be transformed to a better place –
we are not bound by fate, tradition, or the powers of the world
Belief 2:
I have purpose – Genuine fulfillment comes from contributing
something meaningful and valuable to our world;
“Give, and it will be given to you”
Belief 3:
Empowerment comes from joining together –
Team leadership vitally affects successful contribution
Belief 4:
The truth sets us free – seeking, knowing, telling, and applying truth:
- builds a foundation of trust within a team, and with customers
- enables us to achieve creative , meaningful contributions
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