Warren Bennis is one of the most respected authors on the subject of leadership and is the founder of The Leadership Institute at USC. Bennis has said that “the crisis of leadership in our institutions and government is in many ways the most urgent and dangerous threat facing the world today because it is insufficiently recognized and little understood.”
Lists abound in regards to what are the essential skills that leaders need today to provide the type of leadership that Bennis talks about as missing today. His list looks at the balance of the “doing” of ministry, with the softer “people”, or “being” skills.
INSTRUCTIONS: As you read each statement check the number on the continuum that most accurately describes you. Check "0" if the statement on the left represents you exactly; check "5" if you feel you are perfectly described by the statement on the right. Numbers "1" through "4" reflect the various positions between the two extremes.
What does the end look like for Christian leaders, marketplace or vocational leaders? For old Pastors or Church planters? For Christian businessmen? For faithful, older lay leaders? What will be their final good bye?
Dr. J. Robert Clinton identified several categories of finishes:
1. Cut off early,
2. Finished poorly,
3. Finished "so so" (limited somehow),
4. Finished well,
5. Can't be sure.
