Kingdom Leadership 2024- The Transparency of Kingdom Leaders In Leadership Worksheet/ Rashea@LLO2 Academy- Leadership Edition
Are you honest with your team?
Yes or no.
Do you withhold valuable information from your team?
Yes or no.
Are you prospering personally but struggling as a team, because you are withholding valuable information from your team and taking the benefits for yourself?
Yes or no.
Are your team and community better and more productive, because healthy communication and transparency is practiced regularly?
Yes or no.
No one wants to be on a team where the only one winning on the team is the leader. No one wants to be on a team, where they are lied to or where valuable information and benefits are withheld by the leader or leadership. Is it your problem as a team member, or is it a leadership problem?
Think of one situation where the team or a team member was more productive and improved because you were transparent and honest as a leader and teammate. Write down your interaction and the outcome.
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Think of one situation where the team or a team member was unproductive and unsuccessful because you were not transparent and honest as a leader and a teammate. Write down your interaction and the outcome.
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Every situation will require a different response and action plan. However, every situation requires a foundation of principles that are implemented in every situation, such as honesty, transparency, healthy communication, listening, mutual understanding and mutual respect for differeneces in personality types, religious beliefs, preferences and perspectives.
Write down 7 key principles that serve as your foundation when communicating and interacting with your team as a leader no matter the situation.
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As a leader, do you know your team?
Yes or no.
Are you practicing the Jesus model of transparency and communication in your leadership role regularly?
Yes or no.
Do you know who your 70 disciples are versus the 12 friends in the workplace?
Yes or no.
Do you know who you're 3 closes colleagues and friends are in the workplace?
Yes or no.
Do you know who your 1 most trusted friend and colleague is in the workplace?
Yes or no.
It is important to identify your 12 leaders in whom you delegate leadership responsibilities to, especially if you are leading a large organization or corporation. Write down their names.
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Who are your 3 most trusted leaders, friends and colleagues within the marketplace? If they are part of your 3, then you consider them close friends and colleagues.
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Who is your closes friend and colleague in the marketplace? This is the 1 person you can trust the most and go to with challenges, concerns and victories. You can entrust them with the greatest responsibilities. They can handle your greatest challenges, concerns and triumphs without gossiping about you, intentionally hurting you or becoming jealous of your role, title and/or achievements. You can, also, trust them to be transparent and honest with you.
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Can you be transparent with your team?
Yes or no.
If you cannot be transparent with your team because of character issues within your team, you have a problem.
Can you develop your teams character? Yes! However, your team has to be willing to individually grow and develop their character.
Steps to Take When Assessing and Resolving Character Insubordination
.Start by holding people responsible for the code of ethics and level of professionalism that is required of them as a leader and colleague.
.If individuals, resist the protocols, you may have to have a talk with them and develop a character growth chart.
.If that doesn't work, write up some written warnings concerning their resistance to growing their character and their lack of professionalism.
.If that still doesn't work, you might have to suspend them or let them go.
Never allow a team member to make you feel that you cannot do anything about their insubordinate behavior and attitude. Stand by your policies, get the right people in power behind you and carry out your protocols for the sake of the morale on the job and your vision for the organization or corporation. Don't cope with insubordinate leaders. Resolve the insubordinate behavior immediately, and continue building your team forward!
When individuals do take the initiative to grow in their character:
.Recognize it.
.Acknowledge the turn around.
.Reward them for their efforts.
Being honest and transparent overall:
a. minimizes trust.
b. maximizes trust.
c. hinders the growth of the team.
Have solid leadership and community built on integrity and transparency.
True or false.
Transparency enables leaders to get to know one another.
True or false.
A lack of transparency and honesty can cause leaders to question the integrity of other leaders on the team?
True or false.
Leaders, do not ask your team and leadership to be honest only to turn around and scrutinize or penalize them for their honesty. This defeats the purpose of building community, unity and the open door policies put in place. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Be gracious and understanding as we all grow forward.
Guided Prayer for Transparency and honesty in the Marketplace and Leadership...
As a leader, help me to be transparent and honest with those on my team and within my community. Help me not to withhold valuable information or benefits from those on my team. Help me not to be selfish but rather team oriented. Let those on the team and within the community improve and be more productive because of my transparency and integrity. Let a daily practice of open and honest communication be developed and implemented. Help me to practice the transparency model of Jesus concerning leadership. Help me to develop my character and, also, the character of the team as a leader by holding myself and others responsible for their character and conduct. Don't allow me to show partiality or be intimidated by people who resist being accountable for their growth in their character as a leader and team member. Help me to locate areas where there has been a lack of transparency, integrity and productivity on the team. Help me to make the necessary adjustments immediately, in Jesus name. Amen.
Rashea@LLO2
