During week one our focus was on identifying the need for developing other leaders. This week
our focus is on the competencies and other characteristics that leaders need to develop
themselves and others as leaders. Building on what we learned about leadership being a process,
we can understand it is much more than just creating workshops, seminars, or programs. It is
about the relationship between the leader and follower. As Christian it first begins by
acknowledging our need to be dependent upon our Lord. All Christians are called to lead but that
is not enough; we need to lead effectively. Improving leadership effectiveness is often about
obedience rather than competencies.
INSTRUCTIONS
Write a 4-5-page paper (plus title and reference pages) assessing the role of competencies and
biblical principles in leadership development as a Christian. Reflect on your own leadership
journey. Then identify competencies and characteristics you could use to develop other leaders.
Next, articulate how you could potentially leverage your strengths or gifts to support others to be
more effective leaders. Write this in the context of leadership as a process and integrate biblical
principles and examples for support. Include biblical leaders to illustrate your position.
Include clarity of content, structure, and formatting:
1. Clear presentation of content
2. Organization of content/Headings
3. Grammar
4. Spelling
5. APA 7 formatting
6. Minimum of 5 references
7. All references used for citations in body of text at least once
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. The tool
is a starting point for instructors to check overall Academic Integrity and higher scores generally
indicate a higher probability of Academic Misconduct. The higher a score the higher the
probability that there are too high a percentage of quotations included in the narrative, and/or
there are passages that have not been properly cited.
