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"I am a compulsive reader of success, inspirational, and motivational books. They don't get any better than this one!" Pat Williams, senior vice president, Orlando MagicYour characterwho you aredetermines the leadership influence you have with others. In 9 Keys to Successful Leadership, James Merritt, a respected voice on leadership, identifies nine essential traits that make leaders less stressed, easier to follow, and more influential. Among the leadership qualities Merritt identifies aremaking sure someone sees, hears, or feels love from you each dayletting God's joy shine through your lifebeing kind to someone daily by word or deedtaking every opportunity to be faithful and dependabletreating others as more important than yourself9 Keys to Successful Leadership points the way for you to become the kind of leader who makes a life-changing difference for others, perhaps even an eternal difference.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 avril 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736965651
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Verses marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version , copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover by Koechel Peterson Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cover photos Ljupco Smokovski, Jeanette Dietl / Shutterstock
Published in association with the literary agency of Wolgemuth Associates.
9 KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP
Copyright 2002, 2008, 2011 by James Merritt
Previously published as How to Impact and Influence Others
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Merritt, James Gregory
[How to impact and influence others.]
9 keys to successful leadership / James Merritt.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-7369-6564-4 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6565-1 (eBook)
1. Leadership. 2. Influence (Psychology) I. Title. II. Title: Nine keys to successful leadership.
HD57.7.M47 2016
658.4 092-dc23
2015028549
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Dedication
To my mentor and hero in the faith,
Dr. Adrian Rogers
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
The Heart of a Leader
Chapter One: The Key That Always Fits
Chapter Two: The Key to a Happy Team
Chapter Three: The Key to Team Unity
Chapter Four: The Key to Finishing Well
Chapter Five: The Key to Magnetic Leadership
Chapter Six: The Key to a Winning Organization
Chapter Seven: The Key to Maximum Productivity
Chapter Eight: The Key of the Velvet Glove
Chapter Nine: The Key of the Even Keel
Chapter Ten: Living Under the Influence of Jesus
Endnotes
About the Author
About the Publisher
Acknowledgments
There are so many people to thank when one writes a book. Even though there may be only one author, good books are collaborative efforts with great teams standing with the author. I want to acknowledge that team.
First of all, I thank my agents, Robert and Eric Wolgemuth at Wolgemuth and Associates, for believing in me enough to represent me. I love that you are not only professionals, but also men of integrity and great character. It has been an honor to work with you, and I look forward to more collaboration.
I thank my editor, Rod Morris. You have a gentle yet firm way of telling me when things are bad-and I gave you many opportunities to tell me that! Thank you so much for working with me and being honest. It was a pleasure.
I thank Harvest House Publishers for allowing me to become a part of your family. Everyone has been a pleasure and joy to work with. You do things right. I am honored to entrust this project to the Harvest House team.
I am grateful for the church I pastor, Cross Pointe, and the staff I serve with. Ministering alongside great men and women of God has sharpened the virtues I describe in this book. I am grateful to the Lord to be both your pastor and fellow-worker with God.
This book would not even have come to pass had it not been for the urging and encouraging of my precious son, Jonathan. It is one thing to have ordinary people believe in you, but when your own son believes in you to the extent that Jonathan does, it humbles me beyond words. All three of my sons are my best friends, and I love them all, but I especially thank Jonathan for believing in his dad, admonishing me when I got discouraged in this project, and helping me to make this book as sharp as it could be. He is a writer far greater in ability than I ever hope to be, and I have learned so much from him. Jonathan, with all my heart, son, I love you and thank you for getting me to this point.
Finally, the greatest decision I ever made in my life-next to trusting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior-was marrying my wife, Teresa. Humanly speaking, you are the light of my life. I can t imagine a minute without you. You really are the finest person I ve ever known. I am glad that God brought you into my life, and I will love you now, forever, and for always!
The Heart of a Leader
I know before you say it: Not another book on leadership. Trust me-if this were one of those books on leadership, I would not only say the same thing but also tell you not to buy this book, much less read it. Search leadership on Amazon, and you will get more than 300,000 matches. Yet as prolific business and leadership author Jeffrey Krames plaintively asks, Where on earth are all the leaders? 1 I think it s safe to say we don t have 300,000 truly great leaders in America!
I want to ask the question a different way: Where are all the leaders who lead by example and inspire emulation of their character? In many ways, one could argue that Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Adolf Hitler were very influential leaders. But do we admire their methods or their manners and would we want our children to grow up to be just like them?
I believe that leadership is measured not just by how much you can accomplish through followers or how many followers you have. I believe that the highest level of leadership is measured by the person you are and the virtues you display. Great leadership begins with who you are , not what you do . Simply put, the level of your leadership will never rise above the content of your character .
Think of leadership in terms of an iceberg. The 10 percent above water represents your skill. The 90 percent below water is your character. The vast majority of leadership books deal with the 10 percent, but this book focuses on the 90 percent. Why? Because it s what s below the surface that sinks the ship. 2
Like the iceberg, there is far more to leadership than meets the eye. The greatest impact truly great leaders have comes from the personal qualities you can t see on the outside, not the productive qualities you can see. I am convinced that 90 percent of our leadership comes from the values that form us and the virtues that flow from us. In other words, character ultimately trumps competency.
Inherently and instinctively, we know this to be true. Authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner surveyed almost 1500 managers from around the country as part of a study sponsored by the American Management Association. They asked this opened-ended question: What values, personal traits, or characteristics do you look for and admire in your superiors? Put differently, they were asking, What characteristics apart from title or authority would make you want to voluntarily follow a leader?
More than 225 values and traits were identified, which were then grouped into 15 categories. The number one thing respondents said they wanted most from their leaders was integrity . The categories that immediately followed were is truthful, is trustworthy, has character, and has convictions. These qualities ranked above competency, intelligence, and is inspiring. 3 These responses focus on the hidden 90 percent of the iceberg.
I have read and collected leadership books for years. Time management, conflict management, staff management my head swims from all the advice and practical suggestions that I have gleaned-and yes, used successfully. These books greatly enhance the 10 percent of the iceberg and make it shine, and some may have a chapter or two on the 90 percent. But almost all of these books focus on the leader s head. Very few focus on the leader s heart.
I m reminded of the story of a hot-air balloonist who had drifted off course. He saw a man on the ground and yelled, Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?
Yes, you re in a balloon, the guy replied.
You must work in IT, the balloonist said.
I do indeed! How did you know?
What you told me is technically correct but of no use to anyone.
So many leadership tomes pontificate on
how to move an organization forward but not how to move people upward
how a company can go from good to great but not how a leader should be good in order to help his people become great
how to grow profits and productivity but not how to grow people as you grow yourself
This is the big difference in this book. A great leader doesn t just have a great mind; he has a great soul. A brilliant brain is no substitute for a pure heart. To paraphrase Jesus, What does it profit a person to double the revenues, increase productivity, and satisfy the stockholders while sacrificing his integrity, cutting corners, and treating people like property? Great leaders don t just produce great results; they portray great character and inspire others to become better people by the way they lead their own lives.
In the classic work Mutiny on the Bounty , Captain Christian stood before the tribunal that would determine his fate. They concluded, If decency does not abide in the captain of the ship, then it is not on board. I have learned as a pastor that no one sets the tone among our staff, lay leadership, or the church as a whole like the pastor. This is also true if you are a coach, principal, manager, or CEO.
I have worked with hundreds of people over decades, and I have learned that without exception, every person is either a thermometer or a thermosta