KUW Insights Podcast
I love insights that are based on the knowledge, understanding and wisdom sourced from the Word of God.These three parameters are what insights are all about as the Lord advocates that by wisdom a house is built; and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.We need to create time in our busy schedule to slow down and ponder over the finer things of life. Our thinking should be facilitated by the Holy Spirit who will cause our thought patterns to align with that of the Almighty God
KUW Insights Podcast
Level 5 Leadership
Welcome to the KUW Insight Podcast. Today’s insight is titled Level 5 Leadership written by Ade Ojomo and read by Zoe Ekundare:
1. How does one define a great leader?
2. What are the character traits they must possess?
3. What motivates and drives them?
Welcome to the KUW Insight Podcast. Today’s insight is titled Level 5 Leadership written by Ade Ojomo and read by Zoe Ekundare:
1. How does one define a great leader?
2. What are the character traits they must possess?
3. What motivates and drives them?
Over the years, there has been a massive amount of work chronicled on leadership. Jim Collins, a well renowned authority on leadership, has been one of the contributors to the volumes of work done in this area.
The concept of Level 5 leadership is one of interest to me as it addresses the importance of character. His thoughts are expressed below:
Level 5 leaders display a powerful mixture of personal humility and indomitable will. They’re incredibly ambitious, but their ambition is first and foremost for the cause, for the organisation and its purpose, not themselves. They were proactive in thought and did whatever they could to prepare their successor for success in the future, not just the present.
This is similar to what King David did for his successor, Solomon in 1 Kings 2 v 1 – 4:
Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he [a]charged Solomon his son, saying: 2 “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. 3 And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; 4 that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’
King David was a man after God’s heart and he also confirmed the qualities of level 5 leadership:
1. He was humble
2. He was passionate about God and his purposes
3. He prepared his son Solomon for leadership
Goodbye and until the next KUW Insight,
Shalom – Love Never Fails