On leadership
BY RODNEY SMOTHERS
“Attitude determines outlook and outlook determines outcome.”
“An outstanding leader is, first and foremost, a lifelong learner and that desire to learn is coupled with a desire to share news of this learning with other people.”
“Leadership is not about position. It’s really about relationship. It’s really about helping other people find their voice and their rhythm. It’s not so much about what you want, but what you’ve have been gifted by God to see in other people, what they can do if given the chance, and then giving them that chance.”
“I hope as bishop I bring to my ministry an element of spirituality, collegiality, prophetic witness and coaching ability.”
“We all have to have sense of accountability and collegiality that helps us stay in touch with totality of our lives. We must remember that decisions, every decision, impacts people.”
“As a leader, and in this experience, I look to the prayer in Jeremiah 29:11: ‘I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.’ I’ve tried to stay behind this verse as a shield my whole life. I don’t want to get ahead of God.”
“I seek to hear and respond to the voice of God. I truly believe our times are in God’s hands.”
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