Credit Value: 3

Instructor: Pastor Kelly Stickel, M.Th.

Course Description: To give the student a better understanding of leadership and its role within the local church.

Course Outline:

• How to Perform at Your Personal Best by Engaging the Five Practices of Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart
• Learn the Five Levels of Leadership and How to Apply Them to Your Ministry or Business Roles: Position, Permission, Production, People Development, Pinnacle
• Discover the Seven Growth Points of Any Organization and How to Maximize the Growth Potential of Yourself and Your Team

Required Textbooks:

• "The Leadership Challenge", by: Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
• "The 5 Levels of Leadership", by: John C. Maxwell