How do we help people work together as teams? In this episode of the Joshua Centre Podcast, Jack Shepherd and Dan Rogers explore how in leadership we can reflect the attitude of Jesus, described in Philippians 2, rather than that of the Lone Ranger or Father Christmas.
"Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,
he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,"
(Philippians 2:3-9)
"The key to developing godly ambition is to keep an eye on our motivations… we know when we are seeking promotion in order to validate ourselves or find significance we lack elsewhere. These are the moments to check in with our motivations and our reasons for doing what we do” (Bishop Emma Ineson) Emma has written Ambition: What Jesus Said About Power, Success and Counting Stuff (London: SPCK, 2019).
The Methodist Covenant Prayer is available at https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/the-methodist-church/what-is-distinctive-about-methodism/a-covenant-with-god
To check out two of the tools we mentioned, go to www.fivefoldsurvey.com or https://5voices.com/
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