Category: Leading People

The Bible on Good Communication Skills

Weeks 24 & 25 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on communication skills. Communication is essential to leadership. We must continue to develop our abilities to communicate well. The first step is understanding that communication is a means, not an end.

Leaders must also recognize that communication always occurs in a relationship, though that relationship may range from intimate to casual or hostile; familiar or estranged; trusting or suspicious. So, one step to improving your communication skills is to build relationships with people.

And you can build communication skills of listening, speaking, and understanding by following a variety of advice and examples from the Bible.

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Learning about Power from the Old Testament, a Mother’s Request of Jesus, and Kevin Durant

Weeks 18 & 19 of the NIV Leadership Bible focus on the importance of Power & Influence to leadership.  Power is essential to leadership.  Without it, leaders can’t lead.  Unfortunately, power and influence are not always used to help others.  If you’re a leader, you have power over others:  they listen to you, and you influence them.  What you do with that power and influence matters more than you may realize.

Last Wednesday’s Blog Post focused on 7 types of leadership power.  It’s important for leaders to understand their sources of power and how to best use them to serve others.  Today, we’ll take a look at what is arguably the most important source of power; what the Old Testament says about using power; and finally a mother’s request for her sons.  And, we’ll end with a great example of leadership power from earlier this week–Kevin Durant’s MVP acceptance speech…

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