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EQUIP by John Maxwell

EQUIP leadership training materials founded by John Maxwell

Volume One Notebook Five

Leadership is Stewardship

Understanding God's principles for financial stewardship - a comparison of ownership and stewardship, along with explanations about debt, saving, and giving.

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Leading Different Personalities

Leading Different Personalities: A thorough description of the four general personality types and how to effectively lead different personalities is the thrust of this lesson.

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Principles for Getting the Job Done

Activity doesn't always equal accomplishment. We must learn to work smarter, not just harder. In this lesson we examine some proven practices for getting things done through the people in your organization.

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The Foundation for Our Leadership

In our pursuit of results, we often slip into ministry motivated by guilt rather than by grace. Mary and Martha illustrate this truth. The differences between leadership based on performance versus service are discussed in this lesson.

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The Power of Partnership

Moving from isolation to cooperation in your ministry. What every leader can learn about partnerships using David and Jonathan, as well as Saul and Samuel, to illustrate biblical principles for effective partnerships.

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Your Decision Determines Your Destiny

The art of decision-making is examined in this lesson. Our decisions not only affect our own lives, but also the lives of those who follow us. Six phases of decision-making are discussed.

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Volume One Notebook Four

Characteristics of a Giant Killer

Handling your greatest leadership challenges through the description of I0 characteristics of a giant killer - taken from I Samuel 17.

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Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts

Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts: Steps to identifying and developing your spiritual gifts and the role they play in the body of Christ. BONUS: Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tool: 72 statements for students to assess their spiritual gifts.

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How Leaders Pray

Observations on how leaders pray effectively in pivotal moments. The three levels of prayer are described in the military terms, logistical. tactical and strategic.

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How to Grow a Leader

How to identify potential leaders, 7 steps to developing leaders, and 7 pictures of leadership from II Timothy 2 are the components of this lesson.

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I Like Your Style

Leaders influence people in different ways. Five different leadership styles are discussed, along with a description of their positive and negative qualities.

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The Life You Were Meant to live

Five biblical foundations for understanding and uncovering your life purpose are proposed. An exercise for writing a life purpose statement is included.

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Volume One Notebook One

God's Call to lead: How God Calls Us to Lead

How God calls us to lead. Being made in God's image, we were created to lead, to have authority over the whole earth and to use the leadership abilities He gives us.

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I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream: Defines vision, covers steps to fulfill God's vision, suggests a variety of methods God uses to inspire vision and offers tools to cast vision.

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The Heart of a leader

How leaders develop the qualities that set them apart from others. Steps to prepare our hearts and reasons why a heart of integrity is so important for leaders are both addressed.

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Volume One Notebook Six

Leadership and Credibility

Leadership and Credibility - Making the Tough Call: Your credibility as a leader comes from both your strong character and your competence. This lesson covers the common ingredients in the tough calls a leader has to make and gives ten helps in making a tough call.

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Leadership and Relationships -They Make Me or Break Me

Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God is built on relationships. As leaders, we cannot assume we are successful unless we master the art of developing healthy relationships.

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The leader as a Coach - Building an Effective Team

Learn how to enlist and empower the right people for your team. There is a difference between a group and a team. The key is to develop their individual talents into a team that works well together.

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The Leader's Time: Tick Tock, Manage the Clock

One of the greatest needs in a leader's life is more time. Time management is a must for an effective leader. In this lesson advice is given about time.

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The Ultimate Purpose of Leadership

The ultimate purpose for your personal leadership development is to be more effective in your role of advancing the growth of God's Kingdom around the world.

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Today Matters

Today Matters - Leadership and Personal Growth: Personal growth is vital to your leadership journey. You will become what you are becoming right now. Without a plan for your personal growth, you will be reacting to life instead of living on purpose.

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Volume One Notebook Three

Christ the Great Communicator

This lesson discusses how to improve your communication skills by imitating the Master. Matthew 13 is the basis to relate six lessons about communication.

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Leadership Begins with Attitude

Leadership Begins with Attitude: Ten biblical principles about attitudes are discussed in this lesson.

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Leading When Times are Tough

Foundational principles leaders must understand in order to handle difficult people and situations. Handling criticism in a healthy way, steps toward biblical confrontation and five stages Paul used with Philemon regarding conflict management.

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Principles of Leadership/The Five Levels of Leadership

This course examines principles of leadership that are found in the book of Nehemiah and in the New Testament. It examines five levels of leadership and how to advance up these levels. It then studies the principles of empowering leaders. Lastly it contrasts the concepts of developing followers with that of developing leaders.

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The Art of the Basin and the Towel

Developing Christ-like qualities of a servant leader using the example of Jesus in John 13 when He washed the disciples' feet.

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The Leader's Inner Circle

The need for leaders to build a healthy network of relationships is the focus. A diagram for personal evaluation is also included. What to look for in a mentor, an accountability partner and a mentee, is covered, using Paul, Barnabas and Timothy as examples.

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Volume One Notebook Two

Delegating Tasks and Developing People

Delegating Tasks and Developing People: Moses is used as an example of moving from addition to multiplication in your leadership. Methods are addressed about how to select and develop others while delegating the work.

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Measuring Your Leadership Growth

Measuring Your Leadership Growth: Emphasis is on the leader's character. Seven qualities are defined and the opportunity is given for self-evaluation on each of these qualities.

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Security or Sabotage

Security or Sabotage: How to spot insecurity in your behavior and the keys to emotional security.

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

What makes an effective team? Ten questions to ask as well as an evaluation of your teamwork are included in this lesson.

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The Leadership Test

Describes ten tests in life that reveal a leader's potential and maturity.

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The Wisest Investment You'll Ever Make

Mentoring is defined, the commitment is spelled out and steps are given to start the process of mentoring leaders, Jesus is the example of the ultimate mentor.

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The Foundation for Our Leadership

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Principles for Getting the Job Done

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Leading Different Personalities

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Leadership is Stewardship

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How to Grow a Leader

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I Like Your Style

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The Power of Partnership

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