Grow in your leadership by following Jesus

Grow in your leadership by following Jesus

How is your leadership?  Are you getting the results that you want at work, home, church, or another circle of influence?

Tens of thousands of leadership books have been published, yet today’s booming leadership development business is failing to produce good leaders.  Why?

Data shows that this trend has little to do with skills, competencies and knowledge, but has a lot to do with ego, pride and lack of emotional intelligence.  These internal character traits cannot be overcome and changed by learning new management tactics or better ways of communicating.  Every tactical problem, even though on the surface it seems to need a tactical answer, is ultimately rooted in and can be traced to weak character, leading out of fear, leading out of pride, not being able to distinguish right from wrong, having misplaced business or life priorities.

Lead Like Jesus offers a leadership perspective that is radically different.  It has stood the test of time – 2000 years is a good track record!  Leadership is about influence – influence that focuses on the thinking, behavior and development of others toward meeting a goal or goals.  This six-part study expanded from a six-week personal experience to a six-month cohort group will help your leadership as you learn to follow the leadership model of Jesus, who took a ragtag group of disciples and grew them into a radical force that continues to change and challenge the way we do life and work.

You will look at the Heart, Head, Hands and Habits of leadership as modeled by Jesus, and you will begin the process of incorporating them into your life and into the lives of those you influence at your work, home or church.  Each session provides key learning from Lead Like Jesus Revisited: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time, engaging discussion questions, memory verses, prayers, hands-on activities and opportunities for you to write your own plan.

[drawn primarily from the Lead Like Jesus Six-Week Study Guide back cover]

Lead Like Jesus - Spring 2026

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Before We Get Started

  • How this course is structured
  • READ FIRST - Additional resources required for this course1
  • Introduction2
  • Grow in your leadership by following Jesus2
  • Your cohort facilitator - Rich McLaughlin
  • How can you reap the greatest benefit from this study?
  • The priority of prayer
  • Please introduce yourself19

Section 1 - A Biblical Perspective on Leadership: The Heart of a Great Leader

  • Memory verse2
  • Assigned Study3
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - March 24, 7:00-8:30pm CST3
  • Pray4

Section 2 - The Habits of a Leader

  • Memory Verse1
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - April 28, 7:00-8:30pm CST2
  • Pray1

Section 3 - The Head of a Great Leader

  • Memory Verse2
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - May 26, 7:00-8:30pm CST1
  • Pray

Section 4 - The Hands of a Great Leader, Part 1

  • Memory Verse1
  • Assigned Study1
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - June 23, 7:00-8:30pm CST3
  • Pray

Section 5 - The Hands of a Great Leader, Part 2

  • Memory Verse2
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - July 28, 7:00-8:30pm CST5
  • Pray

Section 6 - The Doing Habits of a Great Leader

  • Memory Verse
  • Assigned Study1
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - August 25, 7:00-8:30pm CST
  • Pray