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On the Go Leadership – 3 – Your Promotion Playbook
Welcome – Chris Fluitt | Redemption Church Plano
Your career, calling, and cause
Case study: 120 people… no degrees, no capital backing, no government grants
Grow organization to over 2 Billion.
This is the Church of Jesus.
Week 1: How to become a leader.
Leadership is INFLUENCE.
Week 2: How to STEP UP and STEP OUT.
How can you always have the right thing to say and be able to step up and speak it?
Always be on message.
Message = Mission, Vision, and Values.
Mission is WHAT you are trying to accomplish.
Vision is HOW you will accomplish the mission.
Values are the BEHAVIORS that are rewardable in your organization.
Today – Your promotion playbook
The Problem we can all relate to…
Work hard but looked past…
Passed over for the promotion.
Taken for granted.
Not in the position you want – Your sights set higher.
WANT MORE…
At the same time… how do I not fall into the rat race?
How do I avoid the office politics and backstabbing?
How do I get ahead without becoming a creep?
Can a Christian even make it in business?
There are times where Christian faith can seem like a disadvantage.
Moral limitations like…
Honesty, kindness, not cussing others out.
Not fitting in with the happy hour business crew.
In school or on the job your Christian faith can actually seem like a disadvantage.
The real successful people do FILL IN THE BLANK and I can’t do FILL IN THE BLANK because I am a Christian.
In business they have a saying…
Always be Selling
(Always be closing – ABC)
It means that you are always acting towards your own gain – trying to close the deal and make the sale.
It means that you willing to sale your self in order to make the sale…
Value the sale more than…
-Your authenticity
-Your values and character
-Helping the client
I imagine a used car salesman who is only talking to you to make the sale.
-Every complement is self serving.
-Willing to lie in order to make the sale.
How do we make the sale without being a sale-out?
How do we climb the ladder without stepping on others?
The answer according to Jesus…
Always be Serving
Christ is counter cultural.
He was when he walked the Earth 2,000 years ago…
He is today…
Most of the leadership and sales advice today, line up with our Jewish carpenter.
Mark 9:33-37
33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
They are arguing over PROMOTION… The rat race mentality… DISCIPLES!
35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Upside down. The way up is down.
The servant is greatest.
Put others first…
Lift others up…
Become servant.
Did Jesus demonstrate this?
36 He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
To be great – serve. Always be serving.
But I want to be the manager.
That does not work in the real world…
Not in my line of work…
You don’t become one of the cool kids by being nice…
You get the corner office by beating others…
Become valuable by ADDING VALUE
John Maxwell – 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: #5 Law of Addition
- Value others.
- Make yourself valuable to others.
- Know and relate to what others value.
- Do what God values.
Add value and become valuable.
Value everyone, but place 80% of your effort on your top 20%.
This is a key understanding for promotion.
Pareto Princile
(80/20 rule)
20% of the effort nets 80% of the results.
Prioritize your top 20% effort…
Invest in your top 20%…
Equip your top 20%…
Promote your top 20%…
As an employer – be on the lookout for your top 20%.
As an employee – DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT DOING 80% OF THE WORK.Prioritize being in the valuable top 20%.
Yeah but… I am working hard… but no promotion.
Promotion Playbook
Be a model employee.
-On time.
-Not messy.
-Problem solver not problem causer.
Communicate your desire to add value.
-Done with project early… call boss offerhelp with other project.
-I like working here… what else can I do?
Provide value by serving.
-Skill
-WILLINGNESS (I can handle that)
-Leadership
PRAY FOR FAVOR
-Help me have more influence…
-Help me use my influence for your Kingdom.
We become valuable by adding value.
Always be serving.
This idea is central Christianity.
The Church began in Acts 2…
Acts 2:44-47All the believers were together and had everything in common.
45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.
46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Redemption Church… Let’s be valuable by adding value.
-Serve others.
-Give to those in need.
-Feeding the hungry.
-Praising God and having favor with people.
Sign up! Pack it out!
Who do we serve?
Hollywood actor, Stephen Baldwin hired a Brazilian nanny named Augusta.
Sang constantly about Jesus in Portuguese.
Why do you only sing about Jesus?
Why is Jesus real to you?
Augusta laughs – “I think it’s a little bit funny that you think I’m here to clean your house.” Augusta took the job because in prayer God told her that she would bring this family to Christ.
Wife receives Jesus. Stephen receives Jesus.
All because a Brazilian lady took a job as nanny, but ultimately worked for the Lord.
Christians should be the best employees and employers.
We should serve and add value like Jesus.
Ready for promotion? Time to GO!
#1 Rethink Promotion
-Say no to the rat race.
-What value can you add?
-Pray for direction.
#2 SERVE – ADD VALUE
-Aug 17 Service Day
-Next Steps to serve
#3 Who do you serve?
-Pray – “God I want to serve you and the people you bring into my world.”