Outline follows Kenn O. Gangel, Team Leadership in Christian Ministry but core content does not.

Kenneth O. Gangel, Team Leadership in Christian Ministry: Using Multiple Gifts to Build a Unified Vision (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1997), 395.

Delegating and Diffusing your Authority

How important do you think delegating is to being successful in leadership? Delegation has to do with a leader’s assigning of certain tasks, and authority for those tasks, to other persons in the organization. Introduction

A. Why Should Leaders Delegate? 1. biblical foundation 2. sheer necessity 3. training future as well as present leadership 1. The Necessity of Delegation

B. Why Do Some Leaders Fail to Delegate? 1. fear of the unknown 2. fear giving up authority 3. threat to the leader 4. they do not want to commit the necessary time 1. The Necessity of Delegation

C. What Kinds of Tasks Cannot Be Delegated? 1. Items assigned in a job description. 2. Tasks for which the basis and authority of delegation is not clear. 3. Something which belongs to someone else’s area of authority. 1. The Necessity of Delegation

A. Executive Authority B. Reporting Authority 2. Degrees of Delegation

A. Make Duties Clear B. Do Not Assign Methods C. Set Up Controls D. Give Praise and Credit 3. Guidelines for Effective Delegation

Authoritarian leadership – involves exercising social control and requires compliance Phil 2:1-5 Goal = Empowerment 4. Delegating in an Anti-Authority Culture

James 3:1 Developing a leadership team is crucial Jesus and delegation 5. Delegation Requires Paying the Price of Leadership

The End