Workplace Meditation Week 8: Personal Goals for Future Leaders in Training

Workplace Meditation

Personal Goals for Future Leaders in Training

Bible Passage: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 (NIV)

Passage Key Words: “noble task,” “above reproach,” “not pursing dishonest gain”

Topical Key Words: leadership traits and personal goals

Majority of employees want to outgrow their current position and take on increasing responsibilities to meet their self-esteem and self-actualization goals (as suggested by Joseph Maslow), even when the monetary rewards are non-existent or minimal. That desire comes from God, to be developed and put to good use. Therefore, the Bible teaches that “if anyone sets his heart on being an oversee (leader), he desires a noble task.” Although the passage focused on Church leadership, the personal traits and goals for good leadership are universal. For anyone aspiring for leadership position, he or she must be:

Respectable, with good reputation (public and private)
Modest, humble and self-controlled
Peace maker, patient, gentle and generous
Trustworthy, dependable and teachable
No substance abuser or dependent
Not greedy for power or wealth
Experienced and well informed
Honest, sincere and transparent
Monogamous

Often, we hope to enter into training when promoted into leadership positions but the Bible calls us to enter into training if we have the desire to become future leaders. Because the experience and the character traits listed takes long to achieve, the earlier we start the better prepared we would be when called to serve. Therefore, most great leaders enter into training long before they are called or promoted, and their reward is usually the welfare of the people they serve, not the salary or recognition.

Like Moses, any humbly gifted individual can become an exemplar leader when God takes over his or her life.

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