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54 ■ Develop your leadership skills
‘Pastor’ means ‘shepherd’. In ancient times the role of the shep-
herd was a model for leadership. For the shepherd had to lead
his flock – or hers, because women as well as men herded sheep
– on a journey to pasture (task), hold it together as a unity
when wolves threatened (team maintenance) and care for each
sheep (individual needs). The word ‘good’ in the New
Testament phrase ‘I am the good shepherd’ means in the orig-
inal Greek ‘skilled’ or ‘competent’, not ‘good’ in the moral
sense.
Checklist to test if you set a good
example
Yes No
Do you ask others to do what
you would be unwilling to do
yourself?
Do people comment on the good
example you set in your work?
Does your (bad) example conflict with
what all are trying to do?
Can you quote when you last
deliberately set out to give a lead by
example?
Can you think of ways you could lead
by example?
Do you mention the importance of
example to team leaders who report
to you?
