Leadership Wisdom Keys for Authentic and Effective Leadership

By Chima Kingston Ekeke

Seeking to be a leader is an honorable ambition and a noble duty
(1Timothy 3:1). However; to lead requires wisdom, discernment,
understanding, knowledge, counsel and delight in the LORD. King
Solomon realized the need for godly wisdom for leadership despite his
physical attributes and family heritage when he asked God for

• Language: English
• Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Release date: Mar 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781643670881

Chima Kingston Ekeke

The REV. DR. CHIMA KINGSTON EKEKE (aka - CK), is a theologian, technologist, consultant, author, activist and leadership scholar. He received a BA in Bible & Theology, MA Christian Education, and Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Leadership from Luther Rice University & Seminary in Lithonia, Georgia. He also holds a doctorate in Leadership in International Relations. He is a visiting scholar of Leadership at Harvard University Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. CK was born at Akwete, near Port Harcourt in Nigeria. He is the father of two sons and happily married. He is an ordained minister, a godly husband and a devoted father.

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Leadership Wisdom

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Leadership wisdom is the ability and capacity to lead wisely, morally, courageously and compassionately. One of the greatest need of this century is developing authentic, courageous, compassionate and wise leaders.

—Dr. CK Ekeke

Rev. Dr. C. K. Ekeke

On Leadership Wisdom

Wisdom for Leaders—Keys for leading wisely, courageously and compassionately.

CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Foreword

Introduction

Source Of True Wisdom

1. Accountability

2. Accomplishment

3. Action

4. Ambition

5. Anger

6. Anointing

7. Authenticity

8. Authority

9. Blessing

10. Calling

11. Challenges

12. Change

13. Character

14. Charisma

15. Collaboration

16. Commissioning

17. Commitment

18. Communication

19. Compassion

20. Competence

21. Compromise

22. Conflict

23. Courage

24. Creativity

25. Credibility

26. Criticism

27. Crisis

28. Decisions

29. Dedicate

30. Delegate

31. Destiny

32. Development

33. Dignity

34. Diligence

35. Disagreement

36. Discernment

37. Discipline

38. Discouragement

39. Discrimination

40. Dominion

41. Ego

42. Empowerment

43. Encouragement

44. Energetic

45. Enthusiasm

46. Entrepreneurship

47. Excellence

48. Failure

49. Fairness

50. Farewell

51. Faith

52. Faithful

53. Favor

54. Fear

55. Forgiveness

56. Friendship

57. Generosity

58. Gentleness

59. Goals

60. Greatness

61. Guidance

62. Happiness

63. Hard work

64. Honesty

65. Honor

66. Hope

67. Hospitable

68. Humility

69. Humor

70. Influence

71. Ingenuity

72. Insight

73. Initiative

74. Innovation

75. Inspiration

76. Integrity

77. Justice

78. Kingdom

79. Learner

80. Legacy

81. Listener

82. Loss

83. Love

84. Loyalty

85. Management

86. Mandate

87. Mission

88. Mobilize

89. Money

90. Motivation

91. Network

92. Obedience

93. Opposition

94. Organizational skills

95. Ownership

96. Passion

97. People

98. Persistence

99. Planning

100. Power

101. Prayer

102. Preparation

103. Pride

104. Priorities

105. Privilege

106. Problem Solving

107. Prosperity

108. Purpose

109. Qualification

110. Quality

111. Reign

112. Rejection

113. Relationship

114. Reputation

115. Reliance

116. Resilience

117. Respectable

118. Responsibility

119. Resentment

120. Reward

121. Risk talking

122. Security

123. Self-controlled

124. Servant

125. Service

126. Skills

127. Stewardship

128. Strategy

129. Strength

130. Stress

131. Student

132. Success

133. Succession

134. Superficial

135. Supernatural

136. Teacher

137. Teamwork

138. Temptation

139. Thinker

140. Time

141. Training

142. Transparency

143. Trust

144. Truth

145. Values

146. Vengeance

147. Vision

148. Warfare

149. Weariness

150. Wisdom

Conclusion

About The Author

Resources

DEDICATION

First, I like to dedicate this book to my parents especially my late mother, Mrs. Esther Nwaune Ekeke who did not live to see the fruit of her nurturing, caring and compassionate spirit. She never lived to read her inspiration and timeless wisdom on printed-paper. May her soul rest in peace.

Second, I dedicate leadership wisdom to my lovely wife Nnenna, who challenges me to be a godly husband.

Third, to my two amazing gifts from God: Chiedozie, and Chisom who inspire me daily to be an authentic father and spiritual leader. All three remind me of my calling and true purpose in life.

Fourth, to everyone I am in anyway related genetically or otherwise.

Finally, I dedicate this book to every person who is committed to leading wisely, morally, courageously and compassionately.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Leadership Wisdom for most part is God given inspiration especially during my reading and devotion time. It also owes great deal to a lifetime of learning from many teachers, mentors and leaders who taught me over the years and continues to teach me. Their teaching, training and mentorship in one-way or the other prepared me to write this book.

I want to acknowledge my best friend and wife, Nnenna. She took care of the children when they wanted me to read a book or go outside and play with them. She kept everything running smoothly and orderly in the home, while I worked almost every night and weekend on this book. Without her unwavering support and motivation, I would not have been able to finish this task. She is a wise woman, a trusted friend and most importantly a marvelous mother.

I give special thanks to all my relatives, friends, colleagues and readers of my papers and articles whose positive and generous feedback encouraged me to start writing this book.

I also like to acknowledge URLink Publishing for the cover design and for their constant encouragement to send in the manuscript in order to get started. Without their encouragement, this book would not have been finished.

Finally, I want to acknowledge the Holy Spirit, the spirit of wisdom for inspiring me. Without His grace, empowerment and favor, I would not be able to disseminate these ideas in printed form. It is my prayer that those called to lead would be enlightened on the true nature and divine obligation of leadership, which is to lead wisely, courageously and compassionately.

FOREWORD

When my husband asked me to write the foreword for his book, I hesitated at first. Personally, I have not read any book in which the foreword was written by the spouse of the writer. After giving some serious thought to it and considering the fact that the content in leadership wisdom has been a constant discussion in my household for more than four years, I considered it a great honor and privilege to write the foreword.

Leadership Wisdom—Divine Ingredients for Supernatural Leadership by Rev. Dr. C. K. Ekeke deals with the special insights and inspirations for leading wisely, courageously and compassionately.

It teaches and explains that an authentic leader must be called, commissioned and ordained into position of authority. The calling must come either from God, from people or by divine circumstances. A true leader must be someone who knows how to motivate, mobilize and inspire people to tap into the limitless opportunities that abound on planet earth. A genuine leader must have vision from God, not personal vision but vision that can identify with the people. A leader must have genuine character, godly courage and compassionate spirit.

In order to be authentic, a leader must possess godly wisdom. Rev. Dr. Ekeke argues that apart from the indescribable gift of life, there is no other gift that is more important than wisdom. For leaders, it is even more precious than any inherent leadership ability or learned leadership skills that a leader may have. King Solomon realized the need for godly wisdom for leadership despite his natural attributes and family heritage when he prayed in First Kings 3:7-9 for wisdom and discerning heart to govern the people of Israel. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7). King Solomon made it abundantly clear that godly wisdom is a very important ingredient of leadership as well as a key element for supernatural living. The Apostle James wrote to the Saints at the Church in Jerusalem, If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him (James 1:5). If you are called in any fashion to lead people, you must pray and ask for godly wisdom. It is impossible to lead effectively, efficiently, genuinely and compassionately without godly wisdom.

Rev. Dr. C. K. Ekeke then makes a case that leadership is hard work. Therefore leadership requires wisdom and courage that can only come from the originator. Jesus, the greatest leader ever known to mankind made this prophetic statement more than 2000 years ago, Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to give his life as a ransom (Matthew 20:26-28). In a nutshell, Jesus said that to be a leader, one must be willing to serve, be a slave and ready to die. This is what genuine, pure and godly leadership is all about. What we see today in our world is not leadership. Today’s leaders want to be served rather than serve. Today’s leaders do not seem to have the interest