What the Scriptures Say About Leadership | An Interview with Shawn Moon

For over thirty years, Shawn Moon has worked with clients across
the globe, from Fortune 500 to governmental organizations. His deep
knowledge and robust experience inspire others to improve their own
leadership capabilities and to achieve remarkable results. Shawn is
a Wall Street Journal best-selling author and a highly sought-after
speaker. He has served in several leadership capacities in the
Church, including as a bishop and member of a stake presidency.
Highlights 01:45 Introduction 02:50 Shawn talks about why he wrote
his book, Learning Leadership from the Scriptures 06:00 Shawn gives
tips on studying the scriptures. He has found that studying by
topic allows you to go very deep. 08:50 Shawn explains how to study
leadership in the scriptures and what topics to look up 11:00
Leadership is a lot of things. It’s a very complex topic. Each one
of us has the responsibility to be a leader in our lives. 14:00
“Leadership is a choice, not a position.”—Stephen Covey 15:20 If
you are leading a ward then you need to create a vision for that
ward 16:00 In our own lives, do we have the vision of who we are?
17:00 The first practice in Shawn’s book is to know who we really
are. This is a foundation. 20:50 Being an effective leader has a
lot less to do with doing the textbook leadership things and a lot
more to do with trusting God and following the spirit 21:55
Sometimes we have just enough light for the next step. We don’t
have to have all the answers as a leader, we just have to keep
going and trusting in God. 22:30 Leadership and trying to motivate
30:00 Shawn talks about how he organized his book 32:15 Leadership
in my calling Practice 1: Organize and manage the work Practice 2:
Teaching with power Practice 3: Develop other leaders Practice 4:
Lead one by one 34:45 Kurt and Shawn discuss organizing and
managing the work and what we can learn from the scriptures 40:30
Teaching with power. Alma 38 is a good example. 43:30 When leaving
a great teaching experience like General Conference, there are many
things to emulate when we teach: A firm reminder and a firm
personal conviction of Jesus Christ I feel His love Committed to
doing and being better I feel the Savior’s love for me and also the
speaker’s love for me I feel that the speaker is on the Lord’s
errand. It’s very clear what their motivation is. 45:00 Should we
look to other places, besides the scriptures and handbook, to find
leadership resources? 49:20 Shawn’s favorite leadership stories in
the scriptures 53:30 Final thoughts and testimony of leadership
Links Learning Leadership from the Scriptures: 12 Practices for
Building Leadership Effectiveness Based on Timeless and Eternal
Principles Spencer W. Kimball: "Jesus the Perfect Leader" Read the
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