Are Your Relational Skills More Like Abigail or Nabal?

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. - Barbara Bush

Relational skills are paramount for Out of This World Leaders. Jesus Christ gave two charges to his followers: (1) Love God with all your heart; and (2) Love your neighbor as yourself.

As a follower of Christ, our faith revolves around relationships—vertical with God and horizontal with people. It’s all about relationships.

That’s why John Maxwell includes Relationship Skills as one of his 21 Irrefutable Qualities of a Leader.

Click here to learn a contrast in relationship skills from how differently a married couple treated David in 1 Samuel 25.

Are you a Problem Solver?

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein

Problem solving—one of the 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader according to John Maxwell—is one the fastest ways to gain leadership in any group. Left alone, things go awry. Left alone, people go astray. Left alone, plans go amiss.

When someone steps forward with a solution, he or she catches the attention of others. Anyone who can solve problems will never lack influence.

Click here to learn about problem solving from both Sarah (Abraham’s wife) & Titus.