Before coming to your training, please do the following:
Explore any scriptures, statements, and videos relating to each of the three sections of the introduction to Leadership Pattern: Lead Like the Savior. Consider the following questions:
In this lesson, you will continue to learn about the Leadership Pattern, specifically leading like the Savior. This lesson will help you: (1) lead like the Savior by respecting, loving, and offering balanced correction to those you serve; (2) follow Christ’s example despite obstacles or challenges; and (3) develop integrity of heart.
From the following list, choose and complete one or more activities that best apply to your situation.
Divide into small groups. As a group, choose and discuss an instance in the life of the Savior that demonstrated His respect, His love, or a need to correct those He served. Then, each group member will choose and present one of the following roles to the rest of the attendees:
After all groups have finished presenting, discuss the following questions: What did you learn from each group’s presentation (including yours)? What questions do you have?
Share additional insights you have gained about leading in the Savior’s way with love, respect, and balanced correction.
A recipe can have several functions:
Similarly, developing Christlike attitudes and behaviors will lead us to good, delightful, and joyful results. This activity will focus on developing three Christlike attributes that will help you lead like the Savior:
Divide into pairs. Using the recipe card provided by the facilitator, start creating your recipe of how to lead like the Savior. With your partner, share specific “ingredients” (things you do or have seen others do to show Christlike love, respect, and balanced correction). Be specific about each item. For instance, instead of saying, “Listening is good,” share something like: “I have been working on my listening skills. I have found that when I avoid interrupting associates when they are sharing their struggles, they open up more, and they feel loved and respected.” Then, on your recipe card, write a summary of these items under “Ingredients.” Be specific; for instance, instead of writing “Listen,” you could write “Listen—avoid interrupting.” Write 6–10 ingredients.
Regroup with all attendees. You and your partner will present your ingredients to the rest of the group, including how each ingredient helps you lead like the Savior. As you listen to others, feel free to add ingredients to your recipe.
After all presentations have concluded, discuss:
After you finish discussing, come back and complete the recipe card by:
Following the Savior’s example despite obstacles requires developing Christlike attributes. The following activities touch on some of Christ’s attributes that can help you follow His example, even when facing obstacles.
From the following list, choose and complete one or more activities that best apply to your situation.
One challenge you might face at work is feeling disappointment or frustration if people do not progress as much as you would like them to. As the Savior experienced these challenges, He showed and taught patience to His people.
Read the following scriptures:
As a group, discuss the following questions:
The Savior is the perfect example. Throughout His mortal life, He showed perseverance, determination, and endurance.
Divide into small groups. The facilitator will assign which groups will do the activity in Resource 1 in the “Lesson Resources” section, and which groups will do the activity in Resource 2. After finishing the activity, regroup with the rest of the attendees. Share the scriptures you read and what you learned from your discussion.
In the meridian of time, the Son of God—the Savior Jesus Christ—was born in a stable in Bethlehem. He grew and became a wise, strong man. He was well liked by many, and He was beloved by His Heavenly Father. He continued to develop Himself in preparation for His mission, and received grace for grace until He had received a fullness. At age 30, He began His ministry as the Master Teacher, Healer, and Savior of mankind. In His constant striving, He became the perfect leader.
As a group, discuss:
Read 2 Nephi 28:30. Then, as a group, discuss:
From the following list, choose and complete one or more activities that best apply to your situation.
“Integrity means thinking and doing what is right at all times, no matter what the consequences. When you have integrity, you are willing to live by your standards and beliefs even when no one is watching” (For the Strength of Youth, Honesty and Integrity).
Divide into small groups and discuss:
In your groups, read the following scriptures and quotes:
Alma taught his son Shiblon: “Use boldness, but not overbearance” (Alma 38:12).
Regarding this scripture, President Faust taught: “I do not believe that we need to be . . . loud, pushy, or insensitive in our approach [to missionary work]” (in James P. Bell, In the Strength of the Lord: The Life and Teachings of James E. Faust [1999], 373).
Elder Bednar also commented: “We and our messages should seek to edify and uplift rather than to argue, debate, condemn, or belittle. Share the gospel with genuine love and concern for others. Be courageous and bold but not overbearing in sustaining and defending our beliefs, and avoid contention” (“Flood the Earth through Social Media,” New Era, August 2015, 32).
“I speak with boldness, . . . and I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear” (Moroni 8:16).
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love” (1 John 4:18).
Discuss the following questions:
Individually, take a few minutes to ponder:
Write your impressions in your learner’s journal.
Divide into small groups. Each group will use four large strips of masking tape to create a 1-foot square on the floor in front of the class. One volunteer from each group will stand in each square (someone able to stand, lift, bend, and twist for an extended period of time). The facilitator then commits these volunteers to give their word of honor that they will remain in the square until given explicit permission by the facilitator that they may leave it.
As a group, discuss:
Have a volunteer read the following quote:
“I have been asked what I mean by word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first!” (Alma P. Burton, Karl G. Maeser: Mormon Educator [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1953], 71).
As a group, discuss:
Individually, take a minute to ponder:
As a group, read the following quotes about integrity. Then discuss the questions below.
“Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences” (Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Personal Integrity,” Ensign, May 1990, 30).
“Integrity is a state or quality of being complete, undivided, or unbroken. It is wholeness and unimpaired. It is purity and moral soundness. It is unadulterated genuineness and deep sincerity. It is courage, a human virtue of incalculable value. It is honesty, uprightness, and righteousness. Take these away and there is left but an empty shell” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, 2006, 124–34).
“If you are the same person with your leaders as you are with your peers and your subordinates, you’re worth having” (Robert D. Hales, Leadership Enrichment Series, Nov. 13, 2012, 7).
Seek to identify a personal or business gap or need.
Spend a few minutes silently pondering what you've discussed during this lesson. Listen as the Holy Ghost helps you identify areas where you can improve. Record your impressions in your journal under the question “What Lack I Yet?”
Seek ways to close the gap or develop the required talent(s) to meet the need.
With the guidance of the Spirit, create your plan of how you will improve and close the gap(s) you have identified. You may use one or more of the exercises below, your own strategy, or a combination of both. Record this plan in your learner's journal under “What Must I Do?”
After a few minutes, those who are comfortable doing so can share their impressions with the group.
Seek understanding, and then share what you learned.
During the week, focus on implementing the plan you created. Record your impressions or lessons learned in your learner's journal under “Therefore, What?” You will be given time at the beginning of next week's lesson to share your experience with the group.
As a group, search through lds.org to get an idea of how often Christ went to the temple during His mortal ministry. Share what you find.
In Elder James E. Talmage’s book Jesus the Christ, the title of chapter 30 is “Jesus Returns to the Temple Daily.”
Matthew 4 tells about Christ’s fasting and three temptations He faced. Read Matthew 4:1–11, and then, as a group, discuss:
Use this material if you would like to learn more about leading like the Savior.
