The 10 commandments of effective leadership by T.D. Jakes are laws every leaders must abide by to lead effectively. These commandments were from the 2013 pastors and Leaders conference hosted by T.D. Jakes: Here are the 10 commandments of effective leadership --------------------------------------------------------------------- #1— Don’t Lead Beyond Your Own Exposure #2 — Don’t Choose Your Leadership Team Like You Choose Your Friends #3 — Don’t Reward Nepotism #4 — Don’t Avoid Confrontation #5 — Don’t Over-promise and Under-deliver #6 — Do Clearly Articulate Expectations #7 — Don’t Mistake Regimentation for Revelation #8 — Don’t Lead Forward Without Leadership Updates #9 — Don’t Lead Without Listening #10 — Do Cross-pollinate You can read more about the 10 commandments of effective leadership at http://www.sajigroup.com/leadership-success/10-commandments-of-effective-leadership/ Leave your comment on the 10 commandments. Do you think some commandments are left out? Is there any commandment that shouldn't be on the list? Have your say:

1. T. D. JAKES’ 10 COMMANDMENTS OF
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
Saji Ijiyemi
Author | Speaker | Coach

2. The 10 Commandments of
Effective Leadership
These Commandments are
from T. D. Jakes’ 2013 Pastors
and Leaders Conference.
Learn them and live by them if
you want to be an effective
leader.
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3. #1— Don’t Lead Beyond
Your Own Exposure
You need to be exposed beyond
the people you lead or you
forfeit your right to lead them.
You need to look out from where
you are because you will not
lead any further than your own
exposure.
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4. #2 — Don’t Choose Your Leadership
Team Like You Choose Your Friends
You bring people on the team
for function, not for friendship. If
a team member decides to be
your friend, that is wonderful
thing but remember that
effective leaders choose
function over friendship.
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5. #3 — Don’t Reward Nepotism
Reward people for their
performance, not for their
personality. When you reward
only your relatives and friends,
you teach people that in order to
be promoted around you, they
have to be a kiss up to you.
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6. #4 — Don’t Avoid Confrontation
People expect you to be nice,
but you can destroy your
potential to lead effectively if, at
the expense of being liked, you
won’t confront what needs to be
confronted.
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7. #5 — Don’t Over-promise
and Under-deliver
Do people get what you
advertised when they get you or
is your advertisement better
than your reality? If you can’t
bring your reality up, then bring
your advertisement down.
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8. #6 — Do Clearly Articulate
Expectations
When you speak an
expectation, you know what you
meant but that doesn’t mean
they heard what you said. Have
people say back what they
heard to make sure you are
both on the same page.
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9. #7 — Don’t Mistake Regimentation
for Revelation
When people always know what
to expect when they come to
your organization, you have a
regiment. People will not follow
something that does not move
no matter how much they love it!
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10. #8 — Don’t Lead Forward
Without Leadership Updates
When you get new information,
find a way to update your
people. If you are not sending
out updates, you are building
the mentality of your people
around where you’ve been
instead of where you want to
be.
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11. #9 — Don’t Lead Without Listening
Even if you don’t like what
somebody says, give them the
chance to say it anyway. People
will not follow if they cannot be
heard. Listening does not make
you weak, it makes you wise.
Let them say!
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12. #10 — Do Cross-pollinate
If you train your ears to only
respond to one tune, you won’t
be able to learn from other
leaders outside of your domain.
You might not agree with
everybody but you can learn
something from everybody.
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