by Mike Bence

How to Incorporate Faith Values into Your Leadership Style

As a leader, it is essential to have a strong sense of self, values, and beliefs. If these values are rooted in faith, integrating them into your leadership style can have an immensely positive effect on you and those around you. Let’s explore how faith values can be utilized as part of your leadership style.


Developing Self-Awareness
The first step in incorporating faith values into your leadership style is developing self-awareness. This means having an understanding of who you are as a person and what your core values are. This also includes being aware of areas where you need to grow and develop both professionally and personally. Additionally, being open to feedback from those around you will help you become more self-aware. Once you have developed a deeper understanding of yourself, it will be easier to identify which aspects of your faith that are important to incorporate into your leadership style.

Prioritizing Characteristics
Once you understand who you are and what aspects of your faith that you want to prioritize in your leadership style, the next step is identifying which specific characteristics or qualities related to those areas that should be emphasized in order for them to be successfully applied when leading others. These qualities could include things like patience, humility, integrity, kindness, or forgiveness – all attributes that many religions promote as important for effective leadership. Having an understanding of the characteristics associated with each value system allows leaders to focus on their development while also emphasizing them during their interactions with colleagues and other stakeholders.

Promoting Growth & Development
Finally, applying faith values to leadership also requires promoting growth and development amongst team members and colleagues alike by encouraging them to take ownership over their own growth process while providing guidance when needed. This includes actively listening when someone speaks up during meetings or discussions; responding positively when mistakes are made; offering support when needed; and providing feedback in a constructive way so that everyone feels respected while still learning from the experience they’ve had with the leader or situation at hand. All these practices combined create a culture within organizations where team members feel safe enough to take risks without fear of failure or judgement from supervisors or peers – something vital for any successful organization looking forward towards future success!


Incorporating faith values into your leadership style can have immense benefits for both personal growth as well as organizational success. Developing self-awareness about yourself and what matters most is key when it comes to knowing which aspects of faith values should be prioritized in order for them to successfully apply within organizational contexts. Additionally, having an understanding of the specific characteristics associated with each value system allows leaders to focus on their own growth while also emphasizing important traits during interactions with others – thereby creating an environment where team members feel safe enough take risks without fear! In this way, incorporating faith values into one’s leadership style can go a long way towards creating more effective leaders while helping organizations reach new heights!

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I’m Mike,

Welcome to the Bence Perspective. Over the years I have accumulated a wealth of experience as a leader, student, counselor, father, husband and pastor. With that in mind I desired to create something to share some of the things I’ve learned with the hopes that it can help you in your own journey. Welcome and I hope you enjoy!

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