Leadership Conference: Developing leadership capacity for greater results

Leadership Conference: Developing leadership capacity for greater results

Frederick Shumba | 2021

Abstract

The 2020 World Harvest Ministries leadership conference under the theme “Developing leadership capacity for greater results” was necessitated by the need to build quality leaders, enhance the leadership abilities, provide nourishment for growth, and facilitating a platform for networking. Areas covered during the conference included nurturing transformational leaders, charismatic leaders, and servant leaders. The major aim was to create an environment that would cultivate leaders for the development of World Harvest Ministries church.

Time was taken to also address the financial crisis bedeviling WHM and solutions were provided. The leadership conference was an event that sought to nurture and develop a sound leadership for World Harvest Ministries church. All sessions grafted essential elements that would facilitate the growth of a different breed of leaders committed, loyal, and disciplined enough to the development of the church.

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