The Profile of the graduate is the Harvest standard that identifies the set of features, qualities, and characteristics of a leader who has successfully completed the Harvest experience.
The profile used as our guide to develop tomorrow’s leader today consists of a set of five principles.
FAMILY FIRST
We want our future leaders to see themselves as vital to a greater whole. Seeing themselves as part of the family of God, their immediate family, and their peer group will lay the foundation for their future family. The strength of nations is based and built on the strength of their families. We are developing our future leaders to serve our state, our nation, and the world through the principle of Family First.
RELATIONAL
For families of any type to be successful, the individuals within the family unit must be relational. A Kingdomcentric family unit is no different, and a Kingdomcentric leader must develop and maintain strong interpersonal relationships.
The primary relationship is with God. At Harvest, one of the ways we develop this relationship is by Taking 5 (taking 5 minutes to listen for the voice of God). The information gained from Taking 5 is necessary to align you with the goals and objectives of the Kingdom of Heaven. Acting on the information you hear puts you in the right standing with God. A future leader will learn to manage hierarchical relationships with other leaders through this process.
Secondary relationships are with the people we interact with daily: family, friends, peers, teachers, etc. Here is where a future leader learns the posture of leading through service.
KINGDOMCENTRIC WORLD
A Kingdomcentric worldview has Jesus at the center of thought, word, and deed. People often ask why Jesus and why a Kingdomcentric worldview?
- Jesus’ model of leadership took 12 men, trained them for 3½ years, and released them into the world; their impact is still being felt to this day, making it one of the greatest in the world.
- His principles, like technology, are transferable.
- You will not find a successful organization in the world that does not utilize some of his principles.
- Kingdom principles are timeless, permanent, and contain within them the power of consistency.
- Kingdom principles are not limited to ethnicity, are not constrained by culture or religious belief, and transcend geopolitical boundaries.
One of the most famous verses in scripture is John 3:16, where Jesus says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…”. The English word “world” is the Greek word “cosmos”. A cosmos is an ecosystem of living and nonliving components, interconnecting and interacting as a single system. The harmony within the cosmos between the members accomplishes significantly more than any single component capable of working in isolation. A great example of a cosmos is a fish tank.
The wisdom of King Solomon in Proverbs 23:7 teaches us that as a person thinks within themselves, so are they. So, they become. Their thoughts will season the expressions and the outflows of their life. Those very thoughts will frame their world, their cosmos.
EMPOWERED, EQUIPPED, AND TEACHING
Empowerment, equipping, and teaching are the cornerstone words of the Harvest foundational statements. Our foundational statements are:
Purpose – Why do we exist
- To empower Kingdomcentric Leaders to serve our state, our nation and the world
Vision – What do we do
- Equipping leaders to lead in the 21st Century and beyond
Mission – How do we do, what we do
- Teaching self-discovery through a Kingdomcentric leadership process
Harvest operates from the strength of its purpose, vision, and mission. A significant feature of the Harvest experience is teaching future leaders to operate from the power of their unique purpose, vision, and mission. We are teaching our future leaders leadership by empowering them to understand serving in any capacity and equipping them to lead through their unique development process.
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
A clear understanding of who you are is essential to effective leadership. To resist the influence of others, you must know who you are. To help future leaders lead according to the knowledge of who they are, we teach self-discovery, facilitating the discovery of answers to life’s five most important questions. The answers to these questions are the key to a fulfilled life. The five questions are:
- Identity– Who am I
- Source– Where do I come from
- Purpose– Why am I here
- Potential– What can I do
- Destiny– Why am I going where I am going
When communicating the concept of leadership, it is best to have a metric that enables you to measure the effectiveness of that Leadership. At Harvest, we use the definition of effective leadership crafted by Dr. Myles Munroe, and it is defined as follows:
Leadership is the capacity to…
- Influenceothers
- Through Inspiration
- Generated by a Passion
- Motivated by Vision
- Birthed by a Conviction
- Produced by a Purpose
We become a reflection of our thought life that translates into what we can do. It communicates the process to a future leader of discovering and refining their leadership. If you do not know it, you cannot become it. If you cannot become it, you will never do it. The successful conclusion of the Harvest experience prepares them for a successful beginning to the next phase of their life’s journey, career, or college, living life as tomorrow’s leader today.
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