John Lenton

John Lenton is the leader of the European Leaders of Christian Organizations Network.  He is currently in his third career as the Minister of a country parish in Hampshire, England.  John was instrumental in helping to launch, in 1998, the Griffiths School of Business at Emanuel University of Oradea, Romania, an evangelical Christian university accredited by the Romanian Ministry of Education. Prior to moving to Romania in 1998, he was a Senior Vice President at American Express Europe, where he occupied a number of senior positions over a period of 15 years with the company, taking early retirement at the end of 1996 in order to devote himself full-time to Christian service. John holds an MA from Oxford and an MBA from Harvard and is an ordained minister in the Church of England, having studied full time at Oak Hill Theological College shortly before moving to Romania.

2011 Forum Sessions

Standard Workshops

Post-Forum Seminar

Standard Workshops

Strategic Planning

Every organisation needs to have a vision: why it exists and what its primary purpose is. From this, a mission statement can be developed, which can be embraced by the whole organisation. However, while it is vitally important to know the organisation’s mission, it is equally important to map out how the organisation will aim to achieve its mission and what milestones will mark the organisation’s progress towards it. This is the role of strategic planning. Using a simple model to outline the steps involved, this seminar will enable participants to understand the basics of how to develop a strategic plan and will allow time for participants to try out some of the techniques described with reference to their own organisations. Please note that this workshop is designed for beginners. Anyone who has background in this topic may not find this workshop as helpful.

Time Management

Most of us bewail the fact that there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish all the tasks we know need to be done. Often, we find that we have ignored an important task in order to do a less important one. Even when we set goals, we frequently miss them. What is it that causes us to fail so often in the task of time management? In this seminar, we will explore the problems each of us face in managing our time effectively, relating them to his or her own experiences and suggesting a number of practical ways in which leaders can tackle their biggest weaknesses in this area.

Post-Forum Seminar

Managing People Effectively

Christians who have no formal management training are often uncertain how to manage other people so as to bring out the best in them and achieve the kind of results that glorify God and extend His kingdom. They want to follow Jesus' call to be servant leaders, yet find it hard to reconcile the need to exercise discipline or give firm instructions with the kind of humility that servanthood seems to require. This seminar will describe an intensely practical approach to the challenges of managing people: situational leadership. Using illustrations and anecdotes drawn from experience, This seminar will outline how situational leadership can be an effective tool for developing people, and explain how its principles can be readily learned and implemented by managers who genuinely want to be servant leaders. There will be adequate opportunities for questions and discussion. In the process, participants will learn and practise techniques for coaching and giving feedback to staff, in order to improve subordinates' performance.

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