Every institution, organization, religious establishment, profit & non-profit entity and individual allocate a considerable portion of their time, resources and efforts towards building a system of leadership qualities in their team members. Positional leadership becomes primary for wielding authority. Greg Mckeon’s profound quote says this, “The 20th century is full of “leaders” who made things unimaginably worse in their attempt to “make things better.”. Nothing is more soul-destroying than leaders speaking nonsense. Mid-level and lower rank workers lament the incomprehensible gibberish spewed by their leaders in the form of expectations. Jargon filled statements aren’t just confusing -they’re constraining. Gibberish isn’t silly; it’s controlling. Vague words aren’t ineffective -they’re exhausting. E .F Schumacher states, “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.”.
Leadership principle is dependent on you leading people by example and willing to be vulnerabe. There are thousands of authors and leaders who write and talk about leading people. Some leaders, borrow, mix and match ideas to influence but then to what extent is it creating an impact? Thomas Sowell in his observation states this, “Leading people into the blind alley of dependency and grievances may be counterproductive for them but it can produce votes, money, power, fame, and a sense of exaltation to others who portray themselves as friends of the downtrodden.”.
Most of the leaders, especially politicians bank on people’s dependency to impose their strength. Unfortunately, it ends up in oppression and manipulation. True leadership is “Servant-Leadership” which Jesus Christ taught. Contrary to our knowledge of leaderships as to win, conquer, walk over people, succeed and overthrow, He flipped the script and taught that true leadership is about serving, kindness, mercy and compassion. These attributes sum up a “Servant-Leader”
While it may be argued that some of the current leaders already possess these attributes there are some hidden self-centered agendas connected with this façade. With Jesus who healed all sickness, from born blind, to born deaf and mute, lepers, paralytics for 38 years, raised dead people, was resurrected Himself after being crucified and lay in the tomb for 3 days, was speaking things that even His enemies was surprised, baffled and said, “Is He not a carpenter’s son?...So where does he get all these things?”. He asked to show another cheek if someone strikes, go an extra mile when someone was in need, to love their enemies and bless them. Mathew a scholar records that through His ministry, He touched ‘all’ 175 towns and villages of Galilee. 200,000 people would either have met Jesus or have known someone who had. Not just with His sermon but received some benefits including the healing from their stubborn sickness and many people liberated from demon possession.
With all His divine power, Jesus still explained that a leader should be a servant first. He demonstrated it by washing the feet of His 12 disciples who went across the world after witnessing His resurrection to talk about the forgiveness of sins and hope of eternity. If one takes the courage to learn about His claims, to believe and accept Him as the Savior, that person is transformed to be a new creation, not with any religious identity. This relationship with Him will change the course of your life. Would you like to know Him more? Check the link to learn more.
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