Leadership

Rather than retread Lord Acton’s famous but shopworn quote, I will use my wife’s less-known but equally insightful proverb: “Power makes people go absolutely crazy!”

Jesus Christ established the principles of servant leadership when He taught: if you want to lead, serve; if you want to be great, act like a slave; if you want to be treated like the elder, behave like the younger. Jesus is counter-intuitive.

Vision is a crystal clear mental photograph of a better future that beckons. It is the result of unrelenting hard work and sacrifice. It is the culmination of missions accomplished and goals achieved.

There is an old saw: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. You can ride a camel, true, but it just isn’t the same. You can try to lead by committee, but you won’t be happy with the ride.

Leaders in the most healthy, open cultural environment still have a responsibility to manage information.

Great leaders are made through education and an escalating, strategically engineered course of expanding opportunities for real-world experience.