Calling Do people believe that are willing to sacrifice self-interest for the good of the group? Servant leaders have a natural desire to serve others. This notion of having a calling is deeply rooted and value-based. Servant leaders have a desire to make a difference for others’ lives – never for their own gain. A…
The phrase “Servant Leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said: “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to…
Nobody likes criticism! We want to be accepted and affirmed, and we don’t want to be told that something that we are doing is wrong. However, criticism is a fact of life. The question isn’t whether we will face criticism, but rather in how we deal with it. Does it make us critical or bitter,…
Since God often uses the criticism of others to reveal the idols of our hearts and to accelerate our growth in humility, pastors should be eager to receive criticism. I should be eager to receive correction, but usually I’m not. And it’s no mystery why I’m not eager to receive criticism—I’m a proud man. Yet…
Best-selling author Jim Collin’s latest book is How the Mighty Fall. In it Collins shares research demonstrating that Stage 1 of organizational failure is “hubris born of success.” Confidence is an attribute that every leader needs to embrace and to foster in others, he says. But when confidence goes too far, it can become hubris….
