Servant Leadership
In preparation for a leadership retreat this weekend we asked our Shepherds and Staff to read a couple of books. The first, as I have previously mentioned, is Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson. The second book, The Servant Leader, by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges is a short little read that quickly gets to the heart of the matter.
The authors contrast and compare leadership attitudes and actions from a self-serving point of view and a servant point of view. The quote of the book, so far, for me has been:
Whenever you have an opportunity or responsibility to influence the thinking and the behavior of others, the first choice we are called to make is whether to see the moment through the eyes of self-interest or for the benefit of those we are leading.
I realize the difficulty in making this choice. It is often hard to distinguish between what is good and healthy for those we are leading and those things that just make us feel better or validated as leaders.
5 Responses to “Servant Leadership”
It is so good to know that leaders in the church are this concerned with their roles and the effect of those roles. I have prayed about the retreat. May God bless.
I could use a good leadership retreat.
I’d love a leadership retreat … just to see our “leaders” at one! But I don’t want to have to be the leader to get them there.
Personally, I prefer what is good and healthy for those under my leadership so long as it makes me feel really good and validates me as their leader. Otherwise I have no interest in any of it!
I think that as leaders we get lazy, especially when we are feeling good about what we are doing. It makes me get comfortable where I am and I don’t work to get better at looking out for the happiness and help of others. It sounds like a great retreat. Wish I could be there.
“Leadership Retreat” what a consept.
I feel best as a leader when someone take’s seriously Eph: 4:11-16 seeing each believer attain a mature life in Christ.
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