We need leadership -- properly understood, the Jesus-type of "leadership" -- like crazy. What we don't need is the type of leadership I satirize.
We don't need any more of "LeaderMan". What we need are servant leaders, men and women who are gifted for leadership, whom people naturally follow, who point those people toward Jesus alone, our Teacher.
Granted, as always, I may not know what I'm talking about. But below are some off-the-top-of-the-head attempts at distinguishing one from the other.
Servant Leader: Has something to say
LeaderMan: Wants a platform on which to say something
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LeaderMan: You almost feel you know his family, because he's your Leader
Servant Leader: You allow him to influence you, because you know his family
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LeaderMan: Wants you to know he's a Leader
Servant Leader: You're not sure he knows he's a leader
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LeaderMan: Loves the idea of the Gospel, and the idea of The Church
Servant Leader: Loves God and the actual individual people God brings across his path
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LeaderMan: A great speaker, but self-described as, "Not really a people person."
Servant Leader: Makes himself a people person
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LeaderMan: Helps you find where God is leading you in his organization
Servant Leader: Helps you find where God is leading you
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LeaderMan: Gets together with you to talk about his vision
Servant Leader: Just gets together with you
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LeaderMan: Resents "sheep stealing"
Servant Leader: Doesn't get the "stealing" part, since he doesn't own anyone to begin with
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LeaderMan: Wants the right people on the bus
Servant Leader: Wants to find the right bus for you, and sit next to you on it
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Servant Leader: Shows you his whole heart
LeaderMan: Shows you a flow chart
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LeaderMan: A visionary who knows what the future looks like
Servant Leader: Knows what your kitchen looks like
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LeaderMan: If it's worth doing, it worth doing with excellence
Servant Leader: Not exactly sure how to even calculate "worth doing"
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LeaderMan: Talks about confronting one another in love
Servant Leader: Actually confronts you in love
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LeaderMan: Impressed by success and successful people
Servant Leader: Impressed by faithfulness
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LeaderMan: Invests time in you, if you are "key people"
Servant Leader: Wastes time with you
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LeaderMan: Reveals sins of his past
Servant Leader: Reveals sins of his present
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LeaderMan: Gives you things to do
Servant Leader: Gives you freedom
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LeaderMan: Leads because of official position
Servant Leader: Leads in spite of position
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LeaderMan: Deep down, threatened by other Leaders
Servant Leader: Has nothing to lose
You may read the blog and comments on Letters from Kamp Drusty blog at
http://branthansen.typepad.com/letters_from_kamp_krusty/2008/09/servant-leaderhas-somethingto-say---leadermanwantsa-place-to-say-something--leaderman-you-almost-feel-you-know-his-famil.html
