Leadership Qualities of Daniel

Leadership Qualities of Daniel

In 605 BC, Daniel was taken captive to Babylon as a prisoner of war. Yet he was selected by King Nebuchadnezzar and rose to a position second only to the king himself, helping to govern the empire in a foreign land. From Daniel’s life, I see three outstanding...
Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership

These days, the buzzword in leadership is servant leadership. Especially when the leader is a religious leader, servant leadership is considered essential. Yet few leadership styles are as misunderstood and misapplied as servant leadership. Fundamentally, a leader and...
The Paradox of Spiritual Leadership

The Paradox of Spiritual Leadership

Leadership experts consistently advise aspiring leaders to maximize their strengths in order to become effective leaders. Efforts to overcome one’s weaknesses are commendable. However, overcoming weaknesses does not make one a better leader, because weaknesses cannot...
Listening

Listening

Leadership is “influence.” Leadership is also “communication.” Those who cannot communicate have no chance to exert influence. Great leaders throughout history—such as Churchill, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.—all possessed an outstanding command of language. In...