Tuesday, June 05, 2007

What is Leadership?

Here are a couple of definitions for leadership. Do they seem to fit? What are they missing?

Robert Greenleaf
"The essence of leadership is the desire to serve one another and to serve something beyond ourselves."

Bill Thrall
"Leadership is influencing others. When one life touches another--in a family, community, organization or culture--the effect is called influence."

Joseph Jawarski
"Leadership is about the release of human possibilities."

Bobb Biehl
"Leadership is knowing what to do next, why it is important, and bringing the necessary resources to bear on the need at hand."

How does this definition change if it is for "redemptive" leadership?

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