Lead Like Jesus Revisited

Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite. When his brother Ludvig died in France, a newspaper mistakenly printed an obituary about Alfred instead of Ludvig. As a result, Alfred had the unusual experience of reading his own obituary. To his dismay, the focal point of the piece was the destruction brought about through his invention of dynamite. Dev

“Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant” (Matthew 20:26).

The greatest barrier to leading like Jesus is Edging God Out of our lives (EGO).

When Ken was a college professor, he would be in trouble with the faculty when he gave out the final exam questions on the first day of class—and he did so every semester. When the faculty found out, they asked Ken, “What are you doing?” He calmly responded, “I thought we were supposed to teach these students.” “We are—but we don’t give them the fi

We are prone to making poor decisions when we are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.

Leaders need safe-harbor relationships in which they can lay down all the armor and weapons they need to face the world and can relax in confidential and unguarded conversation.

For followers of Jesus, servant leadership is not an option; servant leadership is a mandate.

“Whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:27–28

if there is a disagreement over goals, the leader wins because he or she represents the organizational goals. When Moses went to the top of the mountain to get the Ten Commandments, he didn’t take a committee with him. Otherwise, he would have come down with three commandments and seven suggestions. Similarly, Jesus didn’t involve His disciples muc