Leadership, a word too broad for me to talk about. Too much to say but too few to put it on writing. There’s so much I have in my mind with this word. But I can narrow it to one word, that is “lead”.
I believe there are different ways or methods of Leadership. Or there are different ways on how to lead. Some lead in power, some lead through fame. Some lead with influence, while other lead in authority. Some lead because they are in position, and some lead, perhaps the best, because they are leaders. But the thing that I like most is leadership that comes by the example of the heroes of the Bible. Yes, there are lots of leaders who lived and died, some remembered, some we don’t and forgotten. Some are well known because of what they’ve done and accomplished. But the Leaders of the Bible, are known because of God. Not because of what they have done or accomplished but of what God has accomplished through them.
It’s indeed interesting there’s so much difference on leadership of how man displays, as to the leadership God displays. Leadership of man speaks of self-glory and self-proclaimed victories and such, whereas the leadership of the heroes of the bible displays God’s glory and God’s awesomeness, very distinct and very far from each other. Here is a gap and can see so much differences amongst it. And if I have to make to differ about it, I can perhaps show some. And let me categorize it as Leadership of the world and Leadership of God.
1. Leadership of the world focuses more on power and authority, while Leadership of God focuses on serving and humility.
2. Leadership of the world focuses to seek benefit of their own, while Leadership of God focuses on others.
3. Leadership of the world focuses on self-abilities, whereas Leadership of God focuses on depending mainly on God.
These are few things I may say about the differences. There may be more.
Far more than these, there are a lot of things I may share about leadership, as it is indeed a continuous learning experience. As we lead others and those before us, to a destination we all hope to be and accomplish.
In my experience, being a leader wasn’t exactly a one-day training, or one day job. In other words, experience has taught me much about leadership. Every failure had become a stepping stone to do things better on the next. And every victory serves as a reminder to maintain it and not give it up.
At first, leadership was not in my mind, I’d rather be on low profile mode or something. But it seems people place me to it anyway. I’ve always known, I don’t have all the capacity of knowing everything and having all capabilities, but I do recognize that each individual has its own capabilities and/or skills. Everyone has a gift in doing something and doing it at its best. And so far I try to make use of that knowledge. Trial and error is also has its benefits. It may hurt to have error, but the most important? You learn.
Hmmm? Just remembered the Lakers of the NBA and what Phil Jackson told Kobe before. “You can’t lead them, if they are not ready to follow you.” (If I remember it right) It’s an interesting statement, almost the same when talking about character of a person. When we talk about character, much is really said. Character is one of the most important things when it comes to leadership. I believe it’s one that magnifies the capability and the effectiveness of one becoming a good or even a great leader, for a character tells whether a man can be worthy of following or not. It’s indeed hard to follow someone who is hard to trust, or someone who is not faithful, or does not stand by his / her own word.
Indeed, leadership is about leading a certain group towards a certain goal, and making sure that it can be met. It’s a hard work and requires a lot of learning to become a leader. I’m not the best of it, but it’s certainly a good goal to be one.