Growing up in a devoted Christian home, I always wondered why some Christian leaders were so different from others. My father being the Head Elder in the congregation, I knew and was known by every member of the board. Some of them really attracted people, while you could not get away fast enough from others. I always wondered WHY?
After being born again at the age of thirty in 1981, I found the answer in Jesus Christ. The difference between leaders, (apart from temperament and personality traits) was that some of them were like Jesus, and others? Well, not quite! This was the beginning of a study that went on for more than twenty years, and which culminated in a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology and Leadership. To me, one of the most powerful statements that Jesus made was: I AM. THE GOOD SHEPHERD!
He changed my life, and I saw His power changing the lives of thousands of others.
The greatest quality in a leader, is being able to follow.