In their book The 5 Pillars of Leadership, Meyer and Slechta posit that the first three fundamentals of leadership are integrity, a servant’s heart and stewardship. The chord of your character, if built with those three strands, will not easily be broken!
Warren Bennis is quoted as saying that “Character is the key to leadership” and research, done by Harvard University professors, indicates that 85% of a leader’s performance depends on personal character.
Character helps you clearly define your goals because they are formed with integrity that is born from a Godly fear. These goals serve the needs of a leader’s followers because the Christian leader has first learned to serve their Master; and their goals reflect the attitude that the Leader does not “own” the business and its resources: the effective leader understands that s/he is a steward of those resources.
For the Christian leader, the source of character is a reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord: ignoring this fear (The attitude that I will fear no one!) has consequences. There is the final judge. What we do, what we think and what we say ultimately matters.
One of the paradoxes of Christianity is that happiness (blessedness) starts with fear. Know God - No Fear. Fear God - Know happiness.
From what are strands in your chord of character made?
Proverbs 28:14 (NIV) Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Thursday, May 28, 2009
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