In Mark 9:35, Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be first must be last and servant of all.”
Today, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus…the Christ…and my Lord…let’s stop and reflect on Charles Manz’s perspective about the Leadership Wisdom of Jesus: Practical Lessons for Today.
Manz describes four major themes found in Jesus Christ’s leadership. He starts the same way I started my Out of This World Leadership blog this year…with your most powerful leadership tool (click here to see my first blog post). Manz claims, “the first step to becoming an effective leader is to look in the mirror.”
Clean Mirror Image
Master the art of leading yourself and you will lay the foundation for helping others do the same. Manz points to Matthew 7:5, which says, “First take the log out of your eye, then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.”
Optimal leadership requires that we keep our insides (our self-leadership heart) as well as our outsides, clean. Jesus is more concerned with honesty & integrity than he is with our “professional image” or “executive presence”.
To learn more about the other three themes from Jesus’ leadership, click here.