In March 2013, Jorge Bergoglio was named Pope for the Catholic Church. He selected the name “Pope Francis”—inspired by St. Francis of Assisi—to signal to the world that he would focus on society’s poor, as well as on the sickest and weakest among us.
Throughout his public life, both as an individual and as a religious leader, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs and faiths. He is known for having a simpler and less formal approach to the papacy, most notably by choosing to reside in the guesthouse rather than the papal apartments used by his predecessors.
In Lead With Humility published in September 2014, Jeffrey Krames outlines 12 leadership lessons from Pope Francis. Pope Francis shows himself to be a leader who understands that leaders lead people, not institutions.
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