Stole this off Brant Hansen’s blog.
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LeaderMan: Wants a platform on which to say something
Servant Leader: Has something to say
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LeaderMan: You almost feel you know his family, because he’s your Leader
Servant Leader: You allow him to influence you, because you know his family
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LeaderMan: Wants you to know he’s a Leader
Servant Leader: You’re not sure he knows he’s a leader
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LeaderMan: Loves the idea of the Gospel, and the idea of The Church
Servant Leader: Loves God and the actual individual people God brings across his path
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LeaderMan: A great speaker, but self-described as, “Not really a people person.”
Servant Leader: Makes himself a people person
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LeaderMan: Helps you find where God is leading you in his organization
Servant Leader: Helps you find where God is leading you
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LeaderMan: Gets together with you to talk about his vision
Servant Leader: Just gets together with you
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LeaderMan: Resents “sheep stealing”
Servant Leader: Doesn’t get the “stealing” part, since he doesn’t own anyone to begin with
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LeaderMan: Wants the right people on the bus
Servant Leader: Wants to find the right bus for you, and sit next to you on it
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LeaderMan: Shows you a flow chart
Servant Leader: Shows you his whole heart
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LeaderMan: A visionary who knows what the future looks like
Servant Leader: Knows what your kitchen looks like
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LeaderMan: If it’s worth doing, it worth doing with excellence
Servant Leader: Not exactly sure how to even calculate “worth doing”
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LeaderMan: Talks about confronting one another in love
Servant Leader: Actually confronts you in love
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LeaderMan: Impressed by success and successful people
Servant Leader: Impressed by faithfulness
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LeaderMan: Invests time in you, if you are “key people”
Servant Leader: Wastes time with you
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LeaderMan: Reveals sins of his past
Servant Leader: Reveals sins of his present
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LeaderMan: Gives you things to do
Servant Leader: Gives you freedom
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LeaderMan: Leads because of official position
Servant Leader: Leads in spite of position
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LeaderMan: Deep down, threatened by other Leaders
Servant Leader: Has nothing to lose
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Comments
20 responses to “Leaderman or Servant Leader?”
Wow. If pain is good, then this is really good!
ME…Just READ TRUTH!
Very good – time for some reflection.
Only one I’d change is the worth doing–I understand what he’s going for but I think the servant leader understands worth doing from a heart perspective.
Perfect timing…thanks!
thanks anne for stealing??? and thanks brant for allowing the theft!!! great stuff…
Ouch!
whoa. great stuff.
love it!
I love that!! The whole “spirit of Excellence” crap at churches REALLY bothers me, they use that to justify so much EXTRA in my opinion. and Leader wanna-be’s spout it off like they actually do it themselves but really they just want impress people more then truly be excellent.
I stole it form you, gave props :-)
i love the truths here. the sad thing is that 80% of people will still follow ‘leaderman’
That is good stuff. Nothing to say, just have some reflecting to do. Being a leader is scary.
BINGO!
I do think at times there’s a balance on a couple finer points, but really…this is right on.
I especially like the “wasting time” idea. If people are important to leaders, then who cares about keeping it on the clock.
Leadership…true leadership – is hard and often lonely. The Bible speaks to this when it warns against desiring leadership. I will say, though, that I’ve followed born-leaders and reluctant leaders and there are pitfalls in both. We need to be careful not to discount the “supernatural” when we define a leader as one or the other….
Christ led from the passion of his heart – but he did lead. He was selective in who he poured his life into, and he talked constantly about “his vision” – he did it all out of love. After Moses got over himself, he led. The people would’ve perished had he done otherwise. Children suffer if their parents would rather be thought of as cool than having to make the tough choices.
I totally get the back-lash against CEO-type leadership that is more image than substance, but I do think we have to be careful not to stereotype. It’s a tough road – to be in charge – and through God’s grace, hopefully, we can lead, on purpose, without losing the love.
Thank you for this…very nice…I posted it on my blog.
Thank you so much for posting this!
Unfortunately, this makes more sense than I would’ve ever imagined! Our only experience with church has been with a Leaderman, I’d really like to meet the servant leader. Do they even exist?
wow. this is spot on.
Angie – alas, a voice of reason and thought rather than stereotype, good job
Excelente trabajo. Me parece maravilloso. Este es el camino que nos permitir? ser m?s humanos y menos animales. Me gusto mucho. Adelante por favor.