Category: Servant Leadership

The Humility Imperative

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it. - Criss Jami

Today is #BeHumbleDay.  Ironically, the founder of the day is unknown.  There is no boasting allowed on “Be Humble Day.” Choosing not to brag about your successes is especially difficult in today’s day and age, where our culture is hyper-focused on individual success and self-promotion.

Last August, as I was working my way through The Beatitudes and Jesus Christ’s words “Blessed are the meek…”, I blogged a summary of Andrew Murray’s classic book Humility.

Shortly thereafter, I was contacted by Andrew Kerr, who noted that he annually teaches dozens of classes on humility and offered a free copy of his book.  Of course, I took him up on the offer; and now, you get to benefit from it!

Click here for my summary of Andrew Kerr’s The Humility Imperative.

Jesus on Leadership

In Luke 14:11, Jesus said, “Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  He taught and embodied leadership as service.  If we take a high-level look at Jesus’ life, we see that everything He did was to serve not His own will but the will of His Father.

Gene Wilkes provides us with these seven principles to lead as Jesus led:

  1. Jesus humbled Himself and allowed God to exalt Him.
  2. Jesus followed His Father’s will rather than sought a position.
  3. Jesus defined greatness as being a servant and being first as becoming a slave.
  4. Jesus risked serving others because He trusted that He was God’s Son.
  5. Jesus left His place at the head table to serve the needs of others.
  6. Jesus shared responsibility and authority with those He called to lead.
  7. Jesus built a team to carry out a worldwide vision.

Click here to learn how to learn the timeless wisdom on servant leadership.