What sort of leadership?
I watched with interest the Kings Coronation at the weekend. One of the themes in the ceremony was of servant leadership. Leadership coaches often accept that this is a valid option for a leader, although I suspect few actively promote it.
In a lecture given in 2006 in his native South Africa, against a backdrop of changing leadership, Desmond Tutu commended servant leadership, noting that the following?did this. Nelson Mandela, the Dalia Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jnr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Mother Teresa.?
‘Almost all who have become outstanding leaders have demonstrated this remarkable attribute of selfless altruism. The leader is there not for what he or she can get out of this exalted position. No, the real, the true leader knows the position is to enable the leader to serve those?he leads. It is not an opportunity for self-aggrandisement, but for the service of the led.’ (Desmond Tutu, God is not a Christian)