In the inaugural post for this blog I discussed the fact that our current notion of leadership is in need of transformation. The leadership paradigm that I believe is best able to position leaders in both the sacred and secular arenas for long-term efficiency and mission success is servant-leadership. There are many varied definitions of servant-leadership being espoused in the world today, with all of them have similar characteristics and origins. Allow me to define what I mean when using the term, servant-leadership. This definition has been refined (and may be refined even more) through reading other definitions, and personal experience.
I define a servant-leader as one who, by intentionally serving and sacrificing for the needs of others, is able to influence them toward common goals.