Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Was Jesus qualified to lead?

I'm enjoying the book "Lead like Jesus" by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges. I wanted to share one of the lists that has made the largest impression on me so far. Throughout my service as a friend, deacon, small group leader and manager, I have come across people that have questioned Jesus' ability to be human.

Usually, the questions are in regard to how His temptation and sinless life is different than our own temptations and ability to stand under them. This list is pretty convincing that His human methods of leadership and tackling difficult problems were the best methods this world has ever experienced. Those that doubt His temptation was the same will probably claim that healing the sick and giving sight to the blind was an unfair advantage, but that doesn't discount His effectiveness as the greatest world leader to ever walk the earth.

Here's the list of leadership challenges that you can evaluate for yourself. Did Jesus rise to these challenges?

  • Working with or living and caring for imperfect people
  • Taking time to train, develop, and delegate
  • Under constant scrutiny and testing of commitment and integrity
  • Required to handle rejection, criticism, and opposition
  • Facing fierce competition and conflicting demands from friends and foes
  • Tempted by instant gratification, recognition, and misuse of power
  • Facing serious personnel issues, including turnover and betrayal
  • Required to communicate in a multicultural environment
  • The need to challenge the status quo and hierarchy to bring about change
  • The need to call attention to poor leadership at great personal risk
  • The need to put career or relationships on the line to serve a higher purpose

Well, What do you think?

1 comment:

Joan said...

NAH.

JUST KIDDING.

What kind of question is that?

A good one...sometimes the lack of noticing the obvious good question astounds me. Good job.