I came across this helpful definition of leadership.

“To be a leader is to be vulnerable – to meet the disapproving stares of others with the joy and certainty of God’s infinite love.

To be a leader is to be imperfect – to enjoy the enriching process of a new challenge with the hope and confidence of the master.

To be a leader is to be naïve – to believe the very best of all people in the love and acceptance of our saviour.

To be a leader is to be trusting – to disregard dire projections of gloom for the joy and creativity of our creator.

To be a leader is to be honest – to own our sinfulness with the sincerity and authenticity of the Spirit.

To be a leader is to be unique – to accept the wonderful gift of self, in the knowledge and understanding of community.

To be a leader is to be free – to welcome recurring waves of change with the awe and wonder of a child.

To be a leader is to be empowering – to share the exhilarating power of information in the establishment of inter-connectedness.

To be a leader is to be humble – to give the inestimable gift of flexibility with the grace and forgiveness of God.

To be a leader is to be whole – to know the startling reality that I am central, yet peripheral, in God’s plan for the world.

To be a leader is to be weak – to understand that I can rest in the hollow of God’s hand only in the total yielding and complete trusting of my child’s heart.”

~ Dee Bernhardt