BUSI 690 Discussion Board Forum 1.docx ASSIGNMENTS 2017.pdf

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Discussion Board 1

Tawana Pointer

Liberty University

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becoming an effective leader. Today's global economy will challenge any leader to complex

situations and mind boggling tasks, but a successful leader will be able to recognize that he/she

will never have all the answers. Assistants, office managers and accountants, to name a few,

maintain the day to day operations of any office, but a true leader is ultimately the one in control

of how all the operations take place (Melville, 2009). This brings us to the question, what is

humility? why is this trait needed to be a successful leader?

It is the opposite of aggressiveness, arrogance, and vanity (Humility, n.d.). Being humble means

putting God and others first. Humility comes with the knowledge that God's creation as a whole

transcends our own personal interests. This is how a true leader should think and act. Being a

leader is not about what we want, but how we can serve others. If we posses this skill as a regular

by example. The Lord is our leader, and we follow his footsteps. We must show others that we

lead by example and that we practice what we preach. Serving others first in a leadership role is

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known as servant leadership. Servant leadership is about serving first and leading second. Today,

the business environment has become less deferential: respect and authority must be earned and

leadership is not simply a function of position (Chacksfield, 2014). Integrity and selflessness are

crucial qualities that leaders must poses. An industry that has adopted servant leadership is the

healthcare industry. Chacksfield (2014) states that there are ten principles of servant leadership

which are as follows:

engagement, more trust, and stronger relationships among our peers (Chacksfield, 2014). As

stated in Acts 20:35 "In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must

help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more

blessed to give than to receive." (ESV).

As stated earlier, the Bible teaches us humility, values, and morals that we should apply

to our daily lives as we are here on this earth following our own leader, Jesus Christ. Let us not

forget that Jesus was the leader of twelve disciples and a much greater group of followers beyond

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them (Luke 10:1-17, ESV). Jesus himself led by being a servant and serving alongside all his

followers.

someone else. Today's leaders must be careful to value each person under their authority "fairly,

equitably, and without the influence of such factors as ethnicity, education or social class"

(Flaniken, 2006). We must learn to be the best we can be first, and this is the only way we can

serve others, and in essence serve God. Jesus Christ Himself taught us, "just as the Son of Man

did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew

20:28, ESV). Let us not forget that we do not belong to ourselves; we all belong to Jesus Christ.

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Flaniken, F. (2006). Is the bible relevant to servant-leadership? The Journal of Applied Christian

Humility. n.d. Retrieved from