I am taking a class called "transformational leadership." That's a big name that can mean a lot of things. In my studies, I have found in Jim Collins' book, Good to Great, that the difference between a Level 4 Leader, the top tier of transactional leadership, and a Level 5 Leader, the Transformational Leader, is the depreciation of Ego. An executive leader that is immersed with himself operates transactionally, i.e coping with complexity, in lieu of being an agent of transformation, which really means creating waves of change. To be the complete leader God intended, we must negate self in the promotion of others. Elevate everyone else (This provides another clue to what "submission" looks like in relationships).
In Kouze and Posner's The Leadership Challenge he states that "Exemplary leaders have a passion for something other than their own fame and fortune." It is this passion that inpires a shared vision for others to fully own. Again, others. Rad.
By definition, this philosophy from secular sources points to something higher than oneself. Ultimately, there has to be a universal picture of a "diminished Ego" in order to elevate others. And there is. The Cross of Jesus Christ is God not only reducing his Ego, but crushing it, so that the world that He loves would be elevated to a place that we could not attain on our own. So much more to write... but I am finding that the loudest message of Transformational Leadership [Ego - down, World - up] is found in the cross of Jesus Christ.
I like studying,
AK
~ The art of leadership dwells a good deal in the future. ~ Max Depree
~ If you and I name the sacrificial realities to those we lead, we as a team have an opportunity to recommit to the vision we share together. ~ Andy Kelly
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