Removing Obstacles

When a leader keeps personal ego in check—and builds the confidence and self-esteem of others—it is then possible for the team to work together.

We teach others the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to succeed. And we work hard to get obstacles out of their way so they can make progress.
--Ken Jennings & John Stahl-Wert, The Serving Leader

Removing obstacles from another's path is a powerful and usually invisible ministry.
- Ed

Leadership Character

Spirit Leaders don’t need to have a heavy-duty ego stake (“See, I told you I was right!”) in the outcome of personality clashes. They don’t even need to hear an apology because they choose to live on the Easter side of the cross, where the selfish self is dead, buried, and out of the way, so the deeper self that is aligned with Christ may rise to faithfully serve.
--Gary Straub & Judy Turner, Your Calling as a Leader

Holy Spirit Healing

Part of the inner journey of growing in Christ is allowing the Holy Spirit to peel back the layers, heal the underlying hurts, expose our pride, and show us how to make creative and redemptive responses to things that happen in the external world. As we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in this work of inner transformation, the ego’s false-self weakens; and the true self in Christ emerges.
--Gary Straub & Judy Turner, Your Calling as a Leader