Does the Internet promote servant leadership?
Was reading a Wall Street Journal blog post (http://ow.ly/1uSd) that an acquaintance [http://twitter.com/isaacw]forwarded via Twitter and came across this quote within...
"4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
On the Web, every leader is a servant leader; no one has the power to command or sanction. Credible arguments, demonstrated expertise and selfless behavior are the only levers for getting things done through other people. Forget this online, and your followers will soon abandon you."
The context of this article is the expectations of the current "Facebook generation" as they enter the world of the Fortune 500, and what these "FB-gen" employees might expect from leadership. The correlation to biblical servant leadership is eerily close, isn't it? It is certainly not an exact 1:1 comparison, but interesting nonetheless.
"4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
On the Web, every leader is a servant leader; no one has the power to command or sanction. Credible arguments, demonstrated expertise and selfless behavior are the only levers for getting things done through other people. Forget this online, and your followers will soon abandon you."
The context of this article is the expectations of the current "Facebook generation" as they enter the world of the Fortune 500, and what these "FB-gen" employees might expect from leadership. The correlation to biblical servant leadership is eerily close, isn't it? It is certainly not an exact 1:1 comparison, but interesting nonetheless.
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