I personally witnessed the downfall of an executive director that i worked for a decade ago. When his incompetence finally came collapsing down upon him and he was relieved of his command, there was quite a mess to clean up. The problem was, it wasn't just his incompetence that had to be corrected. He had multiplied by hiring people who were less qualified, and hence less of a threat, to him in every area. This organization had a core of incompetence that, like a cancer, had infiltrated every department & nearly caused the demise of the entire organization.
By contrast, Jesus as a CEO was eager and intent upon hiring people he felt could replace him. "Greater things that than i had done shall you do," he promised. Jesus did not hoard or guard the power of his office. He kept teaching and sharing & demonstrating it so team members would learn that they, too, had the power to do what he had done.
In order for him to be so generous with his power, Jesus obviously had to have been extremely secure. He repeatedly affirmed and clearly understood his standing with "the chairman of the board." He never doubted that, when it was all over, he would be sitting at the head Table. His job was to fill that table and make sure others were sitting with him.
The McDermids were asked to take the stage at the GNLD's Southern Africa convention in 2012, and more than half of the over 5,000 delegates /distributors @ the convention were directly or indirectly sponsored by them, in other words, the vast majority of those present at that convention were trained and tutored by the McDermids. To me, that's true leadership. The success of the McDermids at that very convention was not defined by their riches but by the number of people they have trained and empowered. Had they been insecure as leaders, they might have tried to lessen the competition. But in fact, they were busy training their replacement.
Jesus trained his replacements, & so should we!
Olu Akpata(Zûr)
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