Adulation and adoration are THE great temptations for every leader (and follower). We begin to believe our own press and perseverate on our strengths and talents. This tunnel vision induces self-aggrandizement, causing leaders to lose focus on their values, their morals, and their ethics and, lemming-like, to follow that path off the cliff of self . . . .

So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed (Charles Dickens,...

The faithful Christian leader lives out of identity in Christ and points the flock to do the same.

Recognizing the fingerprints of others on our lives!

Identity and community only have real meaning when they add to others' success.

Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?) I really wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?) Tell me, who are you? (Who...