Incarnational leadership is never about yourself; it’s always about others. It’s never about elevating yourself, or about exerting your power, or gaining personally. Instead, leadership is about using your gifts, abilities, resources, and vision to make a difference for others. That difference can be as simple as helping someone master a concept (as a teacher), or as complex as heading up a global peace initiative.

Whether in your family, your job, your church, your community, or the place you work, it’s all about making progress for others. THAT is what servant leadership does.

Arguably the greatest leader in history, Jesus of Nazareth is recorded in the Gospel of John, chapter nine, as saying that if you want to be great, you must be the servant of all.

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Coming up next: Misconceptions of Servant Leadership