Spirit of Leadership

Introduction

Leadership is a trusted privilege given by followers. T here is nothing as elusive as leadership. All the money in the world can make you rich, and all the power in the world can make you strong, but these things can never make you a leader. You can inherit a fortune but never leadership. Yet there is no greater need in our twenty-first century world than effective, competent leadership. Our greatest challenge is that of a leadership vacuum. The number one need all over the globe today is not money, social programs, or even new governments. It is quality, moral, disciplined, principle-centered leadership. We need true leadership in our governments, busi nesses, schools, civic institutions, youth communities, religious organizations, homes, and in every arena of life— including the disciplines of law, medicine, science, sports, and the media. Yet the search for genuine leadership is becoming more difficult. WHERE ARE THE TRUE LEADERS? The complex, uncertain, uncharted waters of the twenty-first century have plunged us in to a world of glo balization, terrorism, economic uncertainty, famines, health epidemics, social transformation, corporate compromises,

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