Sacred Leadership

“Sacred” leaders maintain a laser like focus on the organization’s mission to serve, guided by an enduring set of values and a concern for the FUTURE.

The vast majority of the leadership literature is really about management, not leadership; what we call the “MBA approach to leadership” with a focus on the bottom line and the short term.

A smaller, but important segment of leadership studies focuses upon the leader. Of course, the attributes of the leader are crucial to success, but “sacred” leadership transcends the person.

Mr. Davis proposes that there is a higher level of leadership; what he calls Sacred Leadership. Leadership is “sacred” when:

It focuses on a mission to serve the common good
It is guided by enduring values
It honors the democratic “rule of law”
It meets the needs of the present, but provides for the future
It assumes a visionary and enlisting role

Defined
- The Goal
- The Need
- Guiding Principles
In Practice
- In Service Professions
- In Business
- In Our Lives