This is from Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, from an interview in the April, 2009 issue of Inc.
“Business owners and chief executives have had a tremendous amount of concentrated power. They don’t really have to lead. If I put a gun to your head, I can get you to do a lot of things. It means I have power. It doesn’t mean I’ve led. In business, we largely have power, not leadership. In a social-sector organization, power is diffuse. So, getting things done requires the ability to truly lead. If you want to create a movement, you can’t order it or demand it or will it into existence by exerting concentrated power. It just won’t work.”
This seems to be true. What about in churches, with pastors and staff and associates. Is there more power, or leadership? Do people act on authority, however diffuse, or power?
