How do Catholic Servant Leaders focus on using leadership to serve others?
Catholic Servant Leaders strive to embody leadership with love and compassion for the sake of others, themselves and the world. Jesus tells us: “A new command I give to you: ‘Love one another.’ As I have loved you, so too must you love one another.” (John 13:34) Q: What do you mean by “embody leadership”? A: One can embody leadership when one leads others relationally with a unified mind, body and spirit. Embodied leadership is leadership that comes from our bones … from our gut … as much as from our intellect. It is the difference between actually eating a dinner as opposed to flipping through pages of a cookbook. Embodied leadership feeds your soul … and the souls of those around you. Embodied leadership is what St. Francis was talking about when he said, “Preach the gospel at all time. Use words when necessary.” For more on the importance of Embodied Leadership in Catholic Servant Leadership, please read this Good Friday reflection written by Tim Warneka. Q: I see that Tim is
