Reimagining Faith and Management

12Religious organisations as a litmus test for true leadership

Leonard Bloksberg

Religion brings people together

United whatever the weather

Their leaders succeed

If they don’t shout their creed

And their egos are safely in tether

Godfrey D’Lima

Introduction to leadership in business and religious organisations

Everyone agrees that leadership is important, but most people seem to struggle with what leadership is. Most people confuse the concept of leader with boss, or leadership with management, so we begin by clarifying this difference. A boss tells people what to do while a leader motivates people to want to do things. Management is about coordinating people to get things done while leadership is about motivating people to ...