LeaderMan vs ServantMan

The following article was written by Brant Hanson on his blog in 2008. You can find the original article here.

We don't need any more of "LeaderMan".  What we need are servant leaders, men and women who are gifted for leadership, whom people naturally follow, who point those people toward Jesus alone, our Teacher.

Granted, as always, I may not know what I'm talking about.  But below are some off-the-top-of-the-head attempts at distinguishing one from the other.

Servant Leader:  Has something to say

LeaderMan:  Wants a platform on which to say something

LeaderMan:  You almost feel you know his family, because he's your Leader

Servant Leader:  You allow him to influence you, because you know his family

LeaderMan: Wants you to know he's a Leader

Servant Leader:  You're not sure he knows he's a leader

LeaderMan:  Loves the idea of the Gospel, and the idea of The Church

Servant Leader: Loves God and the actual individual people God brings across his path

LeaderMan:  A great speaker, but self-described as, "Not really a people person."

Servant Leader:  Makes himself a people person

LeaderMan:  Helps you find where God is leading you in his organization

Servant Leader:  Helps you find where God is leading you

LeaderMan:  Gets together with you to talk about his vision

Servant Leader:  Just gets together with you

LeaderMan:  Resents "sheep stealing"

Servant Leader:  Doesn't get the "stealing" part, since he doesn't own anyone to begin with

LeaderMan:  Wants the right people on the bus

Servant Leader:  Wants to find the right bus for you, and sit next to you on it

Servant Leader:  Shows you his whole heart

LeaderMan:  Shows you a flow chart

LeaderMan:  A visionary who knows what the future looks like

Servant Leader:  Knows what your kitchen looks like

LeaderMan:  If it's worth doing, it worth doing with excellence

Servant Leader:  Not exactly sure how to even calculate "worth doing"

LeaderMan:  Talks about confronting one another in love

Servant Leader:  Actually confronts you in love

LeaderMan:  Impressed by success and successful people

Servant Leader:  Impressed by faithfulness

LeaderMan:  Invests time in you, if you are "key people"

Servant Leader:  Wastes time with you

LeaderMan:  Reveals sins of his past

Servant Leader:  Reveals sins of his present

LeaderMan:  Gives you things to do

Servant Leader:  Gives you freedom

LeaderMan:  Leads because of official position

Servant Leader:  Leads in spite of position

LeaderMan:  Deep down, threatened by other Leaders

Servant Leader:  Has nothing to lose