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Today, more than ever, people are looking for leadership that can transform lives and situations in deep and powerful ways.
This fact is underscored by the number of books written on leadership each year. It is underscored by the amount of money that corporations, faith communities, small businesses, and individuals spend each year on leadership.
In January, 2008 I attended The Rethink Conference at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. A majority of the speeches and keynotes were about the need for significant authentic authoritative servant leadership.
In 2005, I was invited to participate in a book project called Leadership Defined. The subtitle reads: In-depth interviews with America's Top Leadership Experts. The book is set up like a high end shopping mall. You have your anchor stores and then your smaller stores.
The anchor store leaders are Former U.N. Ambassador Alan Keyes, General Alexander M. Haig, Dr. Warren Bennis (Advisor to ten presidents) and a few others. I like to think of my chapter as the Sharper Image on leadership. But the book's purpose is to give its' readers an opportunity to learn leadership principles from excellent leaders in all areas of life.
We have a need for people who will take authority in leading people to have life and to have it more abundantly because of their deep and abiding relationship with God. What our country needs more than anything else is strong, spiritual leadership. The United States has a "plethora of information, but a paucity of leadership." (Mike McCurry, Seminary Keynote Address).
Dionne Warwick sang a song in the 1970's: "What the world needs now is love sweet love." She was right. And we still need love.
But I am convinced now more than ever that what the world needs now are strong, spiritual leaders in all the walks of life. We need strong spiritual leaders in faith communities, education, politics, business, entertainment, medicine, athletics and community service.
We need authenticleaders in the area of ethics, spirituality and values on a national level. Our nation needs a clarion voice calling to corporate America and the halls of our political system for a clear concise step in the area of ethics.
IIt is time that our universities, both state and private, as well as our high schools, both private and public, created a curriculum on ethics, values, integrity and spirituality.
It is time that the boardrooms in America and in the global village implement a clear, concise and applicable teaching on ethics. In fact, every major corporation should strive to have a Vice President of Ethics and Relations who will strive to coach, teach, mentor and oversee the implementation of ethics and integrity across the corporate culture.
And, it is time that the same emphasis be placed across each of the major disciplines in faith communities of every creed, education, politics, business, entertainment, media, medicine, athletics and community service.
Then and only then will our nation and will our global village thrive with excellence, productivity and well being.
It is time to stand up. It's time to take a stand for excellence in all we do and are. Let's reach for the heights and heed the clarion call.
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