C gene wilkes biography

C. Gene Wilkes, Jesus on Leadership: Discovering the Secrets of Servant Leadership. Tyndale House Publishers, 1998.

Referenced in: Servant Leadership

LifeandLeadership.com Summary

Wilkes reflects keen awareness of good literature on leadership (e.g.

Jesus on leadership by c gene wilkes

Robert Greenleaf, Max De Pree, Warren Bennis), but the real value of his work arises out of his own experience of being humbled into leading like Jesus. He combines this experience with learnings from scripture and leadership theory to derive seven principles of servant leadership:

1. Humble your heart – servant leaders humble their heart and wait for God to exalt them.
2. First be a follower – servant leaders follow Jesus instead of seek a position.
3. Find greatness in service – servant leaders give up personal rights to find greatness in service to others.

4. Take risks – servant leaders can risk serving others because they trust that God is in control of their lives.
5. Take up