Leadership Power and Insecurity

Its incredible what power does to a leaders' ability and readiness to see the future.  You'd think that 'seeing forward' and leading others there is the hallmark of leadership.  Not always.

The Bible has a story (many actually) that demonstrates this.  In the face of an obvious miracle that demonstrated the power of a new movement at hand, Jewish leadership called in the upstarts to warn them to suppress things.  What was going on was getting disruptive to the system they lead (managed).  Read the story in the book of Acts, chapter 4.  They were only concerned about self-protection and thwarting any new thing that might change the game and negatively impact the security of their system and the positions they played in it.

The tendency to protect what is, continues to show up in leaders today.  Need I point out the too-numerous contemporary examples from politics to religion?

Ironic - it's the leaders who are often the last ones on board, because they are the first ones to think about how change will affect the security of their power and status.

If you are a leader - are you actually leading?