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About This Book

This book is not the definitive text on how to lead like Jesus. We believe the definitive text is Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time, by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges, co-founders of the Lead Like Jesus movement.¹ We recommend that all Christians read this book and try to incorporate its principles into their everyday relationships at home, at work, and in their communities. Were it not for Ken and Phil’s work in that book and in their Lead Like Jesus Encounters, this book could not have been written. This book represents an effort to affirm Ken and Phil’s insights about how Jesus calls us to lead and to develop those insights further in light of Catholic teaching, tradition, and experience.

For example, Ken and Phil insist that everyone is called to be a leader. We agree. Because we recognize that Catholicism sees married life as a true vocation and places a great emphasis on the value of families in building a just society and a vital faith community, you will find sections called “In the Family” scattered throughout this book. In these we explore various facets of the call to lead like Jesus in our homes. You will also find sections called “On the Job,” “In the Community,” and “In the Church” sprinkled throughout, where we explore Christlike leadership in those specific contexts.

You will also find that we expand the concept of servant leadership to include steward leadership and shepherd leadership, uniting the three under the banner of S³ Leadership. Our purpose is not to dilute the core insight, captured so well in Scripture and explained so clearly by Ken and Phil, that Jesus calls us to be servant leaders. Rather, our purpose is to add two legs to help balance and stabilize that great truth so that we all might live better, love more, and build the kingdom as Jesus did — with the heart of a true servant leader focused on fulfilling the will of God.