Week 4: Chapter 3 — The Qualities of Leadership (Part 1)

1.Sanders lists several qualities he considers essential to spiritual leadership in this chapter — including discipline, vision, wisdom, decision, and courage. Which of these do you feel most naturally drawn to, and which feels most foreign or underdeveloped in you?

2.Sanders puts a heavy emphasis on discipline — particularly self-discipline — as foundational to all other leadership qualities. Why does he argue that no one can lead others who cannot first lead themselves?

3.Sanders quotes Samuel Brengle of the Salvation Army as an illustration of humility producing genuine authority. What was it about Brengle's spirit that made him so influential, and how does that challenge the way authority is typically gained and exercised?