#163. What If Leadership Isn't About Being in Control?: Surrender, Stewardship, and Servanthood
Lasting leadership does not begin with charisma or ambition but with surrender, stewardship, and servanthood. Dr Margaret Diddams and Dr Shirley Mullen coauthored Tried and True: The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership, which draws on John Wesley as a wise and surprisingly relevant leadership tutor for cultivating courage, humility, and hope for leadership that can last a lifetime. https://www.ivpress.com/margaret-diddamshttps://www.ivpress.com/shirley-a-mullenhttps://www.ivpress.com/tried-and-trueWHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Relevancy of John Wesley's Leadership StyleHealthy Organizations Need Healthy LeadersLasting Leadership Begins with Surrender, Stewardship, and ServanthoodABOUT THE GUEST: Dr Margaret Diddams is an industrial-organizational psychologist, leadership consultant, educator, and editor of Christian Scholar’s Review, whose work explores how Christian faith shapes leadership, character, and human flourishing. Having served in higher-education leadership, including as provost of Wheaton College, and in the corporate world at Microsoft, she brings both scholarly depth and practical experience to the question of what faithful leadership requires in complex institutions. She is coauthor, with Shirley Mullen, of Tried and True: The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership, which draws on John Wesley as a wise and surprisingly relevant leadership tutor for cultivating courage, humility, and hope for leadership that can last a lifetime. Dr Shirley Mullen served for four decades in the world of Christian higher education, most recently for 15 years as the President of Houghton University. She has earned doctorates in both history and philosophy. In retirement, she has served on several boards, and continued her mentoring of young leaders, as well as speaking and writing. Her book, Claiming the Courageous Middle, came out from Baker Academic in 2024. RELATED LINKS:
