The Leader's Desk®
Episode 5Faith & Calling24 min

The Call to Lead

Leadership is a stewardship, not a career. On discerning your call and leading from calling rather than ambition.

Archbishop Dr. Segunlebi A. Shalom

Archbishop Dr. Segunlebi A. Shalom

Founder & Rector, LeadershipWorld

Host, The Leader's Desk®

Leadership Summary

Leadership is a stewardship, not a career. On discerning your call and leading from calling rather than ambition.

Full Transcript

Before you were formed in the womb, He knew you. Leadership begins with knowing whose you are...

Key Leadership Lessons

  • Ambition asks 'what can I get?'; calling asks 'what have I been given?'
  • Your gift will make room for you — steward it.
  • Leading from calling produces peace even in storms.

Bible References

Jeremiah 1:4-10Romans 12:1-81 Peter 4:10-11

Reflection Questions

  1. Are you leading from ambition or from calling?
  2. What has God entrusted to your hands that you have not fully stewarded?
  3. What would change if you led as a steward, not an owner?

Leadership Challenge

Spend 30 minutes in silence this week and write one sentence describing the leadership you have been called to.