Humble Intelligence Leaders Don’t Seek the Credit.
Jesus is often referred to as the greatest example of servant leadership to have ever lived. In his own counter-cultural manner, he went about his ministry serving the people he encountered in whatever way was needed at the moment. Healing, encouragement, forgiveness, food, and care were all ways in which Jesus served, even while possessing the power to do whatever He might choose to do at any given time. But instead of overturning governments and flexing His creator-of-the-universe-muscles, he washed feet, wept with beloved friends, and provided wine at a wedding party.
Author of Love Does, a fantastic book about authentic Christian compassion, Bob Goff stated,
“In a world driven by self-promotion and spin, Jesus modeled something different for us. Jesus was saying that instead of telling people about what we’re doing all the time, there’s a better way. One that doesn’t require any capes that can get snagged on something—something like ourselves. Maybe Jesus wants us to be secretly incredible instead. That was His plan for self-promotion. Secretly incredible people keep what they do one of God’s best-kept secrets because the only one who needs to know, the God of the universe, already knows.”
Part of having humble intelligence is that you don’t need to always make sure that people know every good thing that you do. Sometimes, leaders should just do good things and not care who gets the credit, or better yet, get others involved and give away the credit to them.
Be a humble leader.
Lead well.