As I read through \u201cConcepts of Leadership\u201d by Bernard M. Bass, I begin to reflect on the fact that in some of the oldest text discovered there is evidence of leaders and leadership. The article states, \u201cLeaders as prophets, priest, chiefs, and kings served as symbols, representatives, and models for their people in the Old and New Testaments\u201d (49)\u2014I find myself reminiscing on the idea that there has always been a somebody who has a following\/ and or a leader.<\/p>\n
At my last college, I took a class on the Bible\u2014history and literature. After taking that class I began to understand the differences between the power that the Roman army had above all else. Even though Jesus had apostles and followers; he was a leader to them, but the Roman army had more power, and Pontius Pilate, the man in charge are killing Jesus, had a sense of leadership. Although his power and leadership can be seen in many eyes as evil, he had the leadership power to be able to defeat.<\/p>\n
Bass also suggests in his text that there are \u201cleadership rivals\u201d in times of civilization coming fourth (50). Again, we can see that through the Bible, but we can most definitely see the rivalry in everyday life. To become the caption of a sports team, to be elected as a chair or a president in an organization, working your way to the top of a business chain. We see rivalries every day and because of that now I see the importance of studying leadership and hopefully being able to determine how I can better myself for the moments I must be a leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As I read through \u201cConcepts of Leadership\u201d by Bernard M. Bass, I begin to reflect on the fact that in some of the oldest text…<\/p>\n