Leaders are always looking for an edge that will increase participation and cooperation. When we think of leadership in our modern time people want to be lead and not forced.
Dictionary.com defines Meekness as: humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others. The Bible has another way of looking at this term.One Hebrew translation is: Royal,
Modesty even Divine. One New Testament translation is Mildness.Mild mannered leaders get more done because when force is needed it is respected as genuine. The following scripture adds leadership capacity
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Titus 3:2-3
The leadership quality of meekness sees the faults of others and does not speak evil. Speaking evil only proves to cause strife. Some leadership styles want to harshly confront every issue to establish authority. If you reflect on your past mistakes then you can lead more effectively.
A leader seeks to guide their troops to a peaceful productive end. Good leaders instruct others away from the making the same mistakes without being hateful. A bleeding man cannot fight as effectively. Do not cut your own people. How will you use Meekness as a Powerful Leadership tool?