The Myth of Christian Leadership. I have been teaching on leadership and related subjects for a number of years now and the more I do the more I feel that leadership or what we say is leadership, is in fact a myth. A quick Internet search showed that there were over 100 different definitions of leadership We talk about "great visionary leaders" but the fact is that these people were not born "great visionary leaders." nor do they seek greatness. Any greatness is projected on them by their followers, but these followers tend to ignore the pain, sacrifice and personal development undertaken to get to the place the leaders are now. However this does not mean there is no such thing as a "great visionary leader." Someone once made the statement that leaders are good and effective in their leadership. To me these are two different concepts. You have good leaders and you have effective leaders. In the same way you get ambitious leaders and you get hu...