Leading with Mission

Part of the HR Management Excellence Series

"...growing in leadership is a process to serve a higher purpose and not an objective in itself. It is the result of engaging in a journey that helps us grow in our own humanity. We refer here to the journey of becoming 'men and women for others and with others' (Kolvenbach 2008). So, what matters is not 'leadership' in itself, but to what extent the process allows us and the people we meet in the journey to live more abundantly and to help our institutions fulfill their final purpose. The ultimate purpose … is to be in relationship, to communicate, to mobilize teams and other stakeholders and to build and structure our institutions ​in service of our higher purpose. Put simply, leadership development is at its core personal development with practical tools that help us fulfill together the mission entrusted to us.”
Discerning Leadership