One of the functions of leadership is to lead, and weak managers may simply check and check and check with others because they are not capable of leading when it is required of them to lead. Benedict says that in matters of importance the abbot or prioress is to ask everyone in the community, ‘starting with the youngest,’ and then the abbot or prioress is to ‘do what seems best.

One of the functions of leadership is to lead, and weak managers may simply check and check and check with others because they are not capable of leading when it is required of them to lead. Benedict says that in matters of importance the abbot or prioress is to ask everyone in the community, ‘starting with the youngest,’ and then the abbot or prioress is to ‘do what seems best.

– Joan D. Chittister –

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