Category: Leadership Lessons

Amnon was the first son of David, king of Israel and he was born into a leadership position because as the firstborn of his father, he was the head of his siblings and his father’s household. Also, he should have become king and leader of Israel after his father’s death. He began as a leader…

How Did Liz Murray Go From Homeless to Harvard? What Lessons Can We Learn? Liz Murray is an American inspirational speaker who went from homeless to Harvard University. She is the founder and director of Manifest Living and one of the most highly sought-after motivational speakers in the world. She is the author of the…

Joy Mangano is an American businesswoman, inventor, and creator of the self-wringing Miracle Mop. Like everyone else, Joy started with a dream. She became an inventor at a young age when she dreamed up a fluorescent flea collar to keep pets safe. At the time, she was a teenager working at an animal hospital in…

Canadian singer, songwriter, and actress Shania Twain was born on the 28th of August 1965 as Eilleen Regina Edwards to Sharon and Clarence Edwards. She was the first of three daughters. When she was two years old, her parents divorced, and her mother moved to Timmins, Ontario, with her daughters and married Jerry Twain, an…

Anastasia Soare, who is famous for the revolution in eyebrows and popularly called the “Eyebrow Queen” is a Romanian-American billionaire businesswoman and the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills. She was born and raised in Romania, where she studied art history and architecture. In 1978, she married a ship captain named Victor Soare, with…

Amelia Earhart was without any doubt a very bold and courageous woman. She was the first woman to make a first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Her journey to becoming a pilot began as a child. She was fascinated by planes and loved airshows. Once, she visited an airshow with her family, and her…

Solomon was the son born to David by Bathsheba. He became king of Israel after David. He was a decisive leader and this is one quality that caused him to be established and distinguished. What does it mean to be decisive? The word decisive according to an online dictionary means settling an issue or producing…

Dr. Tererai Trent is a woman with an inspiring story. Her story demonstrates what is possible when people have dreams and keep pursuing them despite the opposition. Her story is one of tenacity and resilience. It proves that our goals are achievable if we don’t give up. Dr. Trent was born and raised in a…

About a year ago, I watched a very inspiring video.  It was the 600-meter race of Heather Dorniden, now Heather Kampf. When I watched the video, I was amazed at the lessons that I gleaned, and I would like to share those lessons with you in this article, hoping that you will be inspired never…

Stella Adadevoh is known as the doctor who paid the ultimate price to save her country, Nigeria, from the outbreak of the Ebola disease. Her full name was Stella Shade Ameyo Adadevoh. She was the lead physician and endocrinologist at First Consultant Hospital in Lagos State, Nigeria. She was born on the 27th of October…

I recently read about a woman simply known as The Pancake Lady, in a book titled Power to Create. The author used her story in the first chapter of the book basically to inspire his readers. I will tell her story briefly, and I am sure you will agree that it is inspirational. After this,…

The parable of the ten virgins was told by Jesus and can be found in Matthew 25:1-13. The Bible says that five of the virgins were wise and five were foolish. All ten of them went forth to meet the bridegroom. The five who were foolish took their lamps but took no oil with them….

Lot’s wife is famous for being the first and only woman in the Bible to become a pillar of salt. After Lot separated from Abraham, he dwelt in Sodom and Gomorrah. This was a big mistake because the men of Sodom were wicked, and it wasn’t long before God decided to destroy the city. Prior…

Mary requires no introduction. She was the mother of Jesus Christ. And she is possibly the most famous woman that ever lived. Today Mary has as many followers as Jesus Christ. This article highlights the leadership lessons garnered from a study of her life. She was a great woman who made great sacrifices to birth…

A widow ran to Elisha for help because her sons were going to be taken away by the creditors as she was unable to pay her debts and Elisha asked her a simple question, “What do you have in your house?” This could also mean, what is on your inside or what gifts do you…

Delilah is known for being the woman who destroyed Samson. And I know you are probably wondering, why leadership lessons from Delilah? What lessons can I learn from her? She was no great woman! Certainly, she has nothing to teach me! She was an evil woman! She was a traitor! She was a murderer! I…

When the Bible first described Abigail, this is what it said; “And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance. This tells us two things, one that she was good to look at and two she had a pleasant personality. However, what the Bible did not tell us, but which we pick up…

Women are not the frail things the world has thought them to be and tried to convince them that they are. Women do have the potential to do great things and affect their world positively; a good example is Deborah. I refer to Deborah as the woman who was not afraid to go to war….

Esther was a woman, but she saved an entire nation and where men could not speak a woman was required to speak. Where men could not go, a woman was required to go because God chose to place the destiny of an entire nation including the destiny of millions yet unborn on the shoulders of…

Ruth was a young Moabite woman who married Naomi’s son, Mahlon. She is known for sticking to her mother-in-law and refusing to leave her, forsaking her people in the process. Ruth’s pledge to remain at the side of Naomi until death has been used as a vow in countless wedding ceremonies for centuries. Ruth and…

For centuries, the Proverbs 31 Woman has been an example of what a God-fearing woman should be. This woman is many things to many women who have tried to emulate her in every way. She is without any doubt a leader and there are many leadership lessons that other women can learn from her story….

Rahab was a prostitute who lived in the city of Jericho. Her house was on the city’s wall. We know she was a prostitute because the Bible says that she was. What we do not know, however, because the Bible does not mention it, is that Rahab was a leader and possibly a better leader…

Zelophehad was one of the many children of Israel rescued from Egyptian bondage. While the Bible does not say much about him, it does mention that he had no sons. Zelophehad had five daughters named, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They were very unusual women. After the death of their father, all five of…

According to Wikipedia, Hua Mulan is a legendary/fictional female Chinese warrior who dresses as a man, to take her aged and disabled father’s place in the Imperial Army. The story was initially described in the Ballad of Mulan and more recently made into an animation and movie by Disney. At the beginning of the Disney…

Tamar was the beautiful virgin daughter of King David. One day her dreams of marriage and family life were shattered when without forewarning, she was raped by her brother who should have protected her from rape and in her own home where she should have been safe from rape. Let’s take a quick look at…

We do not know the name of this great woman because the Bible does not tell us her name. But her story comes up in the second book of Samuel. I have chosen to refer to her as a mother in Israel because this is how she addressed herself in a conversation with Joab. Now,…

Zelophehad was one of the many children of Israel rescued from Egyptian bondage. While the Bible does not say much about him, it does mention that he had no sons. Zelophehad had five daughters named, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. They were very unusual women. After the death of their father, all five of…

The ants appear to be a small and insignificant part of nature but the reality is that although they are small they are in no way insignificant as they possess some very fine leadership qualities. Every leader or aspiring leader in any field of endeavour has something to learn from these creatures. The Bible mentions…

Saul and David were the first and second kings of Israel respectively and they both had personalities that rubbed off on the people that they led. The stories of these two men, who possessed very different personalities, help to portray the truth that, the people ultimately become like their leader, and this is whether they…