"In my first leadership position, I mistakenly thought that being named the leader meant that I was the leader. Back then I defined leading as a noun--as the position I was appointed to--not a verb--as what I was doing. Though I had been hired as the senior pastor, I quickly discovered the real leader of the church was a down-to-earth farmer named Claude, who had been earning his leadership influence through many positive actions over many years. He later explained it to me, saying, "John, all the letters"