Another sterling lesson we can learn from Nehemiah, in terms of how not to lead, is not to pursue personal aggrandizement. We have seen how Nehemiah and his officials did not exact the people for their own benefits by making them to pay more taxes to cater to their personal or official needs.
But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah’s Leadership Playbook: Altruism. Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor’s provisions.
Another important lesson we can learn from Nehemiah’s leadership example can be seen in the passage above. Sheer altruism.
Another important lesson we can learn from Nehemiah in handling adversaries are strategic thinking and proactiveness. In demonstrating proactiveness,
In continuation of our meditation on the strategy Nehemiah used in handling adversaries, another lesson we can learn from him is watchfulness.
