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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> The Heart of Leadership </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>March 1, 2026</time> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Father James Mallon</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>March 1, 2026</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Lead+With+Faith.jpg/70064ce213f911f18294961d678ba928?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Lead+With+Faith.jpg/70064ce213f911f18294961d678ba928?width=900&height=506" alt="Lead With Faith.jpg" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> SDI Productions / E+ via Getty Images </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> 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This means there is a huge difference between holding a leadership position and having the character qualities of an authentic leader.</p> <p>Author and motivational speaker Ken Blanchard has stressed that effective leadership is influence, not authority. What is influence? The term comes from the Latin verb <em>influere</em>, which means “to flow into.” This evokes a call to invest in and pour our efforts into another person. In short, it means to love others.</p> <p>Leadership of this kind is not about having warm, fuzzy feelings for everyone, but about desiring and working for the good of others. It means resisting the temptation to use others to improve one’s own condition, status, reputation or even to fulfill a noble mission. It ultimately means working to help another person become who he or she is called to be by God.</p> <p>This kind of influence — the heart of authentic leadership — is perfectly modeled by Christ, who said: “Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (Jn 15:12-13).</p> <p style="text-align: center;">*****</p> <p style="text-align: left;">FATHER JAMES MALLON is pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where he is a member of St. Peter Council 3133. 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