ABSTRACT
Leaders who rely on their performance as the source of their worth and identity will find themselves depleted on their self-made performance treadmill. The chapter discusses how role internalization can be lethal particularly for those who worship the god of performance. The Gospel provides an alternative as a basis of leadership identity without jettisoning the importance of leadership performance. An accurate understanding of God’s contraconditional love in Christ would enable Christian leaders to have a robust perception of the dynamic between leadership being (i.e., being accepted just as we are in Christ) and leadership doing (i.e., doing as much as can for Christ).
