Servant Leadership: the bridge from leading yourself to leading others

The published warning across the servant-leadership literature: the servant posture is hardest to maintain in adversity, and adversity is exactly when it matters most. When the budget is tight, the volunteer brothers are tired, and the easy move is to consolidate power and push through — the servant-leader's discipline is to do the opposite. Slow down, ask, listen, share the load, trust the team. The Craft's published charges (fortitude, prudence) are the moral substrate the discipline rests on.