Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. I Timothy 3:2-4 (NIV).
In the verses above, Paul is telling Timothy about some of the leadership traits we should aspire to in our professional lives. Are these meaningful aspirations in contemporary Western society? Why or why not? What might happen if more leaders made a conscious effort to exhibit these characteristics? Explain. THIS SUBJECT AGAIN FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP.