Leadership

Capitlize on talents of all members of the group and keep them busy in serving and teaching

"The best Assembly is the one that capitalizes the talents of all the members of the group and keeps them busy in some form of active participation in serving the Cause and spreading the Message."

(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in Baha'i News, #68, November 1932)

First quality for leadership is to use energy and competence among rank and file

"The first quality for leadership, both among individuals and Assemblies, is the capacity to use the energy and competence that exists in the rank and file of its followers. Otherwise the more competent members of the group will go at a tangent and try to find elsewhere a field of work and where they could use their energy."

(Letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, dated August, 1930, to an individual believer; published in Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities, 3.17-3.18)