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To be a lone chief atop a pyramid is abnormal and corrupting.  None of us are perfect by ourselves, and all of us need the help and correcting influence of close colleagues.  When someone is moved atop a pyramid, that person no longer has colleagues, only subordinates.  Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss in the same way that they talked with colleagues who are equals, and normal communication patterns become warped. – Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership, (New York:  Paulist, 1977). p. 63.

Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch, page 41