I was reading about Abraham, the biblical patriarch. He was a very rich and powerful man having direct influence over hundreds of people. This could only be because he significant management skills. But he was a man, a human, just like the rest of us. He had two legs, two arms, a nose, etc.
He was a person like you are a person, like Barack Obama is a person. As people we can speak with each other. Put any two of us in a room and we can have a conversation. One or the other of us can speak and the other can listen. We can each share alternate times of speaking and listening.
I can envision an enriching time of conversation where the person in the "superior" position does not look down on the other. And the person of the "inferior" position is not awed by the other. Each can enjoy the conversation as equal partners. There is a flaw in the relationship when either one demonstrates a weakness: either by feeling superior or being overcome with awe. After all, the other in the conversation is another person, not a god or a dog.
I enjoy having engaging conversations. I'd like to think Abraham or the President would be the sort of man who would do this.
