It has been well established that leadership is the key driver in success of organisations. Therefore, understanding leadership, and finding styles that deliver improvements in leadership enable leaders to enhance their skills, which will significantly contribute to having an improved performance of the organisation. There has been ample research on various theories of leadership. Leadership is meaningless unless it has people who are the followers. Furthermore, while people constitute many nations however, studies have demonstrated that the majority of the population of the world adhere to some type of religion. Therefore, the study of leadership of founders of religions is of interest. How did they lead? What was the source of inspiration on how to lead? What was the style of their leadership? Is it possible to develop a leadership based on their practices? Finally, could their leadership be applied to organisations? In this context, the term ‘Divine Leadership’ is created. Subsequently, historical texts and literature were reviewed to ascertain if this leadership could be defined in an academic context. Furthermore, evaluation of any leadership is essential process in assessing the value that it may bring to society or organisations. Therefore, it was necessary to define characteristics that could be assigned to such leadership. The research led to development of a novel leadership theory, where due to the scope only five dimensions were assigned. The study has continued in developing a theoretical model in line with quantitative research on the effectiveness of this leadership in enhancing performance of organisations.