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Leadership Rocks: Becoming a Student of Influence (Student Leadership University Study Guide)
by Jay StrackWhat does it take to be a leader?Are you nervous when you find yourself in positions of leadership? Do you fear that you'll fumble the ball or otherwise embarrass yourself when given responsibility? Or do you love being at the command post and want to know how to sharpen your talents?Leadership Ricks is based on Student Leadership University's popular Leadership Rocks Conference held across the nation. At the end of this study you will be ready to live confidently for Christ and to speak the language of a leader. As an influencer for Christ, others will follow your lead, and you will be ready to step forward and become a godly student with a wide range of influence.You'll learn that the keys to leadership are:VisionExecutionOptimismResponsibilityConsistencyTenacityIn this guide, Jay Stack will help you turn your aspirations into achievements and earn the right to influence others by utilizing the greatest leadership book ever written-God's Word.Student Leadership University is committed to providing students with the tools they need to experience Scripture in their daily lives on six levels to see it, hear it, write it, memorize it, pray it, and share it. In addition, other elements such as the Private World Journal and exclusive leadership tips and discussion questions found throughout the SLU study guide series are designed to bring students to an intimate understanding of God and His Word. With the SLU study guides, students learn to walk in a genuine, personal faith in Christ instead of simply living on borrowed faith.Features include:Learn to dig deep into God's Word.Provides guidance for real life.SLU is developing tomorrow's influencers to impact society as business men and women, ministers, missionaries, and political and community leaders.Addresses some of today's most relevant topics for teens.Perfect for students ages 14-19.
Leadership and the New Science
by Margaret J. WheatleyThe author believes that organizations of all sizes need to recognize that traditional, unbending organizational structures are not equipped to deal with today's chaotic world. The answer lies in the "new science" Quantum Physics.
Leadership as an Identity: The Four Traits of Those Who Wield Lasting Influence
by Crawford LorittsAsk yourself this question: What type of character qualifies the people God chooses to use?The question itself assumes an atypical answer, simply because it leaves out so much. To ask only about one's character seems inadequate when defining a leader. We surely need to ask about character, but also about personality, communication skills, IQ, education, previous experience, and more... don't we?Crawford Loritts disagrees. He answers the question with four simple words: Brokenness, communion, servanthood, and obedience.These four traits form the framework for Leadership as an Identity. By examining each trait, Loritts undermines many pervasive assumptions about leadership that are unbiblical.According to Loritts, God doesn't look for leaders like the world does. He looks for disciples, and ironically, as these disciples follow Him, they will lead.
Leadership as an Identity: The Four Traits of Those Who Wield Lasting Influence
by Crawford LorittsAsk yourself this question: What type of character qualifies the people God chooses to use?The question itself assumes an atypical answer, simply because it leaves out so much. To ask only about one's character seems inadequate when defining a leader. We surely need to ask about character, but also about personality, communication skills, IQ, education, previous experience, and more... don't we?Crawford Loritts disagrees. He answers the question with four simple words: Brokenness, communion, servanthood, and obedience.These four traits form the framework for Leadership as an Identity. By examining each trait, Loritts undermines many pervasive assumptions about leadership that are unbiblical.According to Loritts, God doesn't look for leaders like the world does. He looks for disciples, and ironically, as these disciples follow Him, they will lead.
Leadership as an Identity: The Four Traits of Those Who Wield Lasting Influence
by Crawford W. LorittsAsk yourself this question: What character qualities define a godly leader?The question leaves out too much. Asking only about character seems inadequate. What about personality, communication skills, IQ, education, previous experience, and more . . . right?Author Crawford Loritts answers this question with four simple words: brokenness, communion, servanthood, and obedience.These four characteristics provide the framework for Leadership as an Identity. Examining each trait, Loritts undermines the pervasive and unbiblical assumptions about leadership.Loritts imparts timely wisdom, correction, and direction. God doesn't look for leaders like the world does. He looks for disciples.
Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality
by Mohammed Raei Stacey K. Guenther Lisa A. BerkleyThis insightful book explores the intersection of spirituality and leadership, examining cutting edge research, theory, and practices that help build healthy and long‑term effective leadership. Showcasing non‑Western views of leadership across a range of backgrounds, the book looks at leadership styles that raise and expand consciousness to enable better problem solving when addressing the complex challenges of organizations and societies.Across four sections, the book considers a myriad of themes from surrender to compassion, the dark and shadow side to the illuminating light of love, as well as offering a spotlight on individual leader development to highlight the role of the collective. Each chapter individually and collectively represents the essence of a profound shift in how leadership is approached in the 21st century. The volume offers a variety of viewpoints addressing this spiritual turn in leadership scholarship, and provides leadership tools to assist leaders in honing their practices to address contemporary challenges and unleash their full potential.In a world where the challenges are immense and multifaceted, this anthology explores leadership that transcends the mundane and ventures into the extraordinary. Leadership at the Spiritual Edge will be of use to researchers, scholars, and students of leadership studies, particularly those interested in new ways of viewing and developing leadership.
Leadership by the Good Book: Timeless Principles for Making an Eternal Impact
by David L. StewardServe with integrity to take your business or ministry to the next level with this helpful leadership guide from a successful Christian entrepreneur and billionaire.For founder and chairman of World Wide Technology, David L. Steward, his philosophy is simple and founded on a biblical principle: "For the Son of God came not to be served but to serve" (Mark 10:45). As a business leader, he says, the first priority is to serve employees. Together with Brandon K. Mann, managing partner and CEO of Kingdom Capital, these two leaders distill their wisdom in Leadership by the Good Book, a field guide for leaders who want to bring respect, integrity, honesty, and trust to the workplace. Steward and Mann draw from personal experience, and share insights and examples from other world-class leaders who share how God's Word has informed and influenced their leadership. Each chapter provides questions for reflection and a brief prayer to provide a catalyst for change, not only in your leadership practices, but in your relationship with God. With Leadership by the Good Book you will understand fully how to lead and serve the people you interact with each day, all according to teachings from the Bible.
Leadership for a Time of Pandemic: Practicing Resilience
by Tod BolsingerIn just a few weeks, everything changed.Leadership for a Time of PandemicCanoeing the MountainsTempered Resilience: How Leaders Are Formed in the Crucible of Change
Leadership from the Inside Out: Examining the Inner Life of a Healthy Church Leader (Leadership Network Innovation Series)
by Kevin HarneyYou can serve God and his people for a lifetime and do it with passion and joy. You do not have to become another casualty in the growing number of leaders who have compromised their integrity, character, and ministry because they failed to lead an examin
Leadership in Islam
by Nezar Faris Mohamad AbdallaThis book examines the concept of leadership from within the Islamic worldview, exploring its meaning and various manifestations through textual evidence from the two primary sources of Islam, The Qur'an and hadith. Using this theoretical framework concurrent with contemporary leadership theory, the authors scrutinise the distinctive leadership dynamics of Islamic organisations within a minority-Muslim context and a focus on Australia. Drawing on empirical data gathered over four years, the nature of leadership and its processes within this unique context is examined. Leadership in Islam reconciles the problematic processes that exist within Muslim organisational context and offers a set of measures and strategies to improve leadership processes including enacting leadership, enacting following, accommodating complexity, sense making and embracing basics as the core processes. This book will be beneficial for anyone who seeks to understand the meaning of leadership in Islam, the way Islamic organisations operate, and the way forward for improving leadership processes within an Australian/Western context.
Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions: The Case of Benedictine Monasteries (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
by Günter Müller-Stewens Notker WolfThis book explores opportunities and limitations with regard to transferring knowledge and tools from the corporate world to manage monasteries or other types of religious institutions. To do so, the contributing authors analyze both the ideological and practical implications of employing modern organizational theory in the context of religious institutions, and seek to strike a balance between preserving traditions and promoting modernization. In this regard, they draw on experience gained in the course of long-standing collaborations between religious institutions, such as monasteries, and business and management schools.
Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church
by James E. PlueddemannMissiologist James E. Plueddemann presents a roadmap for crosscultural leadership development in the global church. With keen understanding of current research on cultural dynamics, he integrates theology with leadership theory to apply biblical insights to practical issues in world mission. Savvy discernment of diverse cultural underpinnings allows multicultural teams to work together with mutual respect for more effective ministry. The author shows how leaders can grow from an individualistic egocentric practice of leadership to a more global-centric approach. The future of the global church depends on effective multicultural leadership. God has called people from various contexts to minister and lead in every land for the sake of the gospel. Whether you are teaching English in China, directing information technology in Africa or pastoring a multiethnic church in North America, discover how you can better work and lead across cultures.
Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church
by James E. PlueddemannThe worldwide church is more interconnected than ever before, with missionaries going from everywhere to everywhere. Africans work with Australians in India. Koreans plant churches in London and Los Angeles. But globalization also creates challenges for crosscultural tension and misunderstandings, as different cultures have conflicting assumptions about leadership values and styles. Missiologist James E. Plueddemann presents a roadmap for crosscultural leadership development in the global church. With keen understanding of current research on cultural dynamics, he integrates theology with leadership theory to apply biblical insights to practical issues in world mission. Savvy discernment of diverse cultural underpinnings allows multicultural teams to work together with mutual respect for more effective ministry. The author shows how leaders can grow from an individualistic egocentric practice of leadership to a more global-centric approach. The future of the global church depends on effective multicultural leadership. God has called people from various contexts to minister and lead in every land for the sake of the gospel. Whether you are teaching English in China, directing information technology in Africa or pastoring a multiethnic church in North America, discover how you can better work and lead across cultures.
Leading Beyond the Walls 21293: Developing Congregations with a Heart for the Unchurched
by Adam HamiltonGood pastoral leadership is not a "by the numbers" proposition. It is a matter of heart and soul, of devoting the whole self to the vision God gives for the congregation in which one serves. Yet neither is it purely intuitive; it requires hard, careful thinking about the directions and details of the path down which God calls. When Adam Hamilton became pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, its membership consisted of himself and his family. Ten years later the church averages between five and six thousand worshipers per weekend. Throughout this remarkable period, Hamilton learned many serious lessons about both the broad visions and the specific details of pastoral leadership. Bringing a depth of analytical skills often lacking in visionary leaders, in this book he goes beyond simply telling the story of Church of the Resurrection. He shares the questions that he learned to ask about the largely unchurched population to which Church of the Resurrection has reached out. Further, he demonstrates what he learned by listening to the answers to these questions, and how doing so has made possible a number of strategically crucial decisions the church has made. One of those crucial decisions was to make more traditional forms of worship and praise the center of the congregation's life. The result is that the example of Church of the Resurrection offers pastors and church leaders (especially those in mainline denominations) the realization that they need not completely change their liturgical and theological identity in order to reach out to the unchurched. Drawing on his own experience, as well as the detailed research on the characteristics of highly successful congregations he undertook during a sabbatical leave, Hamilton offers pastors and other church leaders solid, substantive thinking on steps that congregations can take to become centers of vibrant outreach and mission.Also available in:Adobe Ebook 9780687026753Microsoft Ebook 9780687027491
Leading Causes of Life: Five Fundmentals to Change the Way You Live Your Life
by Gary Gunderson Larry M. PrayWhat do you think about when you talk about life and death? This is the question that sent Gary Gunderson on a journey toward life, realizing that if death defines our efforts, then it will win every time. Once our imagination turns from death it becomes aparent that death isn't the only thing going on out there. The Leading Causes of Life focuses in on five powerful concepts: Connection Coherence Agency Blessing Hope To write the book, Gary partnered with Larry Pray, a widely traveled speaker who tested out the concepts he and Gary were writing about in places like Big Timber, Montana. Larry felt strongly that their work would only be accurate and useful if it rang true to people who surrounded themselves with life, wilderness, challenges, and the miracles that come with them. Gary Gunderson, D.Min., M.Div., is the Senior Vice President for Health and Welfare Ministries for Methodist Healthcare and the director for the Interfaith Health Program at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He is a commissioned Deacon in the United Methodist Church. Lawrence M. Pray is a pastor of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) andcurrently serves the Christian Chruch (Disciples of Christ) in Joliet, Montana and consults with St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings, Montana. He is the Senior Pastoral Scholar for Methodist Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee.
Leading Change In The Congregation: Spiritual And Organizational Tools For Leaders
by Gilbert R. RendleMany books have been written about leadership and change, but until now none has focused on the kind of change that tears at a community's very fabric. Alban senior consultant Gil Rendle provides a respectful context for understanding change, especially the experiences and resistances that people feel. Rendle pulls together theory, research, and his work with churches facing change to provide leaders with practical diagnostic models and tools. In a time when change is the norm, this book helps to "lead change" in a spiritual and healthy way.
Leading Character
by Dan B. Allender PllcEffectively leading a church or ministry organization requires many things—a motivating vision, a clear mission statement, an intentional strategy, high capacity staff members. No one questions these things. However, there is another fundamental requirement without which no ministry can thrive or sustain itself for the long haul—and too often it is either ignored or disregarded, especially by those in Christian ministry. According to Andy Stanley, that fundamental requirement is systems—communication systems, decision-making systems, budgeting systems, programming systems, structural systems and more. And it is systems, perhaps more than anything else, that determine what happens—or fails to happen—in an organization. Stanley writes, “You can pray your heart out, fast your heart out, commit your heart out and surrender your heart out to initiate change or launch a new ministry, but if you fail to address your systems, there will be no change and your ministry will not thrive. It’s not because God is not interested or you’re not spiritual, it’s because God works through systems. Every time God creates something, there is something systematic and predictable about it. That doesn’t make God predictable or small; it’s just how God operates.”
Leading Christian Communities
by C. Kavin RoweHow to cultivate a thriving Christian community in a disconnected cultureWhat does it mean to be a Christian community? And what does it mean to lead one? How does a pastor address today&’s challenges, from lack of faith in institutions, to conflict in the church, to the tension between tradition and innovation?C. Kavin Rowe addresses these topics and a multitude of others in this collection of keen essays. Bite-size and conversational, yet deeply rooted in Scripture and recent pastoral theology, the essays in Leading Christian Communities reflect on the shaping of Christian leaders for the flourishing of their communities. Pastors and seminarians, as well as all those involved in church ministry, will find inspiration and insight in these pages.
Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey
by Mike Bonem Jim Herrington James H. FurrA Leadership Network Publication <p> With this much-needed handbook, the authors brilliantly combine their experience guiding dozens of churches through the change process with both the study of Christian disciplines and the sophisticated understanding of such important business thinkers as John Kotter on leading change and Peter Senge on learning organizations. In this eminently readable book the authors have distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations, whether long established or recently formed, through profound change. <p><p> Leaders using this guide will also be interested in the companion Leading Congregational Change Workbook, which offers assessment questions, planning worksheets, activities, and case examples for each stage of the process.
Leading From Horseback: Lost Lessons Every Church Leader Needs
by Jim CowartHorses are accustomed to leaders. They want a leader. They expect a leader. From the first bridle to a horse’s last day in the barn, horse-lovers know that life with a horse is a complicated, challenging, beautiful, and sometimes bewildering experience. It takes Patience, Partnership, Communication, Trust, and Preparation—among other qualities—to train and enjoy life with a horse. Those same qualities are essential in good leaders. Jim Cowart, a pastor and horseman, shares leadership lessons he’s learned in the stables of Georgia, working with horses and professional trainers. Cowart also shares distinct insights from Australia’s legendary horseman Clinton Anderson.Written in Cowart’s easygoing style, and full of humor, this book brings a light and engaging touch to a serious subject, and is packed with practical advice and instruction.Jim Cowart is the founding pastor of Harvest Church, a United Methodist congregation in Warner Robins, GA, near Macon. Harvest Church, launched in 2001, has an average attendance of nearly 3,000 each weekend. The church grows primarily through professions of faith from new Christians. Jim is the author or coauthor of Start This Stop That, Grab-Gather and Grow, Living the Five, Grounded in Prayer, and Grounded in Creed. Jim serves as a trainer and coach, helping pastors launch and maintain healthy church environments. For more information go to harvestchurch4u.org.Serenity Al Janat, who answers to the name, Seri, is a Straight Egyptian Arabian mare from the Dahmah Shahwan Strain. She can trace her lineage back to King Solomon’s stables in Israel, but now lives in Middle Georgia with her best buddy Jim Arch Cowart.
Leading In Your Youth Group (PowerPak Collection Series)
by John MaxwellImagine a school where the leaders in student government, academics, the arts, and sports brought out the best in themselves and their peers. Impossible?? Maybe not! Tommy Nelson's new PowerPak series by John C. Maxwell adapts for ages 10 - 14 the leadership techniques from Maxwell's New York Times bestseller Developing the Leader within You.In the PowerPak series, Maxwell gives a simple step-by-step plan for any young person to learn leadership skills before reaching high school or college. Topics covered include peer relationships, influence, priorities, integrity, problem solving, and self-discipline.
Leading Issues in Islamic Economics and Finance: Critical Evaluations
by Zubair HasanThe book discusses leading issues in Islamic economics and finance that continue to remain in a fluid, non-consensual state in the profession. It examines the nature and significance of Islamic economics. The book deals with the mainstream topics including growth, environment, distributive justice, monetary policy, risk treatment, methodology and Basel Accords to rehabilitate them for the Islamic discipline within the framework of scarcity, self-interest and gain maximization. Further, it explores the role of the state in directing the economy toward achieving Islamic goals of development and welfare.
Leading KidMin: How to Drive Real Change in Children's Ministry
by Pat Cimo Matt MarkinsWant to see your church&’s kids transformed for Jesus? Struggling to get the whole church on board? Know what you want to see happen, but not how to make it happen? Leading KidMin is about what it takes to achieve big-time change. Moving past the &“why&” and getting straight to the &“how,&” Leading Kidmin provides tools and strategies for actually leading, influencing, and implementing change on a local church level—all from the vantage point of the children&’s ministry director. The mission of Leading KidMin is to create a movement of change-agents who don&’t just know that change is needed, but are equipped to make it happen, leading their churches in becoming more aligned, effective, and geared for growth.Pat Cimo and Matt Markins, veterans of KidMin, are prepared to make you the change-agent you want to be—and that your church needs you to be. Are you ready?
Leading KidMin: How to Drive Real Change in Children's Ministry
by Pat Cimo Matt MarkinsWant to see your church&’s kids transformed for Jesus? Struggling to get the whole church on board? Know what you want to see happen, but not how to make it happen? Leading KidMin is about what it takes to achieve big-time change. Moving past the &“why&” and getting straight to the &“how,&” Leading Kidmin provides tools and strategies for actually leading, influencing, and implementing change on a local church level—all from the vantage point of the children&’s ministry director. The mission of Leading KidMin is to create a movement of change-agents who don&’t just know that change is needed, but are equipped to make it happen, leading their churches in becoming more aligned, effective, and geared for growth.Pat Cimo and Matt Markins, veterans of KidMin, are prepared to make you the change-agent you want to be—and that your church needs you to be. Are you ready?
Leading Kids to Jesus: How to Have One-on-One Conversations about Faith
by David StaalAccording to a study by George Barna, a person is most likely to become a Christian between the ages of four and fourteen. Yet the majority of evangelism training is designed to reach adults, not children. Leading Kids to Jesus equips children's ministry leaders with proven principles to help them have life-changing discussions with kids. The focus is exclusively on personal interactions, not corporate presentations or prop-driven illustrations. Readers learn the best ways to communicate God's love to toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school children in words they understand. The book adapts two simple communication tools from the bestselling evangelism course Becoming a Contagious Christian, which helps you develop your own three-part story and the four components of the gospel message. Included is a survey of what questions to expect from kids, along with other helps and children's ministry experience from Willow Creek's Promiseland staff and volunteers. A companion volume for parents called Leading Your Child to Jesus is also available.