Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge

 Whether you lead in a secular or religious setting, the leadership legacy you leave is the life you lead. It’s what leaders do that matters most–and leadership is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and developed. This is one of the most important lessons Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have learned in their more than twenty years of award-winning leadership research. Now, in this timely book, they apply these lessons to the vital work of Christian leaders.

Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge is a faith-based companion to the best-selling leadership book of all time–The Leadership Challenge. Grounded in Jim and Barry’s time-tested research, Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge describes their Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®—Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart—and offers practical guidance and inspiring examples about how Christian leaders can have a powerful impact in their workplaces, communities, and congregations by bringing their faith into their leadership.

Table of Contents

Foreword (John C.Maxwell).

1 Leadership Is Everyone’s Business (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner).

2 The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner).

PART 1: MODEL THE WAY.

3 Reflections on Model the Way (John C.Maxwell).

PART 2: INSPIRE A SHARED VISION.

4 Reflections on Inspire a Shared Vision (David McAllister-Wilson).

PART 3: CHALLENGE THE PROCESS.

5 Reflections on Challenge the Process (Patrick Lencioni).

PART 4: ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT.

6 Reflections on Enable Others to Act (Nancy Ortberg).

PART 5: ENCOURAGE THE HEART.

7 Reflections on Encourage the Heart (Ken Blanchard).

FINAL REFLECTIONS.

8 Leadership Is a Relationship (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner).

Notes.