• People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership, By Charles Stone
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    People-Pleasing Pastors

    Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership

    by Charles Stone
    Foreword by Ed Stetzer

    Charles Stone's research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns and what we can do to overcome these tendencies for more effective ministry.

  • Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey, By Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
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    Deep Mentoring

    Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey

    by Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    Randy Reese and Robert Loane argue that the best leaders are a product of deep mentorship. Thus tomorrow's good leader needs a good mentor today. This book taps into the twin resources of leadership and spiritual formation to help you become the lifelong guide and friend our future leaders need.

  • Consequential Leadership: 15 Leaders Fighting for Our Cities, Our Poor, Our Youth and Our Culture, By Mac Pier
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    Consequential Leadership

    15 Leaders Fighting for Our Cities, Our Poor, Our Youth and Our Culture

    by Mac Pier
    Foreword by Bob Buford
    Afterword by Kevin Palau

    Mac Pier offers a unique opportunity to learn from some of the most dynamic leaders of our day who are making a difference in difficult times including Tim Keller, George Gallup Jr., Frances Hesselbein, Bob Doll, Rich Stearns, Wilson Goode and others. If you see a need and want to contribute your own consequential leadership, this book is for you.

  • The Steward Leader: Transforming People, Organizations and Communities, By R. Scott Rodin
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    The Steward Leader

    Transforming People, Organizations and Communities

    by R. Scott Rodin

    In this book R. Scott Rodin offers a unique and profoundly theologically informed model of leadership forged out of his extensive experience and theological studies. This model is personal, dynamic and transformative for the leaders themselves, for the people they work with and for the institution or organizations in which they serve.

  • Basic Christian Leadership: Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry, By John Stott
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    Basic Christian Leadership

    Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry

    by John Stott

    Leadership today is no easy task. Too often our models of leadership are shaped more by culture than by Christ. John Stott rejects popular models of leadership and holds up instead the servant leadership exemplified by Paul in his ministry to the church in Corinth. Stott reassures us that God is at work even in the midst of human weakness.

  • The Leadership Ellipse: Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are, By Robert A. Fryling
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    The Leadership Ellipse

    Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are

    by Robert A. Fryling
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    The Leadership Ellipse by Bob Fryling is designed to help Christian leaders embrace both halves of the tension of being in leadership--our internal relationship with God and our external relationship with others--to find a truly authentic, integrated way to lead.

  • Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space and Influence, By MaryKate Morse
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    Making Room for Leadership

    Power, Space and Influence

    by MaryKate Morse
    Foreword by Leonard Sweet

    MaryKate Morse looks at how leaders can exhibit presence, openness and power through the way they take up physical space in group situations. Through greater awareness of their use of personal space, leaders can effectively invite others in.

  • Excellence in Leadership: Reaching Goals with Prayer, Courage and Determination, By John White
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    Excellence in Leadership

    Reaching Goals with Prayer, Courage and Determination

    by John White

    As Christian leaders, should we solve our problems using the secular strategies of best-selling management books, or is there another way? John White says that Nehemiah provides the model we need for excellence in leadership. With wisdom and biblical insight, he shows how to be action-oriented and prayer-oriented, a firm leader and a servant, a realist and a visionary.

  • Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values  Empowering Change, By Leighton Ford
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    Transforming Leadership

    Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values Empowering Change

    by Leighton Ford

    Combining a fresh examination of Jesus' ministry with the insights of the best recent discussions of leadership, Leighton Ford challenges readers to become transformational leaders on the job, in the church and in the public arena. Includes a study guide.

  • Teams That Thrive: Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership, By Ryan T. Hartwig and Warren Bird
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    Teams That Thrive

    Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership

    by Ryan T. Hartwig and Warren Bird
    Foreword by Dave Ferguson

    What do the top church teams do to thrive together? Researchers and practitioners Ryan Hartwig and Warren Bird have discovered churches who have learned to thrive under healthy team leadership. Using actual church examples, this coaching tool presents their discoveries, culminating in five disciplines that will enable your team to thrive.

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