The Bible on Leadership: From Moses to Matthew -- Management Lessons for Contemporary Leaders

Description

If you are looking for a well-written, easy-to-read, "non-bible-thumping" biblical perspective on leadership that can be applied to today's modern business environment, you have found it.

Each of the ten chapters of this extensively-researched book focused on a different commonly-recognized leadership trait (honesty and integrity, purpose, kindness and compassion, humility, communication, performance management, team development, courage, justice and fairness, leadership development). Within each chapter, inter-related sub-chapters featured many leadership-related vignettes about biblical icons (Jesus, Moses, David, Solomon, etc.) and modern business leaders (Jack Welch (General Electric), Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines), Jack Stack (Springfield Remanufacturing), Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry's), etc.). The final page of each chapter was a summary listing of the biblical leadership lessons highlighted throughout the chapter.

I am not as great a student of the Bible as the author, and I believe my relative ignorance limited my appreciation of his impressive biblical knowledge and experience. I would have preferred a less ambitious approach with less diverse leadership material and more time spent setting up and presenting the Bible's 'case studies.' Still, the book provided many excellent leadership lessons from the Bible and the current business world that were informative and relevant to leaders at all levels.
Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 12 1. HonestyandIntegrity......Page 14 2. Purpose......Page 37 3. KindnessandCompassion......Page 62 4. Humility......Page 83 5. Communication......Page 100 6. PerformanceManagement......Page 123 7. TeamDevelopment......Page 144 8. Courage......Page 167 9. JusticeandFairness......Page 189 10. LeadershipDevelopment......Page 210 Notes......Page 234 Index......Page 244