Leadership
title: Crossed Lives, Crossed Purposes: Thomas Jefferson, William
author: Ray Blunt
category: nonfiction • subcategory: Leadership • date submitted: 5.24.2009 • author id: BlR2230809
word count: 300
This book examines the lives, leadership, and legacies of two singular leaders of a common era, William Wilberforce and Thomas Jefferson. Both men were to courageously begin their political careers with a proposal to end slavery's horrors and both received a resounding "no" from their elder colleagues. The incredible comparative story of how similarly their lives began and were shaped is matched only by the striking divergence in sustaining their early commitments after defeat. How their leadership and character were shaped over the decades by mentors and colleagues provides important clues to these great differences in their perseverance. Most telling, in contrasting these two great leaders over a lifetime, it will be seen that it was their beliefs, their worldviews, that ultimately shaped their character and their capacity to act courageously resulting in legacies of a peaceful end to slavery in a transformed England and in six hundred thousand deaths in a divided America. It is in the "why" that these stories come alive for today.
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title: A Biblical Approach to Developing the Inner Qualities
author: Jacqueline Ann Faulhaber
category: nonfiction • subcategory: Biblical Leadership • date submitted: 7.25.2008 • author id: FaJ5770108
word count: 200
Leadership does not arise from a concerted, directed effort, but through a leader's character that is enveloped by God's moral and virtuous character. Surface level reading of scripture might not reveal the deepest insight possible as to what is required for spiritual transformation. This book seeks to explain how virtue is developed, the tools God uses to develop virtue, cultural barriers that prevent spiritual formation, and what form of leadership is needed in the multi-cultural world global organizations must operate in. There is no greater time than now in our postmodern and turbulent time for a refined understanding of Christian leadership. Understanding how people are formed spiritually and grow in Christlike character is also important if better societies are to emerge.
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title: Soft Skill Leadership: Necessary Competencies for Learning Leaders
author: Eugene Habecker
category: nonfiction • subcategory: leadership • date submitted: 1.7.2014 • author id: HaE4699013
word count: 40,000 - 50,000
Why do some leaders prove effective in the long run while others do not, with presidencies sometimes lasting less than a year? Business School curricula focus on appropriate concepts such as analytics, brand management, strategy, marketing mix, budget controls, and operations management. These concepts are referred to as "hard" skills and they are necessary competencies for effective leaders. But are they enough for the long haul?
This book argues that "hard" skills help get the job but are often insufficient to help ensure leadership effectiveness for the long-term. Mastery of "soft" skills is also essential. Effective leaders understand the necessity of integrating both "hard" and "soft" skills, rather than focusing on just one or the other. They are also intentional about developing soft skills as competencies. Nelson Mandela is an example of a leader who championed soft skills such as forgiveness and reconciliation.
Soft skills are the primary focus of this book: Soft Skill Leadership: Necessary Competencies for Learning Leaders. The book explores soft skills in two ways. First, it explores the soft skills necessary for effective self-management. Second, the book explores soft skills that need to be an embedded part of an organization's culture.
Dr. Gene Habecker (Ph.D. - Michigan) has organizational networks and personal friendships throughout the US and the world based on his extensive global travel (more than 95 countries) and his more than 30 years of organizational presidential leadership in universities and non-profits. These networks and friendships allow for broad book exposure nationally and distribution globally and in multiple languages. His most recent global assignment was leading a global leadership development day-long workshop for the Ethiopian government in 2012. This book builds on his three previous books on leadership. He currently serves as president of Taylor University (Indiana).
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