Leader With Distinction

LEADER WITH DISTINCTION, is a book that will inspire anyone holding the office of leadership to lead well.

"Distinctions" is like having an executive coach in your pocket. Whether embarking on a journey to improve your leadership, or facing a particularly difficult challenge, the lessons provided will increase your confidence and effectiveness as a leader. Renowned executive coach, Mark S. Smith, reveals the lessons that have the greatest impact for leaders who want to make a difference for their organization and stand out as "best leaders." Each lesson is designed to be read in a few minutes and is accompanied by an exercise to practice and sharpen your skills. Regardless of your leadership role, this will become your reference guide.

The ripple effects of leadership behavior and performance cannot be overemphasized. When leaders fail, the church, ministry, group, family, business, or organization they lead is adversely affected. Where leadership is not gotten right, organizational failure or collapse is inevitable. At the head of any flourishing, thriving, and successful family, group, church, ministry, business, or organization is a leader of distinction. In this new thought-provoking book, A LEADER OF DISTINCTION, the author, Oluwasina Oluwaleke reveals clearly the DNA of a leader of distinction, and how he is the key to achieving growth and success at any level--personal or corporate! This is a practical guide that teaches and shows you how to sharpen your leadership edge and be at the top of your game as a leader. People try all kinds of methods to grow their churches, ministries, and businesses when they only need to grow themselves as leaders. As a leader when you get this area right, it will increase your influence over the people, and consequently, you will attract and raise more followers for Christ. John Maxwell once thought about the value of leadership, and he said, "Everything rises and falls on leadership." I cannot agree more with him! When leaders get it wrong, there is no how it won't affect the followers. If an organization is doing well, in the forefront of such an organization will be a leader of distinction. On the other hand, if an organization is not doing well, it won't be difficult to know-right in the forefront will be a leader who is deficient in the essential qualities and skills of a leader of distinction. If you want to grow an organization, a ministry, or a church; invest greatly into leadership. When you grow the leaders, the organization will grow. Jesus came to the earth with the mission to save sinners from their sins by sacrificing His own life through the death of the Cross. Before He accomplished it, He chose twelve disciples who later became leaders that took over from Him. Jesus spent most of His time with these twelve-He poured Himself into them, He taught, and trained them until they could be trusted with the future of the church. It was these twelve who rose into leadership position, grew the church, preached the Gospel of Christ, made disciples of all the nations and made the church a conquering undefeatable force till today! And here is the wisdom of God clearly revealed-whenever you have a noble idea, a legitimate vision, or a laudable and worthwhile work to carry out-the first thing to do is to put effective leadership in place. Great leadership must be developed around great work!

In twelve essays, influential scholars in political science explore the meaning of political leadership from the kaleidoscopic perspectives of the leaders, institutions, goals, procedures, problems, and traditions involved. The approaches, as varied as the subject itself, coalesce around the central question of how leaders interact with, transform, or are controlled by the organizations they lead.

In The Thoughtful Leader, Jim Fisher provides an invigorating, inclusive and positive framework for teaching current and aspiring leaders in all walks of life.

Preacher and teacher David Mosser offers practical and spiritual guidance for pastors struggling to manage and respond to changes in the economy, changes in their neighborhoods, changes in their denominations, changes in the congregation, changes in culture, and the life changes present in every parishioner's life. Wise words from authors such as Alyce McKenzie, David Buttrick, Joanna Adams, and Thomas Long all contribute to this most timely and helpful book.