Leadership For Saints

Effective leadership has always been a vital part of the Lord's work.As the restored Church continues to expand at unprecedented ratesaround the globe, effective leadership is today more critical than ever.In offering this book on leadership, we acknowledge that we areno different from you who are reading it. Like you, we are simplytrying to do better and be better in our service to the Kingdom ofGod. In these pages, we share some of the teachings, nurturingmoments, and training that people and the Spirit of the Lord havegiven us. We esteem ourselves no better than anyone else (see Alma1:26). Yet with a desire to serve and bless, we offer this work with thehope that it will help all who seek to be better leaders.Leadership is stewardship. Faithful stewards:* seek the will of Heavenly Father and share that vision with thepeople they serve.* live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God (D&C84:43-46).* draw strength from the grace of God and from the infinite andeternal Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ.* measure every thought and act against the principles of righteousness.* embrace the counsel to "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; andlean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5).* as always, are Spirit-directed in all things.These are not simply "nice" things to do when convenient. Theyare absolutely imperative. Effective leadership stewards work hard toperfect their own gifts and skills and they constantly acknowledge andseek inspiration from the source of their gifts and skills.

The call to lead and the call to holiness are profoundly intertwined. But in our world today, what does it even mean to be a leader? What does it even mean to be holy? Using the timeless and transcendent wisdom of the saints and the latest findings in business and social science, this book takes an insightful examination of the leadership principles demonstrated in the lives of the saints and their applicability to our modern everyday lives. Faced with challenges where their faith and even their lives hung in the balance, the saints responses exemplify what are authentic, effective, and inspirational models of leadership that we can use to guide us to our eternal destination. Echoing the words of Saint Francis of Assisi, Come along, Ill show you how. Let us call on Francis, Dominic, Ignatius, Francis Xavier, Therese of Lisieux, Teresa of Avila, Maximilian Kolbe, Padre Pio, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, and countless others who have gone before us to be our companions and guides, illuminating the path for us as we step up to lead and move forward to journey towards Christ.

Women, Religion and Leadership focuses on women from the traditional context of women as leaders with chapters observing various aspects of leadership from specifically chosen religious female leaders and going on to examine the legacies they leave behind. This book seeks to identify and analyse the gendered issues underlying the structural lack of recognition for women within the church and to examine the culturally constructed narratives related to these women for evidence of their leadership despite the exclusionary rules applied to force their submission to the dominating forces. Finally this book intends to draw out of these women’s stories the various lessons of leadership that invoke current relevancies among prevailing leadership paradigms. Written by experts from disciplines as varied as leadership and communication studies to sociology, and history to medievalist and English scholars; Women, Religion and Leadership will prove key reading for scholars, academics and researchers is these and related disciplines.

Do leaders make history, or does history make leaders? What should we do when the wrong people are in power? And how can we find and become better leaders today? A deep-dive into the art, science and practice of leadership around the world and across the ages by a Harvard professor and historian - essential reading for our turbulent times. Across the world, and throughout time, there have been people who have risen to the challenge of leading others. Sometimes their power is undeserved, sometimes it's ill-used, but always their actions have impact. But do leaders really make history, or does history make leaders? And how might we harness the answers to find and become better leaders today? For the past decade, Moshik Temkin has been exploring these questions at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and at universities around the world. In this book, he offers a deep dive into the nature of leadership, from the highest ranks to the most hopeless situations. Drawing on stories from across history and culture, Temkin considers how leaders have made decisions, inspired others and forged a path in challenging circumstances - from the Great Depression to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, from the Suffragettes to the anticolonial wars of the 20th century to the civil rights struggle - and how, in a world desperate for good leadership, we can evaluate those decisions and draw lessons for ourselves today.

Support, advice, and counsel to become like the Master Teacher

What would you rather have-conventional success or a high level beyond success? Dan Clark, one of the world's leading inspirational speakers and leadership trainers, vehemently opposes the conventional wisdom about success. He believes it's tragic and superficial to build our careers and personal lives around getting more money, bigger houses, cooler toys, and fancier job titles. What's it all worth in the end? How many outwardly successful people still feel empty inside? Clark has spent decades traveling around the world, interviewing the famous and powerful; consulting with presidents and generals and sheikhs and corporate leaders; creating a multimillion-dollar business; and (before any of the above) overcoming a paralyzing injury

The story of Jesus includes all kinds of characters. Some see these people as mere examples to follow or to avoid, and some have only heard about them in Sunday school stories. But their interactions with Jesus reveal much more about the person of Jesus himself and the message he has for us. Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus tells the story of 10 people or groups of people who are integral to the story of Jesus told in the Gospels. Each chapter takes a character off the Sunday school felt board and reveals them as a three-dimensional person with desires, motivations, flaws, and limitations. They are more than examples—they show us a unique angle on the grace available through Jesus for sinners. Each chapter also offers challenging applications to the lives of readers.

Saints Alive! introduces people to faith in God through the power of the Holy Spirit, helping them to be integrated into the life of the church and moving out into ministry in their everyday lives. This study resource is applicable for groups of any size; it does not matter how much or how little people know about the Christian faith all are welcome. With a leader s manual, optional videos, and a journal for every member that includes teaching, Bible readings, and space to record their thoughts, Saints Alive! has been used by hundreds of thousands all over the world.