Shepherd Leadership
Wisdom for Leaders from Psalm 23
1. Auflage Oktober 2003
176 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me bedside the still waters;
He restoreth my soul.
Today's professionals need reliable models to teach them how to
become better leaders. In this remarkable book, leadership experts
Blaine McCormick and David Davenport introduce us to a new kind of
leader by offering a new image of leadership-- the leader as
shepherd.
Drawing on the wisdom of the timeless Twenty-Third Psalm, King
David's psalm, the authors provide professionals with ancient
wisdom for grappling with today's leadership challenges.
Shepherd Leadership offers a much-needed lens through which
to consider our own leadership as well as the leadership of those
around us. This important book teaches us important lessons about
leadership: we can be vigilant without being adversarial, we can
serve without being passive, and we can guide without commanding.
Shepherd Leadership offers a visionary new model for transforming
leadership practices in both corporate and small business settings.
This is whole-person leadership. It's not just a matter of thinking
or doing things a certain way. It's a fully integrated life--
a matter of head and hand and heart. It's a way of thinking and
doing and being.
2. Shepherds Meet Needs 9
3. Shepherds Lead Immortals 19
4. Shepherds Lead on Right Paths 31
5. Shepherds Know the Valley 41
6. Shepherds Come Alongside 49
7. Shepherds Use the Right Tools 59
8. Shepherds Transform Conflict 69
9. Shepherds Remove Irritants 79
10. Shepherds Create Supply 89
11. Shepherds Share a Positive Vision 99
12. Shepherds Cultivate Loyalty 109
Epilogue: A Meditation for Leaders 119
Appendix: Twelve Versions of Psalm 23 127
References 141
Acknowledgments 143
The Authors 145
on paper! He has touched thousands with his teaching-- may he
and Blaine touch even more through this book."
-- Max Lucado, bestselling author and pulpit minister, Oak
Hills Church of Christ
"Providing fresh insight into one of the most cherished texts in
the Bible, David Davenport and Blaine McCormick walk with us beside
the "quiet waters" of our contemplation and embolden us for
ethical, fearless, and transformational leadership."
-- Andrew K. Benton, president, Pepperdine University
"Shepherd Leadership extracts spiritual insights from the
writings of one who was anointed by God to lead, David. It makes a
tremendous contribution, not to the 'science' of leadership but,
far more significantly, to its heart and soul."
-- Richard Stearns, president, World Vision United States
"Shepherd Leadership is remarkable for showing how
timeless truths-- from one of the most significant passages in
the Bible-- apply to the complexities of contemporary
organizations. It's abundantly clear that when leaders accept the
call to lead like a shepherd, not only is the organizational
culture improved, but so is the bottom line."
-- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
and The Servant Leader and cofounder of the Center for
FaithWalk Leadership
Blaine McCormick is an award-winning professor at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. He has appeared on CNN and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
David Davenport is the former president of Pepperdine University and is currently distinguished professor of public policy and law at Pepperdine University. He writes a column for Scripps Howard News Service, and his writings have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Christian Science Monitor.