Christian Book Award Finalist
What type of leadership is needed in a moment that demands adaptive change?
Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains, is uniquely positioned to explore the qualities of adaptive leadership in contexts ranging from churches to nonprofit organizations. He deftly examines both the external challenges we face and the internal resistance that holds us back.
Bolsinger writes: ‘To temper describes the process of heating, holding, hammering, cooling, and reheating that adds stress to raw iron until it becomes a glistening knife blade or chisel tip.’ When reflection and relationships are combined into a life of deliberate practice, leaders become both stronger and more flexible. As a result, these resilient leaders are able to offer greater wisdom and skill to the organizations they serve.
Also available: Tempered Resilience Study Guide
Table des matières
Introduction: The Smith’s Forge
1. The Crises of Leading Change: Failures of Nerve and Failures of Heart
2. Resilience: The Raw Material of a Tempered Leader
3. Working: Leaders Are Formed in Leading
4. Heating: Strength Is Forged in Self-Reflection
5. Holding: Vulnerable Leadership Requires Relational Security
6. Hammering: Stress Makes a Leader
7. Hewing: Resilience Takes Practice
8. Tempering: Resilience Comes Through a Rhythm of Leading and Not Leading
Epilogue: Why Is This So Hard?
Acknowledgments
Notes
A propos de l’auteur
Tod Bolsinger (Ph D, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a speaker, executive coach, former pastor, and author who serves as associate professor of leadership formation and senior fellow for the De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of Canoeing the Mountains, which was named Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in Pastoral Leadership, as well as the Christianity Today Award of Merit recipient It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian. For seventeen years, he was the senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church in San Clemente, California. A frequent speaker and consultant, he serves as an executive coach in transformational leadership.
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