Help sustain the Jewish tradition’s legacy of community leadership by building strong leaders today.
“Great Jewish leadership has helped us survive slavery, guided us to the Promised Land, given us hope through exile and oppression, helped us enjoy membership in a nation of overachievers, and given birth to the State of Israel. Great Jewish leadership generates vision and, as a result, followers. It inspires us and helps us to stretch higher, see farther, and reach deeper.”
—from the Introduction
Drawing on the past and looking to the future, this practical guide provides the tools you need to work through important contemporary leadership issues. It takes a broad look at positions of leadership in the modern Jewish community and the qualities and skills you need in order to succeed in these positions. Real-life anecdotes, interviews, and dialogue stimulate thinking about board development, ethical leadership, conflict resolution, change management, and effective succession planning.
Whether you are a professional or a volunteer, are looking to develop your own personal leadership skills or are part of a group, this inspiring book provides information, interactive exercises, and questions for reflection to help you define leadership styles and theories, expose common myths, and coach others on the importance of leading with meaning.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Leading and Meaning 1 1. Guilt and Pleasure: Putting the Jewish in Jewish Leadership 17 2. Defining Leadership 31 3. Who Are We Leading? Age, Ethnicity, and Community 43 4. Vision and Mentoring 57 5. Authentic Leadership 75 6. The Optimistic Leader 87 7. Leading for Transformation 97 vii 8. Nurturing Women’s Leadership 107 9. Jewish Leadership and Conflict Resolution 117 10. Ethical Leadership 139 11. Changing the World, Changing Ourselves: A Crash Course on Change Management 151 12. Creating Meaningful Board Service 169 13. Who’s Next? Effective Succession Planning 191 Appendix 1: Twenty-five Questions a Jewish Leader Should Ask 203 Appendix 2: Leadership Exercises 205 Notes 217 Suggestions for Further Reading 227
Circa l’autore
Dr. Erica Brown, an inspiring writer and educator, is scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. She consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits, and is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation. She is an Avi Chai Fellow, winner of the Ted Farber Professional Excellence Award, and the recipient of a Covenant Award for her work in education. She is author of Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things; Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism; and co-author of The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One? (all Jewish Lights). She contributed to We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un’taneh Tokef and All These Vows—Kol Nidre (both Jewish Lights). She lectures widely on subjects of Jewish interest and leadership. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband and four children, and can be reached at www.Erica Brown.com.
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