God can use your unique gifts, passions and personality to become a better leader. While personality inventories can help you understand your temperament, the model designed by leading church planter David Olson is designed to form fruitful Christian leadership.Olson's model reveals how three factors—spirituality, chemistry and strategy—work together. The free online inventory that is a companion to this book takes just five minutes to complete, and the resulting report appears instantaneously.When you take the inventory, you will also discover your leadership style. The six styles that shape our ministry are
– The Sacred Leader
– The Relational Leader
– The Inspirational Leader
– The Building Leader
– The Mission Leader
– The Imaginative Leader The thirty short chapters of this book are ideal for individual reflection with questions for individual discovery and bonus online activities. The book also includes all the tools you need to take your ministry team through this assessment. They will lead you deeper into this robust model for Christian leadership.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Section One: The Model
1. A New Leadership Model
2. Simple, Yet Deep
3. What Makes Leadership Christian?
4. Your Gifts, Passions and Personality
Online Activity: Improving Team Dynamics
Section Two: Leadership Strength
5. Love Changes Everything
6. Love God: Strengthening Your Spirituality
7. Love People: Strengthening Your Chemistry
8. Love the World: Strengthening Your Strategy
9. Love Wisdom: Strengthening Your Leadership
Online Activity: Growing in Leadership Strength
Section Three: The Six Leadership Styles
10. The Six Styles
11. The Sacred Leader
12. The Relational Leader
13. The Inspirational Leader
14. The Building Leader
15. The Mission Leader
16. The Imaginative Leader
Online Activity: Mentoring and Coaching Other Leaders
Section Four: Deeper into the Six Styles
17. The Six Styles and Spiritual Gifts
18. The Six Styles and Personality Tests
19. The Six Deep Needs of Leaders
20. The Six Intelligences of Leaders
21. The Six Styles of Churches and Christian Organizations
22. Balanced Leaders Versus Focused Leaders
Online Activity: Selecting Leaders
Section Five: Igniting Ministry Gifts in All Christians
23. How God Loves Each Person Differently
24. Working Together to Serve and Love
Online Activity: A Passion to Serve – A Gift Assessment Tool
Appendix: Practical Advice for Implementing the Ideas of This Book
Notes
Sobre o autor
David T. Olson is a religious researcher, church planting leader and leadership coach. For the past twenty years, he has served in leadership for church growth and evangelism in the Evangelical Covenant Church. Dave is also the director of the American Church Research Project. His previous book was The American Church in Crisis (Zondervan). Dave and his wife, Shelly, live in Minneapolis.