Quietly Courageous offers practical guidance to leaders-both lay and ordained-on leading churches today. It encourages leaders to focus on their mission and purpose-what is ultimately motivating their work. It also urges a shift in perspectives on resources, discusses models of change, and offers suggestions for avoiding common pitfalls.
Quietly Courageous offers practical guidance to leaders-both lay and ordained-on leading churches today. It encourages leaders to focus on their mission and purpose-what is ultimately motivating their work. It also urges a shift in perspectives on resources, discusses models of change, and offers suggestions for avoiding common pitfalls.
Gil Rendle is former senior vice president for the Texas Methodist Foundation as well as former senior consultant and director of consulting for the Alban Institute. As an ordained minister with a PhD in organizational and group dynamics, he has worked with congregations across denominations for more than thirty years. He is the author of a number of books, including Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as Spiritual Practice for Congregations.
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Contents PART I: GOOD LEADERSHIP IS NOT ENOUGH 1 Nashon's Quiet Courage 2 The Change That Demands Quiet Courage PART II: THE ASSUMPTIONS 3 A Word about How: Assumptions about Change 4 A Word about Enough: Assumptions about Resources 5 A Word about Structure and Process: Assumptions about Fear, Organization, and Democracy 6 A Word about Learning: Assumptions about How Leadership Is Formed PART III: THE TEMPTATIONS 7 The Temptation of Playing It Safe: Nostalgia 8 The Temptation of Christian Empathy 9 The Temptation of Tiredness PART IV: WHERE DO WE START? 10 Telling the Story That Will Get Us through the Wilderness 11 Lessons in Style Notes Bibliography About the Author
Contents PART I: GOOD LEADERSHIP IS NOT ENOUGH 1 Nashon's Quiet Courage 2 The Change That Demands Quiet Courage PART II: THE ASSUMPTIONS 3 A Word about How: Assumptions about Change 4 A Word about Enough: Assumptions about Resources 5 A Word about Structure and Process: Assumptions about Fear, Organization, and Democracy 6 A Word about Learning: Assumptions about How Leadership Is Formed PART III: THE TEMPTATIONS 7 The Temptation of Playing It Safe: Nostalgia 8 The Temptation of Christian Empathy 9 The Temptation of Tiredness PART IV: WHERE DO WE START? 10 Telling the Story That Will Get Us through the Wilderness 11 Lessons in Style Notes Bibliography About the Author
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