Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision Shaping Values and Empowering Change

About this book

A book for leaders by leaders about the greatest leader of them all. In our rapidly changing and ever more complex world we suffer a crisis of leadership. Leighton Ford sees the growing dearth of bold leaders--in the marketplace religion and public life. In this powerful book Ford calls Christians to be transformational leaders. Many leaders work within situations; transformational leaders change situations. Many leaders accept what can be talked about; transformational leaders change what can be talked about. Many leaders talk about payoffs; transformational leaders talk about goals. Many leaders bargain; transformational leaders appeal to a common vision. Ford realizes that desperately needed Christian and transformational leadership will not emerge until we have a model of the transforming leader. And what more powerful example of leadership could there be than Jesus? Insightfully examining Jesus work and the best recent books on leadership Ford presents --the leader as strategist --the leader as seer --the leader as seeker --the leader as servant --the leader as struggler --the leader as sustainer Executives pastors managers professionals--all will benefit from this fresh in-depth treatment by a man who is himself one of the worlds finest Christian leaders.