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The Bible on Leadership From Moses to Matthew— Management Lessons for Contemporary Leaders Lorin Woolfe American Management Asso ...

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This book is dedicated to Judy, Becca, Talia,andSascha, who daily remind me of my true purpose and the divine in all of us. ...

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Honesty and Integrity 1 Samuel, Paul, and Isaiah are among many biblical leaders demon ...

viii Contents Performance Management 109 Noah, Solomon, and Jeremiah were masters of encouragement and discipline. Lou Gerstner ...

Preface What in heaven does the Bible have to do with leadership? Everything! The Bible is probably the most widely-read book in ...

x Preface speeches for him. But the strength of his vision and his commitment to Israel’s mission made him the ultimate visionar ...

Preface xi astute team-building ever accomplished. And his mastery of the sym- bolic act gained him the largest following of any ...

xii Preface world’s best management tools, the Bible, at your fingertips—why not use it to help you lead your ‘‘stakeholders’’?) ...

Acknowledgments A book is never the result of just one person. I’d like to thank Kevin Barron and Meldron Young. Their enthusias ...

The Bible on Leadership ...

CHAPTER ONE Honesty and Integrity ‘‘An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.’’ —P. 24: ‘‘Judge me, O Lord, according to m ...

2 THE BIBLE ON LEADERSHIP to your values, people won’t follow you too far. They may follow you to a point, but when the going ge ...

Honesty and Integrity 3 Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the other prophets, at great risk and with much unpopularity, warned an entire peo ...

4 THE BIBLE ON LEADERSHIP queen’’ who, when caught paying almost no income taxes on a vast business empire, cavalierly stated th ...

Honesty and Integrity 5 to build a new plant next to the old one. In order to do so, the company would have to buy the home of a ...

6 THE BIBLE ON LEADERSHIP run’’ so quickly, because Pharaoh’s ‘‘integrity’’ lasted only a few days. He went back on his word and ...

Honesty and Integrity 7 Samuel didn’t passively respond or react to an investigation of his possessions. He initiated it himself ...