Resources4Missions

General

Sites

AntiochSchool ( North Amerian church planting and leadership Development)
Barnabas International
Evangelical Training Database
Institute for Theological Studies
Strategic Global Assistance (SGAI)
bild.org/Home.htm
Building Church Leaders
Leadership Letters
leadershipchallenge.com. (i.e. the book The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner.)

The Trinity Forum: Leadership academy.

Tam.oms.training    Train & Multiply is a relational process that empowers ordinary Christians to train and coach new believers and begin movements of multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches. Train & Multiply uses simple, easy to understand biblical training guides and a unique menu-based Student Activity Guide that combines home study, coaching, and practical pastoral ministry, all integrated with accountability.
EQUIP
mentor and multiply.com

Journals

International Journal of Leadership Studies (IJLS) (Regent University) “provides a forum for leadership scholars within the U.S. and around the world by publishing theoretically grounded research that enhances knowledge and under-standing of the phenomenon of leadership at all levels within a variety of industries and organizations.” [free ]
Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership (JBPL) (Regent University) “a refereed scholarly journal that aims to provide a forum for international research and exploration of leadership studies focused on the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.” [free ]
Leadership Advance Online (LAO) (Regent University) “delivers articles, interviews and book reviews offering practical insights and fore-thinking into the multidisciplinary world of leadership to address both current and future leadership challenges in the workplace.” [free ]
Leadership Journal

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Articles 

360 Degree Feedback by Susan M. Heathfield
An Introduction to Social Influence by Kelton Rhoads
Bridging the Generation Gap by Deborah Laurel
Building a Leadership Vision by Donald E. Hanna.
Checklist for Personal Values by Charlotte Roberts.
Clarifying and Applying Personal Values by Scott Williams.
Kingdom Leadership in the Postmodern Era Len Hjalmarson
Leadership Training in Missions Ed Mathews “Perhaps one of the most important innovations in mission during this century is Leadership Training by Extension….”
What Makes a Good Change Agent? by Dagmar Recklies

 

At Leadership Letters by Malcolm Webber, Ph.D “Here you’ll find informative and cutting-edge Leadership Letters, details of our practical training seminars, and many writings on a variety of biblical and practical subjects.” (one the most extensive sites on Christian leadership available — annotation theirs)

General Subjects:

Leadership Derailment
What Leaders Do
Understanding Change
Building Leaders
How Jesus Built Leaders
Character
Healthy Followers
Listening
Choosing Emerging Leaders
Abusive Leaders
Community in the Life of the Leader
The Preeminence and Centrality of Jesus Christ in Christian Leadership
Building Healthy Leaders
Exhortations Regarding Leadership

Inventories

Healthy Follower Inventory
Listening Effectiveness Inventory

Leadership Derailment:

Letter #1 Why & How Successful Leaders Get Derailed — Part 1.
Letter #2 Why & How Successful Leaders Get Derailed — Part 2.
Letter #3 Preventing Leadership Derailment.

What Leaders Do:

Letter #4 Leaders Challenge the Process — Part 1.
Letter #5 Leaders Challenge the Process — Part 2.
Letter #6 Leaders Inspire a Shared Vision — Part 1.
Letter #7 Leaders Inspire a Shared Vision — Part 2.
Letter #8 Leaders Enable Others to Act — Part 1.
Letter #9 Leaders Enable Others to Act — Part 2.
Letter #10 Leaders Model the Way — Part 1.
Letter #11 Leaders Model the Way — Part 2.
Letter #12 Leaders Encourage the Heart — Part 1.
Letter #13 Leaders Encourage the Heart — Part 2.

Understanding Change:

Letter #14 Resistance to Change — Part 1.
Letter #15 Resistance to Change — Part 2.
Letter #16 The Change Process.
Letter #17 How People React to Change, & The Change Strategy.
Letter #18 A Model of Planned Change — Part 1.
Letter #19 A Model of Planned Change — Part 2.
Letter #20 A Model of Planned Change — Part 3.
Letter #21 A Model of Planned Change — Part 4.
Letter #22 A Model of Planned Change — Part 5.
Letter #23 A Model of Planned Change — Part 6.
Letter #24 Helping People Through Change.
Letter #25 How People Adopt Change.
Letter #26 Change and Stress.

Building Leaders:

Letter #27 The Ultimate Act of Leadership.
Letter #28 Structuring an Organization for Continuous Leadership Development.
Letter #29 Building Leaders or Building Organizations?
Letter #30 Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development — Part 1.
Letter #31 Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development — Part 2. in Spanish.
Letter #32 Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development — Part 3.
Letter #33 Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development — Part 4.
Letter #34 Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development — Part 5.
Letter #69 Building Leaders Takes Time #1.
Letter #70 Building Leaders Takes Time #2.

How Jesus Built Leaders:

Letter #35 He Focused on a Few & He Did It in Prayer. This letter in Dutch.
Letter #36 He Taught His Leaders To Pray. This letter in Dutch.
Letter #37 He Formed His Leaders Personally.
Letter #38 He Demonstrated the Way of the Cross before His Leaders.
Letter #39 He Taught the Word of God to His Leaders.
Letter #40 He Demonstrated the Truly Relational Nature of Leadership.
Letter #41 He Varied His Relationships With His Emerging Leaders According to Their Future Callings.
Letter #42 The Implications of His Model For Us
Letter #43 God Does Not Want Your Training; He Wants You!

Character:

Letter #44 The Importance of Character in the Life of a Leader.
Letter #45 The Role of Discipline in the Forming of Character
Letter #46 The Testing and Proving of an Emerging Leader
Letter #47 Accountability
Letter #48 Establishing Accountability
Letter #49 Self-Giving Leadership

Healthy Followers:

Letter #50 Healthy Followers
Letter #51 Kinds of Followers
Letter #52 Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 1
Letter #53 Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 2
Letter #54 Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 3
Letter #55 Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 4
Letter #56 How Followers Influence Their Leaders — Part 1
Letter #57 How Followers Influence Their Leaders — Part 2

Listening:

Letter #58 Why Listening Is Important
Letter #59 Levels of Listening
Letter #60 Barriers to Listening #1
Letter #61 Barriers to Listening #2
Letter #62 Improving Listening
Letter #63 Helping Others to Listen to You

Choosing Emerging Leaders:

Letter #64 Leaders are Built a Few at a Time
Letter #65 Building the Right Ones #1
Letter #66 Building the Right Ones #2
Letter #67 Building the Right Ones #3
Letter #68 Building the Right Ones #4

Abusive Leaders:

Letter #71 Abusive Leaders #1
Letter #72 Abusive Leaders #2: Security in Christ and Leadership
Letter #73 Abusive Leaders #3: The Role of Insecure Followers
Letter #74 Abusive Leaders #4: The Power of the Supernatural & The Downward Spiral of Exploitation
Letter #75 Abusive Leaders #5: The Effect of Leaders: Developing or Enslaving Others?
Letter #76 Abusive Leaders #6: Abusive Leaders and Vision
Letter #77 Abusive Leaders #7: Abusive Leaders and Alignment & Achievement
Letter #78 Abusive Leaders #8: Personal Qualities
Letter #79 Abusive Leaders #9: The Heart of the Matter
Letter #80 Abusive Leaders #10: To Avoid Being an Abusive Leader

Community in the Life of the Leader:

Letter #81 Community in the Life of the Leader #1: The Divine Community
Letter #82 Community in the Life of the Leader #2: The Twofold Community in the Life of the Leader.
Letter #83 Community in the Life of the Leader #3: The Four Kinds of Community in the Life of the Leader.
Letter #84 Community in the Life of the Leader #4: Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community.
Letter #85 Community in the Life of the Leader #5: Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #2.
Letter #86 Community in the Life of the Leader #6: Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #3.
Letter #87 Community in the Life of the Leader #7: Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #4.

The Preeminence and Centrality of Jesus Christ in Christian Leadership:

Letter #88 The Eternal Nature of God
Letter #89 Jesus’ Fellowship with His Father
Letter #90 Living By Jesus’ Indwelling Life
Letter #91 Jesus Is the Fountainhead of All True Christian Leadership
Letter #92 Our Outward Ministry: The Reflection of Our Inner Life
Letter #93 The Deception of Religious Activity That Does Not Come From Christ
Letter #94 The End of Our Pursuit
Letter #95 Prayer and the Christian Leader

Building Healthy Leaders:

Letter #96 A Summary of the ConneXions Model of Leader Development
Letter #97 Context and Content
Letter #99 Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis
Letter #100 Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #2
Letter #101 Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #3
Letter #102 A New Paradigm
Letter #103 Paradigm Shifts
Letter #104 Three Approaches to Leader Development

Exhortations Regarding Leadership:

Letter #98 Leaders Act!

At Regent University

Barfoot, S., Winston, B., & Wickman C. Forced Pastoral Exits
Bekker, C. Dreaming with Open Eyes: Reflections on Leadership and Spirituality
DellaVecchio, D., & Winston, B. A Seven-Scale Instrument to Measure the Romans 12 Motivational Gifts and a Proposition that the Romans 12 Gift Profiles Might Apply to Person-Job Fit Analysis
Sessoms, R., & Winston, B. Impact of Leadership Development Experiences in a Trans-National Organization
Winston, B. Leadership Style as an Outcome of Motive: A Contingency ‘State’ Rather than ‘Trait’ Concept
Winston, B. Nomos: A New Testament Concept to Guide Decision-making
Winston, B., & Patterson, K. An Integrative Definition of Leadership (65 page academic paper evauating current definitions)

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  At SEND U  (links to tons of resources)

  1. Communication by the leader

  2. Conflict management

  3. Expectations/Evaluations of a leader

  4. Family of the leader

  5. Finances

  6. Onboarding (orientation) of new people

  7. Personal Growth of the leader

  8. Personal Well-Being of the leader

  9. Supervision of others

  10. Team building

  11. Training Opportunities for mission leaders

  12. Transitioning to a new leadership role

  13. Understanding yourself as a leader

  14. Vision & Strategy

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Books

Anderson, Leith, Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today’s Complex World, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Michigan, 1999
Antonakis , Antonakis, Anna Cianciolo, & Robert Sternberg (Eds.). (2004) The Nature Of Leadership (Cross-Cultural) (448 Pages).
Aycan , Zeynep (Ed.) (1997) Expatriate Management: Theory And Research. New Approaches To Employee Management Series, Vol.4,
Banks, Robert & Bernice M. Ledbetter, Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids MI, 2004
Banks, Robert & Kimberly Powell (eds), Faith In Leadership: How Leaders Live Out Their Faith In Their Work and Why It Matters, Jossey Bass, San Francisco, 2000
Barna, George, Leaders On Leadership: Wisdom, Advice and Encouragement On The Art Of Leading God’s People, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1997
Barna, George.  Building Effective Lay Leadership Teams.  Ventura, CA: Issachar Resources, 2001.
Black, J. Stewart etc.Global Explorers: The next generation of leaders
Blackaby, Henry & Richard Blackaby, Spiritual Leadership: Moving People On To God’s Agenda, Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee, 2001
Blanchard, Ken and Sheldon Bowles.  High Five! The Magic of Working Together.  New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
Burke, H. Dale, Less Is More Leadership: 8 Secrets to How to Lead & Still Have a Life, Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2004
Callahan, Kennon L, The Future That Has Come, Jossey-Bass, 2002.
Callahan, Kennon L. Twelve Keys to an Effective Church.  San Francisco: Harper, 1983.
Callahan, Kennon L.  Effective Church Leadership: Building on the Twelve Keys.  San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1990.
Cladis, George.  Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
Clapp, Rodney.  A Peculiar People, The Church As Culture In A Post-Christian Society. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press 1996.
Clawson, J.G. Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface. 3rd edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development(NavPress, 1988).
Collins, James C, Porras, Jerry I, Built to Last, Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Harper Business Essentials, 1997, 2002.
Collins, Jim, Good to Great, Harper Business Essentials, 2001.
Copley, Derek, Taking A Lead: How To Exercise Christian Leadership At All Levels, Kingsway Publications, Eastbourne, 1985
Cordeiro, Wayne, The Dream Releasers, Regal Books, 2002.
DePree, Max, Leadership is An Art(Doubleday, 1989).
Derr, C. B., S. Roussillon, et al. (2002). Cross-Cultural Approaches to Leadership Development. Westport, CT. Quorum Books.
Dorr, D. Spirituality of Leadership: Inspiration, Empowerment, Intuition and Discernment. Dublin: Columba Press, 2006.
Easum, Bill.  Leadership on the Other Side(No Rules, Just Clues).  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.
Eims, LeRoy, Be The Leader You Were Meant To Be: Biblical Principles of Leadership, Victor Books, Wheaton, Illinois, 1975
Elmer, Duane. Cross-cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 2006.
Engstrom, Ted W. & Robert C. Larson, Seizing The Torch: Leadership For A New Generation¸ Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1988
Engstrom, Ted W., The Making of a Christian Leader, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976
FarberRobertson, Anita, Learning While Leading: Increasing Your Effectiveness in Leadership, Alban Institute, 2000
Fernando, Ajith, Jesus Driven Ministry, Crossway Books, Wheaton, Illinois, 2002
Fernando, Ajith, Leadership Lifestyle: A Study of 1 Timothy, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois, 1985
Ficken, Joch.  Change: Learning to Lead and Living to Tell About It.  Lima, OH: Fair Way Press, 1999.
Finzel, Hans, The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make, Chariot Victor Publishing, 1994
Ford, Leighton, Transforming Leadership, InterVarsity Press, 1991.
Gittell, Jody Hoffer, The Southwest Airlines Way, Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence(Harvard Business School Press, 2002).
Greenleaf, R.K., L.C. Spears and S.R. Covey. Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2002.
Greenslade, Philip, Leadership, Greatness & Servanthood, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, 1984
Gunderson, Gary, Boundary Leaders: Leadership Skills for People of Faith, Fortress Press, Minnapolis, 2004
Habecker, Eugene B., Rediscovering The Soul of Leadership: Inner Disciplines for the Effective Leader, Victor Books, 1996
Haggai, John, Lead On!: Leadership The Endures In A Changing World, Word Publishing, Milton Keynes, 1987
Heifetz, Ronald A.,& Marty Linsky. Leadership on the Line. HBS Press, 2002.
Hendricks, Howard G., Color Outside The Lines: A Revolutionary Approach To Creative Leadership, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998
Hendrix, Olan.  Three Dimensions of Leadership: Practical Insight on Management, Finance and Boards for Churches and Christian Organizations.  St. Charles, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 2000.
Herrington, Jim, Creech, R. Robert, Taylor, Trisha, The Leader’s Journey, Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation, Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Herrington, Jim, Mike Bonem and James H. Furr.  Leading Congregational Change : A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.
Hesselbein, Francis & Rob Johnston (eds), On Mission And Leadership, Jossey-Bass, 2002
Hocking, David, Be A Leader People Follow, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1979
Hughes, Bryn, Leadership Tool Kit, Crowborough, East Sussex, 1998
Huijser, Mijnd The Cultural Advantage: A New Model for Succeeding with Global Teams Intercultural Pres.
Kimball, Dan, The Emerging Church, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.
Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner. Leadership Challenge (3rd (ed.).). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organisations, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002
Le Peau, Andrew T., Paths of Leadership: Guiding Others Towards Growth In Christ Through Serving, Following, Teaching, Modeling, Envisioning, IVP, Downers grove, Illinois, 1983
Lebow, Rob and Randy Spitzer, Accountability – Freedom and Responsibility Without Control, Berrett-Koehlers Publishers, San Francisco, 2002
Lencioni, Patrick, Death By Meeting, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2004
Lewis, Richard D. When Cultures Collide : Leading Across Cultures (Third Edition) Intercultural Press
Luecke, David S.  New Designs for Church Leadership.  St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1990.
Malphurs, Aubrey, Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership, Baker Books, Grand rapids , Michigan, 2003
Marshall, Tom, Understanding Leadership: Fresh Perspectives On The Essentials of New Testament Leadership, Sovereign World, Chichester, 1991
Martoia, Ron. Morph, The Texture of Leadership for Tomorrow’s Church.  Loveland, CO.: Group, 2003.
Maxwell, John C.  Developing the Leader Within You.  Thomas Nelson, 2000.
Maxwell, John C.  The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow.  Thomas Nelson, 1999.
Maxwell, John C., Becoming A Person Of Influence, Maxwell Motivation Inc, 1997
Maxwell, John C., Developing The Leader Within You, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1993
Maxwell, John C., Developing The Leaders Around You, Injoy Inc, 1995
McCracken, David, God’s Emerging Leadership, Books of Life Publishing, 1991
McDonough, Reginald M., Working With Volunteer Leaders In The Church, Broadman Press, Nashville , Tennessee, 1976
McGehee, Tom, Whoosh, Business in the Fast Lane, Unleashing the Power of a Creation Company, Perseus Publishing, 2001.
McManus, Erwin R, An Unstoppable Force, Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind, Group Publishing, 2001.
McNeal, Reggie, A Work of the Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders, Jossey-Bass, 2000.
McNeal, Reggie, The Present Future, Six Tough Questions for the Church, Jossey-Bass, 2003.
Miller, Calvin, Leadership, NavPress, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1987
Morgan, Eileen. 1998. Navigating Cross-Cultural Ethics: What Global Managers Do Right To Keep From Going Wrong. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Myra, Harold (ed.), Leaders: Learning Leadership from Some of Christianity’s Best, Christianity Today, 1987
Nanus, Burt (preface) & Stephen M. Dobbs Leaders Who Make a Difference: Essential Strategies for Meeting the Nonprofit Challenge
Nouwen, Henri J.M., In The Name Of Jesus: Reflections On Christian Leadership, Crossroads, New York, 1989
Oates, David, Leadership: The Art of Delegation, Century Business, London, 1993
Ogden, Greg, The New Reformation, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1990
Oswald, Roy M and Otto Kroeger. Personality Type and Religious Leadership. Bethesda, MD: Alban Institute, 1988.
Parker, Glenn M., Team Players and Teamwork (Jossey-Bass, 1990).
Perry, John, Christian Leadership, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983
Peters, Thomas J. and Robert H. Waterman Jr., In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-run Companies, Harper & Row, New York, 1982
Quinn, Robert E., Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within(Jossey-Bass, 1996).
Rosen, Robert Global Literacies: Lessons on business leadership and national cultures
Roxburgh, Alan, with Mike Regele, Crossing the Bridge: Church Leadership in a Time of Change(Precept Group, 2000).
Rush, Myron, The New Leader: A Revolutionary Approach to Effective Leadership, Victor Books, Wheaton, Illinois, 1987
Sanders, J. Oswald, Spiritual Leadership (Revised edition), Moody press, Chicago, 1980
Sibthorpe, Charles, A Man Under Authority: Qualities of Christian Leadership, Kingsway, Eastbourne, 1984
Sine, Tom.  Mustard Seed versus McWorld.  Baker Books, 1999.
Sofield, L. and C. Juliano. Collaboration: Using Our Gifts in Ministry. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000.
Stanley Andy, The Next Generation Leader.  Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2003.
Stanley, Andy, Joiner, Reggie, Jones, Lane, 7 Practices of Effective Ministry, Multnomah Publishers, 2004.
Stanley, Andy, Visioneering, Multnomah Publishers, 1999.
Stanley, Paul D. & J. Robert Clinton, Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life(NavPress, 1992).
Sweet, Leonard, AquaChurch: Essential Leadership Arts for Piloting Your Church in Today’s Fluid Culture(Group, 1999).
Swindoll, Charles R., Hand Me Another Brick: How Effective Leaders Motivate Themselves and Others, Word Publishing, Nashville, 1998
Thomas, David C. (2001) Essentials Of International Management: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Thomas, Viv, Future Leader: Spirituality, Mentors, Context and Style for Leaders of the Future, Paternoster, 1999
Thrall, Bill, Bruce McNicol, & Ken McElrath. The Ascent of a Leader. Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Wheatley, Margaret J., Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order In A Chaotic World (2nd edition), Barrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 1999
Whitmore, John Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose
Woodbridge, John D. (ed.) Great Leaders of the Christian Church, Moody Press, Chicago, 1988
Woods, C. Jeff, Better Than Success: 8 Principles of Faithful Leadership, Judson Press, Valley Forge , PA, 2001

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At davidmays.org (Excellent indepth reviews by David Mays — Director of Learning Initiatives and Church Relations For The Mission Exchange [EFMA]) You can also subscribe for a free newsletter and/or purchase 650 book reviews on a CD Click on the links below to see book notes for his favorite Books on Leadership.

30 Days to Confident Leadership Bobb Biehl Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1998, 243 pp.
Ascent of a Leader: How ordinary relationships develop extraordinary character and influence Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and Ken McElrath Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000, 200 pp.
Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Harper Business 1994,1997, 333 pp.
Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999, 199 pp.
First Things First Stephen R. Covey Simon & Schuster, 1994, 346 pp.
Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality How Six Essential Qualities Determine Your Success in Business Dr. Henry Cloud Collins, 2006, 282 pp., ISBN 0-06-084968-1
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box The Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000, 180 pp ISBN 1-57675-174-0
Leadership is an Art Max DePree Doubleday, 1989, 136 pp. Leading Out of Who You Are: Discovering the Secret of Undefended Leadership Simon P. Walker Piquant Editions, 2007, 161 pp., ISBN 1-903689-43-0
The One Thing You Need To Know About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success Marcus Buckingham Free Press, 2005, 289 pp., ISBN 0-7432-6165-8
Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction Gary McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima, Sr. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1997, 233 pp.
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee Harvard Business School Press, 2002, 300 pp.
Spiritual Leadership J. Oswald Sanders Chicago: Moody Press, 1967
Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest Peter Block San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1993, 256 pp.
What Leaders Really Do John P. Kotter Harvard Business Review Book, 1999, 172 pp.

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At Missionary Training.org

Selected Resources:Robert Clinton. The Making of a Leader. 2nd Ed. NAVPress, 1988, 2012.

David Dougherty: “Planning to Grow and Change: OMF Personal Development Planning”. Available by email.

Read through the “Mission Leader Profile” as a sample of what a multi-dimensional competency profile looks like in the WEA book by Robert Brynjolfson and Jonathan Lewis (eds). Integral Ministry Training. William Carey/WEA-Mission Commission, 2006,

Paul R. Ford. Knocking Over the Leadership Ladder. ChurchSmart, 2006.

_____. Your Leadership Grip—a three part Spiritual Gifts assessment process. ChurchSmart, 2000.www.churchsmart.com

_____. Discovering Your Ministry Identity. ChurchSmart, 1998.www.churchsmart.com

_____. “Discovering Your Blueprint for Living in Body Life Design.” In Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor.The Global Mission Handbook: Your Guide to Crosscultural Service. NAVPress, 2009.

_____. Moving from I to We: Recovering the Biblical Vision for Stewarding the Church. NAVPress, 2013.

Kouzes and Posner. The Leadership Challenge. 3rd. Ed. Jossey-Bass, 2006.

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At SENDu    These books have been recommended by various SEND leaders.

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