Handbook for Battered Leaders
by Janis Bragan Balda & Wesley D. Balda | Book Summary
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Author: Janis Bragan Balda & Wesley D. Balda
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For leaders grappling with these issues, the situation can feel untenable and solutions a very long way away. However, it need not be so. Paul himself worked hard to relate to the Corinthians effectively, and through his second letter sought to reframe the relationship, reorient the church toward the world beyond themselves, and reorient their mission toward it. Without shirking the responsibility of leaders to examine themselves for their own contribution to toxicity, this book uses 2 Corinthians as a management case study, attempting to give leaders the tools and confidence to faithfully and carefully understand, identify, and address the ingredients of toxic cultures. Underpinning it all, and equipping His leaders and His people, is God, whose power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Co. 12:9). We can take great confidence in Him! |
Janis Bragan Balda is professor of management at Fuller Seminary and UCLA Extension. She has also practiced international law for thirty years and served as World Vision International's in-house legal counsel.
Wesley D. Balda obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is president of the Simeon Institute, a nonprofit organization creating crisis management capacity in the United States and internationally since 1992. He has led executive management and PhD programs at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management.
Handbook for Battered Leaders
by Janis Bragan Balda & Wesley D. Balda
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Janis Bragan Balda & Wesley D. Balda |
| Publisher | IVP |
| Date | 28th February 2013 |
| Pages | 223 |
Overview:
Leadership is hard work. "If you haven't bled, you haven't led" (p. 9). In ministry, the pitfalls of organizational conflict and toxic environments can damage people, shipwreck churches, and leave leaders reeling. Paul knew this. His relationship with the Corinthian church was fraught with tension and difficulty, leaving him as just one biblical example of a battered leader.
For leaders grappling with these issues, the situation can feel untenable and solutions a very long way away. However, it need not be so. Paul himself worked hard to relate to the Corinthians effectively, and through his second letter sought to reframe the relationship, reorient the church toward the world beyond themselves, and reorient their mission toward it.
Without shirking the responsibility of leaders to examine themselves for their own contribution to toxicity, this book uses 2 Corinthians as a management case study, attempting to give leaders the tools and confidence to faithfully and carefully understand, identify, and address the ingredients of toxic cultures.
Underpinning it all, and equipping His leaders and His people, is God, whose power is made perfect in our weakness (2 Co. 12:9). We can take great confidence in Him!
Janis Bragan Balda is professor of management at Fuller Seminary and UCLA Extension. She has also practiced international law for thirty years and served as World Vision International's in-house legal counsel.
Wesley D. Balda obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is president of the Simeon Institute, a nonprofit organization creating crisis management capacity in the United States and internationally since 1992. He has led executive management and PhD programs at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management.