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Informationen zum Autor JIM HERRINGTON is executive director of Mission Houston, an interdenominational, multicultural pastoral effort to transform the city of Houston. MIKE BONEM is president and cofounder of Kingdom Transformation Partners, a church consulting and training firm based in Houston. JAMES H. FURR is senior church consultant with Union Baptist Association and adjunct professor of sociology at Houston Baptist University. Klappentext A Leadership Network Publication With this much-needed handbook, the authors brilliantly combine their experience guiding dozens of churches through the change process with both the study of Christian disciplines and the sophisticated understanding of such important business thinkers as John Kotter on leading change and Peter Senge on learning organizations. In this eminently readable book the authors have distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations, whether long established or recently formed, through profound change. Leaders using this guide will also be interested in the companion Leading Congregational Change Workbook , which offers assessment questions, planning worksheets, activities, and case examples for each stage of the process. Zusammenfassung Offers assessment questions! planning worksheets! activities! and case examples for each stage of the process. In this book! the author distilled their insights and practices into simple but powerful concepts for leading congregations! whether long established or recently formed! through profound change. Inhaltsverzeichnis About Leadership Network ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Learning to Lead Change: A Transformational Journey 1 Spiritual and Relational Vitality: The Driving Force in Congregational Change 16 Laying the Groundwork for Change 28 Discerning and Communicating the Vision 49 Achieving and Maintaining Widespread Impact 69 The Disciplines of Transformational Leadership 95 Discipline One: Generating and Sustaining Creative Tension 100 Discipline Two: Harnessing the Power of Mental Models 113 Discipline Three: Enabling Team Learning 128 Discipline Four: Practicing Systems Thinking 143 The Art of Transformational Leadership 158 Resource: An Annotated Bibliography of Useful Publications 163 References 167 The Authors 169 Index 173 ...
