Accountable Leadership - A Resource Guide for Sustaining Legal, Financial, Ethical Integrity

Informationen zum Autor PAUL CHAFFEE, a minister in the United Church of Christ, is executive director of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio in San Francisco, California. Klappentext A practical compAndium of resources for creating and managing a sound, effective, and fair congregation.Now more than ever, accountable leadership and sound management practices have become priority concerns in congregations of every faith. In this comprehensive resource, minister and manager Paul Chaffee offers congregation leaders, both clergy and laity, expert counsel on the most critical ethical, legal, and financial issues they are likely to face. He synthesizes in one volume the collected wisdom of hundreds of experts, identifies the central elements that add up to accountable leadership, and backs that up with hundreds of valuable resource listings -- books, periodicals, training programs, and agencies -- where leaders can find additional guidance on specific questions and concerns. Zusammenfassung In this work! the author offers congregation leaders! both clergy and laity! guidance and resource listings for such areas as establishing a shared vision! creating an effective governing board! being a responsible employer! stewardship and financial planning! minimizing legal exposure. Inhaltsverzeichnis One: Becoming an Accountable Leader 1. Courage and the Responsibilities of Leadership 2. What the Law Requires 3. The Role of the Governing Board Two: Accountability, Administration, and the Shared Life of theCongregation 4. Developing Life-Support Systems for the Corporate Body 5. Responsible Financial Management 6. Employment Practices That Safeguard Communal Values 7. Contracting with Service Providers from Inside and Outside theCongregation Three: TAnding to Invisible Wounds Within the Congregation 8. Zero Tolerance for Abusive Behavior 9. Preventing Clergy Misconduct 10. Healing the Wounded Congregation...

Product details

• Authors: Chaffee, P Chaffee, Paul Chaffee, Chaffee Paul
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.1997
• EAN: 9780787903640
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-0364-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Jossey-Bass Religion-In-Practi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Management & management techniques, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Management and management techniques, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy