How to Lead by The Book E-Book

Dave Anderson

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 288

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Biblical solutions to dozens of the toughest challenges leaders face today. Concise, to-the-point, and highly useable, How to Lead by THE BOOK presents a series of personal and business challenges recognizable to leaders, then deals with each through insight, personal experience, and a discussion of why conventional approaches often fail. Each section then concludes with winning proverbs, parables, or principles that offers applicable strategies to solve the issue. In this practical and inspiring guide, you'll discover proven methods and advice to shape young leaders, stretch veteran leaders, become a better communicator, maintain your work-life balance, deal with dishonesty among competitors, and much more. * Shows why typical approaches to leadership problems often fail, while biblical wisdom succeeds * Covers both day-to-day dilemmas and larger questions of management, accountability, and vision * From the bestselling author of How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK, Up Your Business, and If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown What is the number one downfall for leaders? When is the best time to make a decision? How do you hold others accountable? How do you survive success with your principles intact? What does the Bible say about time management? Get the answers to these and many more practical business questions when you discover the winning wisdom of How to Lead by THE BOOK.

Leseprobe

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Challenge 1: How Do I Hold People Accountable?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Challenge 2: Is It Right to Hold Leaders More Accountable than Followers?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

A Leader’s Failure Affects More People than a Follower’s

Corrupt Leaders Are Agents of Sin

When the Leader Sleeps, the Team Follows

The Buck Stopped with Adam

Leadership Is Not about Rights, It Is about Responsibilities

Leaders Are Expected to Control Their Attitude and Emotions, Especially in Public

Challenge 3: What Is the Most Effective Leadership Style?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

A Servant-Leader’s Job Description

Serving Means Meeting the Needs of Others

Are You a Shepherd or a Hired Gun?

Characteristics of a Hireling—the Hired Gun

The Recipe for Greatness

John Maxwell, the Leader, the Celebrity, the Servant

Challenge 4: How Do I Recruit Great People?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Recruit Those Who Are Already Employed and Productive!

Learn from the Past

You Need a Proactive Strategy!

Shun the Laments of the Lazy

Challenge 5: What Is the Best Interview Strategy?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Use Knockout Interviews to Screen Out Undesirables and Save Time

Use Interviews as an Elimination Process

Look Harder at Their Journey than Their Location

Let Your Light Dispel the Darkness

Challenge 6: What Are the Best Interview Questions to Ask?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Why Hiring Right Is the Key

Seven Traits and Fifteen Questions

Seven Character Traits and Related Interview Questions

Raise the Bar and Expand Your List

Jesus Interviews the Rich, Young Ruler

Two Reminders from How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK

Challenge 7: What Is the Most Productive Way to Give Feedback?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Affirm Publicly

Jesus Finds and Rewards the Good in an Oppressor

Five Rules of Feedback

Peter Gets a Pat, Then a Punch!

The Approbation

Paul the Positive

David: Great Monarch, Marginal Papa

David’s Strong Finish

Eli’s Folly

Challenge 8: How Do I Confront Poor Performers?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Confront with Class

Peter as Satan?

Bridle the Ball-Peen, Sling the Sledge

A False Kindness

Choose Your Battles

Follow Up Feedback with Follow-Through

Do Not Rehash the Past

Challenge 9: What Are Core Values, and How Do They Benefit My Organization?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Sample Values from the Master

Our Five Corporate Core Values

Less Is More

A Blueprint for Decision Making

A Blueprint for Hiring

A Blueprint to Fire

One Bad Achan Can Spoil the Whole Bunch

How Do Core Values Differ from Vision and Mission?

Challenge 10: How Do I Balance My Work and Home Life?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Learn from the Greedy Ruler

The Key to Loving God

To Know Him Is to Obey Him

The Cycle of Virtue

Mary Had the “One Thing”

Start in Your Own Jerusalem

The Demon Had It Right but Was Wrong

Parting Shot

Challenge 11: What Are Two of the Most Dangerous Mistakes I Must Avoid to Become a More Effective Leader?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

Dangerous Mistake #2: Becoming Too Dependent on Yourself

Not So Fast!

Close the Gap between Knowing and Doing

Challenge 12: How Can I Create More Productive Behaviors in My Organization?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

The New Testament Culture

Culture’s Five Primary Components

Chief Architect and Primary Influencer

Drastic Action Is Sometimes Required

Be a Student of Behaviors

Change Culture with Addition or Subtraction

You Do Not Have to Be the Leader to Change the Culture

Change through Adrenaline Surge

Challenge 13: How Do I Know God’s Will as I Make Decisions in My Business and Life?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

It Is about Relationship

Five BOOK-Based Decisions

Knowledge Brings Responsibility

Give Up to Go Up

“All Your Ways” Means All Your Ways

The $60,000 Question

The Key to Time Management

Increase Your Focus by Finding Your Passion

Challenge 14: What Are the Two Biggest Threats to My Success?

Man’s Wisdom and Way

THE BOOK’s Wisdom and Way

The Age of “It’s No Big Deal”

THE BOOK’s Reliability

Sexual Immorality Topples the Strongest, Dearest, Richest, and Wisest

Avoid and Remove Yourself from Potentially Vulnerable Situations

Jesus Is Your Ticket out of Darkness

False Teachers and Their Ungodly Counsel

Modern False Teachers and Their Ungodly Doctrines

Look in the Mirror

Closing Thoughts

References

About the Author

Index

Praise for How to Lead by THE BOOK

“I just read How to Lead by THE BOOK and I can clearly understand why my father, Zig Ziglar, endorsed Dave Anderson years ago. Dave’s direct, no-nonsense approach to applying Biblical principles to leadership skills is inspiring, encouraging, and literally includes Biblical proportions of leadership wisdom to guide even the most inexperienced leader.

This book should be the foundation, the starting place, for anyone who wants to lead with wisdom far beyond their personal experience.

I couldn’t stop highlighting! The leadership wisdom in this book graced every page and gave me new insight about what it truly means to lead.

The whole time I was reading I kept thinking about my father and how much he would love the principles and the stories Dave used to drive home his points. This book has solid, applicable, information that will change your life and the way you lead!”

—Julie Ziglar Norman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Anderson, Dave, 1961-

How to lead by the book : proverbs, parables, and principles to tackle your toughest business challenges / Dave Anderson.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-470-93628-3 (hardback); ISBN 978-1-118-07517-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-07551-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-07518-0 (ebk)

1. Leadership—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Personnel management—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.

BV4597.53.L43A456 2011

658.4'092—dc22

2010054033

This book is dedicated to Jesus Christ and His persecuted followers in “closed” countries throughout the world, and to exceptional organizations like EQUIP, 222 Ministries, and Voice of the Martyrs, who serve and support them.

Preface

Every so often, someone comes along and claims that for contemporary times, we need a fresh way to express the Bible’s message. Usually that “new” way de-emphasizes Jesus, denies His deity, doubts His resurrection, dangles multiple paths to heaven, disregards biblical inerrancy, disputes the Bible’s relevance, and defines grace as license to sin. If you bought this book in hopes of reading any of this nonsense, then you have made a mistake! And, to exact an adequate penalty for pursuing such foolishness, we are keeping your money!

There is no “new” way that I can present the Bible or improve upon its message. The power in its words and truth are unquestionable and unchanging. What I hope to accomplish in How to Lead by THE BOOK is to make you more aware of timeless principles that have long existed and to suggest how you can apply them, in practical ways, to improve your life, the lives of others, your business, and our bruised, battered, and beleaguered world. You cannot accomplish this by sitting on the sidelines, reacting to the world around you; rather, you must lead. In this irreverent and irreligious age, leading by biblical principles has never been more necessary or needed.