The other side of leadership
Subtitle: coming to terms with the responsibilities that accompany God-given authority
By: Eugene B. Habecker.
Publisher: Victor Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780896933415
Subjects: Christian leadership.
First sentence: According to a recent newspaper article dealing with the subject of leaders, power, and religious sects, "Americans are flocking to new ... Christian sects dominated by leaders who exercise virtually unlimited control over members' lives and thooughts ... What sets the new groups apart ... is the great degree of power held by the leaders."
Description: There's more to leadership than being in the limelight. Power is appealing and leaders use and need power. The misuse of power by leaders, however, is appalling. But power from God's perspective is appropriating his strength and using it his way for his honor, not our own. In this book, Dr. Eugene Habecker presents the other side of Christian leadership, using the term followership to demonstrate the importance of first following the Lord Jesus, and then following those under our direction as true spiritual servants. Dr. Habecker also looks at the private dimension of the public figure, an issue ignored in many leadership books. Here he frankly discusses some of the problems a Christian leader struggles with every day, among them: the spiritual walk, financial considerations, family priorities, and sexuality. Christian leadership, says Dr. Habecker, is first and foremost discipleship. Read The Other Side Of Leadership and discover the equation for putting God at the controls. - Back cover.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.

Bibliography: p. 220-228.

Contents
Introduction -- Part one : Leadership and leadership concepts defined and discussed.  Preliminary considerations of leadership -- Power, authority, and trust -- Part two : Organizational dimensions of leadership. Chosen by God -- The burden of leadership -- Followership -- Confrontation -- Forgiveness -- Perspective, planning, and leadership -- Excellence and leadership -- The leader as fund-raiser -- How much is enough? -- Part three : Personal and professional dimensions of leadership. Leadership : the personal dimension -- Leadership : the professional dimension -- Loneliness and leadership : the spouse's view -- Conclusion.