Summoned to Lead

Leadership Re-VisionedCast a vision, set a strategy, rally the troops, and take the hill---you don`t need another book to rehash the well-worn principles of modern leadership. But if you`re looking for something different, something that . . . approaches leadership as an art as well as a scienceinspires hope and expectation in those of us who aren`t born leaderschallenges those with leadership roles to explore new possibilities. . . then Leonard Sweet wants to help you discover a very different kind of leadership vision. It`s one you hear if your ears are open, and it could summon you at any time. When you respond, the puzzle pieces of who you are will fit together into a leader others follow because you`ve answered a call, not trained for a position. `The church has it all wrong. It is trying to train leaders. Instead, it ought to train everyone to listen and to develop their own soundtrack.`Leaders don`t see a vision, says Sweet, they hear one. `Sound becomes sight. Leaders hear life.`For a sonogram of `acoustic leadership,` Sweet takes us inside the incredible account of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the celebrated polar explorer who led his entire crew of twenty-seven from disaster in the Antarctic to safety. Called `the greatest leader that ever came on God`s earth, bar none,` Shackleton objectifies the goals of Sweet`s own exploration in search of wisdom for today and tomorrow`s truly compelling, voice-activated leaders.Right now, you may be leading many people or just yourself. But who knows what tomorrow---or a minute from now---will call forth in you. Are your ears open?

Author:

Sweet, Leonard

ISBN:

9780310232223

Format:

Hardcover

Pages:

192

Publish Date:

05/01/2004

Publisher:

Zondervan

Language:

English

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