Spirited Leadership: Empowering People to Do What Matters [Paperback]

Thomas G. Bandy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2008

Acclaimed author and consultant Tom Bandy seeks to create a new dynamic for leadership in the new century--a dynamic based on flexible teams, spirited leadership, and management aimed at training and empowering leaders. He calls for organizational action to be centered around teams that are given freedom to act within the corporate trust and the boundaries that identify the heartburst of the company.

Spirited Leadership identifies the nature of modern business and the leadership organization needed to keep it flexible, dynamic, and mission market centered. It challenges churches and businesses to unleash the power of their trained leaders in teams focused on the market by having a small management team focused on leader development, not on product or program development.

Challenging boards to set "sacred boundaries" and let the management and teams go free to respond quickly and creatively to market changes, Spirited Leadership seeks to create an environment in which team members gain meaning and fulfill their calling.

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"Tom Bandy has been doing a lot of thinking about the future of the church and what leadership looks like in the new context. Spirited Leadership is a bold attempt to describe the patterns and attitudes of leadership in the very near future. Prepare yourself and your organization for living into this hopeful future."
--Dave Travis, managing director of Leadership Network, author of Beyond Megachurch Myths

About the Author

Thomas G. Bandy is a leadership mentor and consultant for faith-based organizations. He is the author of more than fourteen books and numerous articles, including Why Should I Believe in You? (Abingdon Press) and Talisman: Global Positioning for the Soul (Chalice Press). He has been a pastor, teacher, lecturer in philosophical theology, and national denominational leader in the United States and Canada. he is now an internationally known workshop and conference leader. Bandy is the president of Easum, Bandy & Associates, with an organizational mission to "guide Christian leaders for ancient mission in the contemporary world."

Product Details

• Paperback: 170 pages
• Publisher: Chalice Press (January 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827234686
• ISBN-13: 978-0827234680
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spirited Leadership, March 25, 2008

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This review is from: Spirited Leadership: Empowering People to Do What Matters (Paperback)

What a delightful surprise...a book that has new and biblically based insight into leadership. With all the leadership books out, when this one was recommended, I was not to hopeful but it has proven to be one of the best. The principles set forth make this one a keeper for reading and reference.