The Bible on Leadership

From Moses to Matthew—Management Lessons for Contemporary Leaders
By Lorin Woolfe
AMACOM books
ISBN 0-8144-0682-3

Introduction

"The Bible," leadership development consultant Lorin Woolfe contends, is the "greatest collection of leadership case studies ever written." He postulates that Biblical tales provide modern managers with "tremendously useful and insightful lessons," because these ancient stories "form some of the major archetypes of our collective consciousness."

This well-researched book is rich with anecdotes from both antiquity and modernity illustrating both good and bad leadership. You'll find King David and Bill Gates; Queen Esther and Anita Roddick; Jesus and Jack Welch.

In drawing parallels between the leadership challenges chronicled in the Bible and those faced by today's leaders, Woolfe concludes that successful leadership, then and now, derives from a set of ten "traits and skills."

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Leadership for the Common Good

Tackling Public Problems in a Shared-Power World
Second Edition
By Barbara C. Crosby, John M. Bryson
2005 by John Wiley & Sons,
ISBN 0-7879-6753-X

Introduction

"This important book provides strategies for converting public ideas into necessary public action. It will help leaders in every arena to renew our collective commitment to the common good, one of our most urgent responsibilities to the future."

--Robert H. Bruininks, president, University of Minnesota

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