LEADERS ON LEADERSHIP
by
G
EORGE
B
ARNA
From
Leaders On Leadership
© 1997 by George Barna. Published by Regal Books, a division of Gospel Light,Ventura, California, USA. All rights reserved. Database © 2000 iExalt, Inc.“Do not steal.” Leviticus 19:11. It is unlawful to reproduce these files or copy this material in any form withoutexpress written permission from the publisher. For more information about permission to use this content, visitwww.gospellight.com.Limited permission is granted to the original purchaser of this resource to quote passages up to 300 words for non-commercial purposes as long as no changes are made to the passage. The following credit line must appear with anyquotations:
From
Leaders On Leadership
© 1997 by George Barna. All rights reserved. Published by Regal Books, adivision of Gospel Light, Ventura, California, USA. For more information, visit www.gospellight.com.
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Acknowledgments
____________________ Allow me to express my sincere gratitude to the people who have made this book possible.Fifteen people have contributed to this book. I believe that the cumulative efforts of thisteam has demonstrated the meaning of synergy. My thanks goes to each man who shares hisknowledge, wisdom, experience, time and heart with us through his contribution to this book.My friends at Regal Books have been supportive partners in ministry for many years. I countthem as friends, colleagues in ministry and respected professionals in publishing. They deserveour appreciation for sharing the vision for this book and exhibiting great patience in waiting for itto come together.My family probably makes the greatest sacrifice of all each time I create a book. Mytendency is to devote myself fully to completing a book project, emerging from my room for meals and to tuck the girls in at night. My wife, Nancy, becomes the true leader of the family inmy absence during such periods of literary hibernation. My daughters, Samantha and Corban, probably wonder what happens to Daddy during these periods.Although I tried to keep our family time sacred during the days when I worked on this book,I know all three girls gave up some of the time and interaction that we cherish. Nancy, in particular, worked hard to protect my time and facilitate a reasonable level of uninterruptedconcentration. In the equation of eternal value, I pray that the trade-offs made during this projectare justifiable before God. I love Nancy, Samantha and Corban and pray that this book will helpto raise up the kind of leaders who will enhance their lives.In the final analysis, however, this is a vain exercise in chasing the wind if it does not produce that which brings greater glory and honor to God. Like every true Christian leader, mydesire is that this effort is one that will enable many more people to know, love and serve Himwith all their hearts, minds, souls and strength. For that is the chief end of humankind. It has beenmy privilege to know Him and to offer this project as a means of being a blessing to Him and His people.2
Preface
____________________ When I was young, sports were the center of my world. I was especially interested in major-league baseball. Besides spending most of my waking hours playing baseball, watching baseball,thinking about baseball or talking about baseball, I also played a board game called “Challengethe Yankees.” Back in the early sixties, the New York Yankees were a perennial powerhouse,always a good bet to win the American League pennant. The point of the game was to create amythical all-star team that would play against the Yankees to see if the Bronx Bombers could be beaten.I was born in New York City and was an avid Yankee fan during my formative years, so Ispent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing that game. (An inveterate statistician, even by agesix, I developed notebook after notebook of hand-tabulated statistics based on the pretend battlesthese fantasy teams waged. Sometimes it is easy to foresee what a child will do with his life whenhe is grown.) One of the most enjoyable aspects of the game was dreaming up a killer lineup of opposing players to take on the champs. (It was the modern-day equivalent of the “Dream Team”concept popularized by America’s Olympic basketball teams.)That was a couple of decades ago; but the same sense of joy and wonder was rekindled increating this book about leadership. As the one who conceived the project, I began with a blank slate, starting with the topics I thought should be included in a handbook about leadershipaspects. I then had the privilege of asking a veritable all-star team of leaders and leader developers to join me in creating this volume.The substance of this book comes from a team of experts that is as awesome as any you canimagine assembling from within the Christian community. Much like an all-star team, each of the participants is “playing his own position”—that is, writing about the topic or subject he hasstudied, experienced, mastered and mentored about for years. It is exciting to provide for you thewords of wisdom from men who have an intense passion for the topic about which they havewritten.A long time ago, I discovered that there are two kinds of people: those who try to cut costs by accepting inferior products that will enable them to “get by,” and those who pay more to getthe best products that, hopefully, last longer and provide superior performance. This book reflectsthe latter strategy: get the best “talent” available and benefit from their experiences and insights.This lineup of talent parallels that of the 1961 Yankees:•
Jack Hayford
, “the pastor’s pastor,” instructing us about the
character
of a leader;•
Leighton Ford
describing what it takes to
develop
a person who has potential into atransforming leader;•
Peter Wagner
focusing on the significance of
prayer
in leading people;•
Bobby
and
Richard Clinton
outlining the
phases
and
cycles
that naturally occur in the lifeof a leader;•
Gene Getz
exegeting
Scripture
to remind us of what God looks for in a true leader;•
Elmer Towns
unraveling his years of experience to divulge how
change
and
innovation
define a leader;•
Kenn Gangel
providing an overview of
what leaders do
that make them leaders;•
H. B. London
revealing how a leader can maintain the paradoxical balance between being
tough and tender
;•
Doug Murren
sharing his experience and education regarding what it takes to be a
changeagent
;3
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