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Leadership understood in the light of the Gospel means giving direction, developing people, making decisions and building an organisational culture grounded in service, respect, humility and responsibility.
White Book of Good Leadership Practices, preamble
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„Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”
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Featured entries
White Book of Good Leadership Practices
A document and project for leaders, animators and pastors describing good leadership practices in the Church and Christian organisations. The fruit of the Leaders' Forum at GLS 2025 in Warsaw.
The five dysfunctions of a team (Lencioni)
Patrick Lencioni's model: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results - five interrelated barriers to teamwork.
Emotional intelligence
The ability to recognise, understand and manage one's own emotions and to recognise others' emotions and build relationships. Popularised by Daniel Goleman as a key leadership competency.
Servant leadership
Robert K. Greenleaf's concept (1970) that the true leader is servant first. Leadership is measured by whether those served grow as persons.
Leadership
A process in which a person influences others to achieve a common goal together. In the Gospel perspective - giving direction, developing people, making decisions and building a culture grounded in service.
Christian leadership
An understanding of leadership rooted in the Gospel: authority as service, the leader as shepherd and steward, leadership grounded in character, community and accountability before God.
Books on leadership
All books →Leadership begins with leading oneself. Seven habits from proactivity to renewal, grounded in character and principles. Original: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
A study of companies that went from average to outstanding. The Level 5 leader, “first who, then what”, the Stockdale Paradox. Original: Good to Great.
A fable about rebuilding a divided team and the model of five dysfunctions, from absence of trust to inattention to results. Original: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Essays by the originator of servant leadership, including “The Servant as Leader” and texts on serving institutions and churches.
Servant leadership modelled on Jesus: the leader's heart, head, hands and habits.