Leadership And...

By Gerald Coates and Adrian Hawkes

This third edition of Leadership and... means there are around 12,000 of them already around and hopefully being read.

There are many things that I could add if I rewrote it - that would be a new book.

The first encouraging thing about this book is the many different training courses which use it as a text book. The reprint will help those who still try to order it for courses that they are running.

The second thing is the many young people who say I have read your book to which I reply Thank you! No they say you dont understand, its the only book I have read all the way through! Just because its short does not make what I say about leadership unimportant, to quote another reader, It gives you lots that you have to continue to unpack yourself and think around.

Well I know its short, but it gives the most important principal of leadership, SERVANT LEADERSHIP!

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 3, 2009
• ISBN: 9781491750261

Gerald Coates

Adrian and his wife Pauline have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. Since the age of 19 Adrian has been involved in leadership in the UK, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Norway, Switzerland, France, Canada and the USA. He strongly believes that young people should be given real responsibility?the earlier the better.

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Leadership

and…

Adrian L. Hawkes

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Leadership and…

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1979, 1987, 2009 by Adrian Hawkes

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Contents

Dedication

Foreword

A Potted History

Preface

Chapter 1        Leadership And What It Is A Definition

Chapter 2        Leadership And Decisions Decision Makers

Chapter 3        Leadership And Attitude Servant Thinking

Chapter 4        Leadership And Its Material People: The Stuff We Work With

Chapter 5        Leadership And Difficult People Awkward Ones

Chapter 6        Leadership And A Small Group Small Groups

Chapter 7        Leadership And My Own Actions Myself

Chapter 8        Leadership And Your Testimony My Story

Chapter 9        Leadership And A Platform The Public View

Chapter 10      Leadership And Preaching What Do I Say?

Chapter 11      Leadership And The Family At Home

Chapter 12      Leadership And Vision Goals

Chapter 13      Leadership And Production Work And Pass On

Chapter 14      Leadership And Children Spiritual Children

Chapter 15      Leadership And Other Leaders Loyalty

Chapter 16      Leadership And Friends Solomon’s Clothes

Chapter 17      Leadership And Style The Changing You

Chapter 18      Leadership And Power God In Us

Chapter 19      Leadership And Rewards Benefits

Chapter 20      Leadership And Leading Abandoning Mediocrity

Dedication

Thanks to my family for their help and encouragement: Pauling Anna, Carla and Gareth. I promised to mention their names.

Thanks to:

- my mother and father for their guidance in early years,

- Lesley, my secretary,

- Sally, for the illustrations,

- my mother-in-law for the use of a quiet place, namely her flat, to write in, and

- especially to Brian Brookes who said ‘Why don’t you write a book about Leadership?’

Here it is …

Foreword

Most books give a better impression of the writer and his work than the author readily deserves. It is much easier to put concept ideas and projects on paper than to work them out in relationships.

The reason I have been so happy to write the foreword to this book is simple: Adrian Hawkes has, in terms of friendship, quality of leadership, projects, educational forums and multi-racial churches, done more in reality than this publication might express.

Adrian Hawkes is a man of integrity, faith and wisdom with a devotion to Jesus and people. The home and family reflect this any day or afternoon you care to drop in. Whilst this is another contribution to leadership discussion it is a vital one and for this reason there is more to the man, his ministry and achievement than his writing conveys; surely an improvement on books that convey more than reality itself. Read, learn and digest and then maybe take a trip to North London and see. You will not be disappointed. God’s love is everywhere in their work.

Gerald Coates

A Potted History

Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hawkes decided that the church needed stretching, bouncing, and shaping up, for the kingdom is waiting to express and fly free, so he rolled up his sleeves and grabbed the vision that God had given him: to make people ready to stand and fight for kingdom living.

It all started for him at the tender age of nineteen years, when as a young whipper-snapper he was asked to help with the youth in Spark-brook, Brummiland. At first he started to push it away and reject the thought and title of shoulder-scraping responsibility. God thought otherwise.

Through pushing, screaming, kicking, and shoving, Adrian Leslie Hawkes finally jumped into leadership and, as it turned out, he became pretty good at it! He was becoming, in some people’s