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    Open and Relational Leadership
    Open and Relational Leadership
    Open and Relational Leadership
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    Open and Relational Leadership

    By Thomas Jay Oord

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    We've been thinking about leadership the wrong way.

     

    What if good leaders lead like God? And what if God's leading is open and relational?

     

    Leadership studies have blossomed in recent decades. Many researchers take developments in science, economics, medicine, or politics as their guide when advancing theories in leadership. Others seek insights from great leaders of yesteryear, presidents and prime ministers, coaches, or titans of industry today. Some mine sacred scripture.

     

    Open and Relational Leadership is unique among leadership books. It describes what good leadership looks like from an open and relational theological perspective.

     

    Open and relational theology has many dimensions and facets. At its core are these ideas:

     

    1. God is relational. God engages creation by giving love and receiving responses.

    2. Creatures and creation are relational. We all affect one another; no one is isolated.

    3. The future is open, not predetermined. Our choices and decisions really do matter.

     

    Contributors to this book explore questions like, What would it mean to lead like a God who is open, relational, and loving? What does leadership look like in an open and relational world with open and relational people? What "style" of leadership fits this view? What common views of leadership present problems that the open and relational leadership model overcomes? And so on. These essays upend long-held views of hierarchy, tit-for-tat exchange, disconnected leaders, or controlling leadership.

     

    Open and Relational Leadership leads with love, like a loving God leads.

     

    "Short, well-crafted chapters together with deep theological insight - this book is a treasure, bringing creative resources to the study of leadership, theology, ministry, and citizenship. Highly recommended!" -- Brian D. McLaren, author of The Great Spiritual Migration

     

    "There are still too many people who think that leadership is deciding what other people should do and getting them to do it  This book makes clear that often the leader's task is to widen horizons and offer new possibilities.  Those who read this book will understand more deeply how to lead and follow."-- John B. Cobb, Jr., Author of Jesus' Abba

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSacraSage Press
    Release dateJul 20, 2020
    ISBN9781948609234
    Open and Relational Leadership
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    Thomas Jay Oord

    Thomas Jay Oord, Ph.D., is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology and the Open and Relational Theology doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary. He is an award-winning author and has written or edited over thirty books. A gifted speaker, Oord lectures at universities, conferences, churches, and institutions. Website: thomasjayoord.com

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