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    Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
    Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
    Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
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    Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders

    By Reggie McNeal and Ken Blanchard

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    From an author and ministry consultant, seven practices for taking your religious leadership from good to great.
     
    Often spiritual leaders do not aspire to greatness for fear of seeming to lack humility. Yet greatness in spiritual leadership is just what we need—in our churches, our businesses, in education, in the social sector, in every sector of society. The question is how do good spiritual leaders become great leaders?
     
    Based on his extensive experience as coach and mentor to many thousands of Christian leaders across a broad spectrum of ministry settings, Reggie McNeal helps spiritual leaders understand that they will self-select into or out of greatness. McNeal shows how great spiritual leaders are committed intentionally to seven spiritual disciplines, habits of heart and mind that shape both their character and competence:
     
    *The discipline of self-awareness—the single most important information a leader possesses
    *The discipline of self-management—handling difficult emotions, expectations, temptations, as well as mental and physical well-being
    *The discipline of self-development—a life-long commitment to learning and growing and building on one's strengths
    *The discipline of mission—maintaining the sense of God's purpose in your life
    *The discipline of decision-making—knowing the elements of good decisions and learning from failure
    *The discipline of belonging—nurturing relationships and living in community with others
    *The discipline of aloneness—the intentional practice of solitude and contemplation

    “Practicing Greatness is a hard-hitting leadership book.” —from the Foreword by Ken Blanchard, author of The One-Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMay 20, 2010
    ISBN9780470469422
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    Reggie McNeal

    Reggie McNeal enjoys helping leaders pursue more kingdom-focused lives. He currently serves as a senior fellow for Leadership Network and city coach for GoodCities. In his consulting and speaking, Reggie draws on his experience as a pastor, denominational leader, seminary teacher, and leadership development coach for thousands of church leaders across North America and the world. His books include The Present Future, Missional Renaissance, A Work of Heart, and Kingdom Come.

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    • 3/5
      McNeal identifies seven disciplines that hold the potential to transform one’s leadership from good to great: self-awareness, self-management, self-development, mission, decision-making, belonging, and aloneness. While these disciplines doubtlessly serve as catalysts to greatness in leadership, McNeal’s insights are generally stale and uninspiring. There is little here to disagree with, but, likewise, little that will adequately motivate or equip leaders (McNeal’s comments on debriefing as a form of discipleship offer a thoughtful exception). C
    • 4/5
      A well written book of observations. McNeal shares insight into traits of spiritual leadership. Interestingly the disciplines he suggests are all about leading one's self. This is a refreshing change in the genre.

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