The Five Phases of Leadership

Justyn Terry

Description

The Five Phases of Leadership is a book written by a practitioner for practitioners. Organized around five stages of leadership – establishing trust, cultivating leaders, discerning vision, implementing plans and transitioning out – this book offers an overview of the leadership life cycle from a distinctively Christian perspective.
Dr. Justyn Terry draws on over twenty years of leadership experience in seminaries and churches, to offer practical insight into a leader’s role. Rather than focusing primarily on leadership styles or skills, this book demonstrates why those skills matter in context. By focusing on a leader’s overall task, Dr. Terry offers a vision of leadership that draws together its disparate elements into a unified whole.

Informations

• Publié par: Langham Creative Projects
• Date de parution: 10 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• EAN13: 9781839734571
• Langue: English

Extrait

The church, Christian institutions, and our world today need godly leaders who are people after God’s own heart. The Five Phases of Leadership is an excellent and essential reference for all Christian leaders. Dr. Justyn Terry presents these five phases in a way that guides leaders who want to lead in a godly and biblical way. It is not a book that can be read just once, but it is one that needs to be read again and again as it helps leaders to evaluate themselves continuously. I highly recommend this book as a companion for every person in a leadership position.
The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis
Archbishop, Episcopal Anglican Diocese of Egypt
Leadership is much like life. Life can appear infinitely complex, yet it can also be reduced to simple formulas. Likewise, entire libraries exist devoted to leadership, yet people who are successful at it can boil it down to a handful of fundamental behaviors. Justyn Terry has masterfully done this. Both a successful scholar and practitioner, Terry has reduced leadership to five essential practices. Each has enormous ramifications and is ignored at great cost. Modern society, as well as the church, is desperately clamoring for good leadership. The stakes are high. The challenges are herculean. This book will help.
Richard Blackaby
President of Blackaby Ministries International
Co-author, Spiritual Leadership, and Called to Be God’s Leader
I cannot recommend Justyn Terry’s book highly enough for anyone in leadership! In an age which idolizes leadership and leadership books and formulae, this is refreshingly authentic. Deeply biblical, humble, and insightful. Full of practical wisdom. Packed with fresh clarity and honest case studies covering the five phases of Leadership Life Cycle, complete with questions for reflection. Justyn is an insightful teacher and practitioner, rooted in Scripture and the need for the fruit of the Spirit and Christ-like character formation. Read it!
Rt Revd Jill Duff, DPhil
Anglican Bishop of Lancaster, UK
It is so good to be reminded that being called to leadership is a responsibility which we are given only for a season – and that that season, if we are to be faithful stewards, calls for different approaches over its lifespan. Justyn Terry’s book contains much biblical and practical wisdom for how we can start and end well in each responsibility that comes to us, growing and being prepared for the next season.
Paul Harcourt
National Leader, New Wine England
In a season in which Christian leaders are being stretched in new ways, Justyn Terry’s work stands out as a beacon, calling us to mark our time in measured seasons, each one informed by the witness of the biblical text. With the skilled hindsight of a seasoned pastor, he draws on examples from his own ministry to illuminate the challenges leaders face, and he prayerfully and practically offers guidance which translates well across geographical and denominational divides. This is a book to which readers can return time and time again as they seek to discern God’s vision and leading in their own context.
Rev. Tracey Henry
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Leadership is complex. Anyone who suggests otherwise has never led anything significant. But complex doesn’t mean opaque. This practical guide takes us through the process of leading well from arriving to leaving in five overlapping phases. Woven through with personal stories from his leadership in a church and seminary, reflection on biblical themes, and insights from contemporary authors, Terry acts as a wise companion on the journey. If you know someone starting out on the complex journey of leadership, do them a favour and give them this book. They will thank you.
James Lawrence
Leadership Principal, Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)
I am very grateful to have gotten to know Justyn Terry while attending a program at Oxford several years back. One who honours both people and results, Terry has led with integrity of heart and skilful hands. He is a safe leader who is competent, reliable and relational – a very rare combination! I highly recommend this book and have no doubt that this will be a profitable read.
Rachel Ong
CEO, ROHEI Corporation
Member of Parliament, Singapore
This book is a wonderful distillation of practical wisdom gained from long experience of hands-on leadership, allied to a good deal of biblical and theoretical reflection, all with the clear aim of equipping God’s people better for faithful missional ministry. This simple exposition of five priorities for Christian leaders is laced with helpful suggestions as to how they might be worked out in the life of a local church leader. Justyn Terry’s generous spirit and infectious confidence in God’s power and equipping have led him to produce a book which will inspire faith and hope both in those who are setting out on the journey of leadership and those more experienced practitioners who want to see their own leadership sharpened and refreshed.
Ian Parkinson
Associate Archdeacon,
Transition Enabler, Diocese of Sheffield, UK
A thought-provoking resource, The Five Phases of Leadership defines the fundamentals of a leader’s life cycle with a practiced finesse! Dwelling not so much on leadership-managerial skills and strategies, the heart of Justyn Terry’s book focuses on five phases of leadership, namely, establishing trust, cultivating leaders, discerning vision, implementing plans, and transitioning out. Drawing on his leadership experience both in the church and out, Terry has woven into the book biblical values that are core to any biblical leader. The “life cycle of a leader” locus makes it a global resource – an essential and relevant read for all pastors and leaders around the world! I have enjoyed the book myself by my friend Terry, and I know many others will too!
Finny Philip, PhD
Principal, Filadelfia Bible College, Udaipur, India

The Five Phases of Leadership
An Overview for Christian Leaders
Revised and Expanded Edition
Justyn Terry

© 2021 Justyn Terry
Published 2021 by Langham Global Library
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Previously published by Whitchurch Publishing, 2016, under the same title.
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Contents

Cover


Foreword


Preface


Introduction


The Five Phases Of Leadership


Phase 1 Establish Trust


Establish Trust: A Case Study


Establish Trust: The Ingredients


Conclusion


Taking It Further


Phase 2 Cultivate Leaders


Cultivate Leaders: A Case Study


Cultivate Leaders: The Ingredients


Conclusion


Taking It Further


Phase 3 Discern Vision


Discern Vision: A Case Study


Discern Vision: The Ingredients


Conclusion


Taking It Further


Phase 4 Implement Plans


Implement Plans: A Case Study


Implement Plans: The Ingredients


Conclusion


Taking It Further


Phase 5 Transition Out


Transition Out: A Case Study


Transition Out: The Ingredients


Conclusion


Taking It Further


Conclusion


Glossary


Further Reading


About Langham Partnership

Endnotes

Index
Foreword
Leadership matt