A Biblical Model for Leadership Service

by Walter C. Wright, Jr.

from the publisher

“Walter Wright has been paying attention to the nature of leadership for a long time and offers timely and seasoned help. He has thought, taught, prayed, conversed, and read widely and deeply in and outside the Bible on the nature of leadership and has worked what he has learned into his own life” (from the foreword by Eugene Peterson). Relational Leadership is the result of his dedication.

Drawing on leadership theory, his own experience, and insight from Jude, Philemon, and Colossians, Wright has written a book that will be valuable to anyone in a position of leadership. Leadership is not an assigned role, but a way of living that suffuses everything we do and are. The goal of this book is to empower others to contribute to achieving the mission of the organizations with which they are involved. Wright not only presents an ideal, but offers practical suggestions for handling such thorny issues as the management of volunteers and performance reviews.

some excerpts

“And then somewhere along the line, whether we intend it or not, whether we want it or not, whether we realize it or not, people start following us.  We become leaders.  All of us.  People see what we are doing and where we are going; it looks like we know what we are doing and where we are going.  They follow.  We are leaders before we know how to be leaders.”

“We have defined leadership as a relationship of influence — a transforming relationship in which the leader invests in the growth and development of the followers, empowering them to become what God has gifted them to be.”

what others say

“Relational Leadership presents a thought-provoking and unique model for servant leadership which will transform both for-profit and non-profit organizations. You will find this book personally renewing and its wisdom professionally regenerating. Walt Wright has influenced my thinking about and practicing of leadership as much as anyone besides my father, Max De Pree.”

Jody D. Vanderwel
President, Grand Angels

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