The Creative Leader: Unleashing the Power of Your Creative Potential

by Young, Ed

• ISBN13: 9780805431773
• ISBN10: 0805431772
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: B & H Pub Group

Summary

Ed Young, Jr., and his ministry team used creativity to help develop what is now one of the ten largest churches in the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: A Call for Change	1	(4)
SECTION 1 Forming a Creative Foundation	5	(58)
A Case Study in Creative Leadership: Walt Disney	7	(50)
1. Why Creativity?	9	(12)
2. The Creative Payoff	21	(14)
3. The Creative Constant	35	(22)
Creative Q & A: Section 1	57	(6)
SECTION 2 Enhancing Your Creative Environment	63	(76)
A Case Study in Creative Leadership: W.L. Gore & Associates	65	(66)
4. Creative Church Culture	69	(20)
5. Creative Worship	89	(18)
6. Creative Communication	107	(24)
Creative Q & A: Section 2	131	(8)
SECTION 3 Positioning Your Creative Players	139	(66)
A Case Study in Creative Leadership: Miracle on Ice	141	(54)
7. Creative Staffing	143	(28)
8. Team Creativity	171	(24)
Creative Q & A: Section 3	195	(10)
SECTION 4 Overcoming Creative Obstacles	205	(66)
A Case Study in Creative Leadership: Christopher Columbus	207	(42)
9. Creative Cramps	211	(14)
10. Three Things They Didn't Teach Me in Seminary	225	(24)
Creative Q & A: Section 4	249	(20)
11. Go Fish!	255	(14)
Is It Worth It?	269	(2)
Appendixes	271	(20)
1a and b. Easter Invitations	272	(2)
2a and b. Christmas Direct Mail with Die-cut	274	(2)
3a. "Retro" Series Graphic	276	(1)
3b. Satellite Campus Promotion	277	(1)
4a and b. "Tri-God" Series Graphic	278	(2)
5a. "Multiple Choice" Series Graphic	280	(1)
5b. Example of Guest Registry Form	281	(1)
6a and b. "Thread—Tailor Made" Mind Map	282	(2)
7. "Juicy Fruit—Faithfulness" Mind Map	284	(1)
8a and b. "In the Zone—Creature from the Cash Lagoon" Sermon Notes	285	(2)
9. "In the Zone" Series Graphic	287	(1)
10a. and b. Christmas Invitation	288	(2)
11. "Character Tour" Series Graphic	290	(1)
About the Author	291