Sharpening Your Leading Edge

by Hayford, Jack W.

• ISBN13: 9780884199571
• ISBN10: 0884199576
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Charisma House

Summary

A leader seeking personal growth more than just career success is not easy to find. This is a message for leaders on leadership. Jack Hayford will help you move beyond the best methods to an even better mindset. "Mindset" always affects doing, thinking and being, which will move you forward. Why? Because it soon aligns the leader's heart and head to be in sync with the Creator's ways and will. And no leader can become more creative than that. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jack Hayford, founding pastor of The Church On The Way, has been called the "pastor's pastor" and the "bridge builder" for good reason. For the past forty-five years, "Pastor Jack" has focused his attention on ministry to pastors and leaders all around the world. He speaks to about 30,000 pastors and leaders per year. In addition, he has written over thirty books and six hundred songs. In 1997 he founded The King's College and Seminary, where he serves as chancellor and director of The Jack W. Hayford School of Pastoral Nurture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Warning: You May be Disappointed!	p. v
Refusing to Be Blunted: Tempering My Perceptual "Edge"
A September 11 ... of Any Kind	p. 1
Earthquake: Judgment or Mercy?	p. 8
When It's Tough to Surrender	p. 19
Let's Race to Reconcile	p. 28
Discerning the Times and Messianic Ministries Today	p. 37
Our Stance Before Almightiness	p. 48
The Bugaboo and the Blessing	p. 54
Letting "Iron Sharpen Iron": Discipling the Leader's Mindset
The "Happy" in the Disciplines	p. 65
Shaping Men-Shaping the Church	p. 80
Men First: But for Right Reasons	p. 92
Time to Lose "Patience"-and Pursue Passion	p. 100
The Right Stuff	p. 112
Truth: The Essential Framework	p. 119
Leading Through the Seasons: Putting an "Edge" on Celebration
The Blessings of Autumn	p. 138
The Heart (and Shadow) of Thanksgiving	p. 148
Making the Holidays Happy and Holy	p. 157
Finding Balance in Our "Christmasing"	p. 164
Into New Year's-With Faith and Expectancy	p. 171
A Nation's Salvation-and Dependence	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 188
Notes	p. 192
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