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 enlarge | Author: Robert Clinton
Publisher: NavPress
Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 32677
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0891091920
Dewey Decimal Number: 253.2
EAN: 9780891091929
ASIN: 0891091920
Publication Date: September 1, 1988
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LEADERSHIP. Where do leaders come from? What does it take to be a leader? When does leadership begin? The answers to these questions may surprise you. Leadership is not confined to position,
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 How Leaders Develop and How You Can Too! May 9, 2006
Keith E. Webb (Singapore)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
For 10 years I've used The Making of A Leader in my work developing leaders. First, the book has been instrumental in my own personal and leadership development. Second, I use the content in workshops and classes all over the world. The principles hold up well in a variety of cultural contexts. And never before have these principles and practices been more relevant than today!
In The Making of Leader, Dr. J. Robert Clinton documents his research of hundreds of leaders. Clinton discovered a generalized time-line consisting of six phases that represent the general flow of a leader's life. Development phases represent major segments of a leader's development. The six phases are:
1. Sovereign Foundations
2. Inner-life Growth
3. Ministry Maturing
4. Life Maturing
5. Convergence
6. Afterglow
Identifying phases gives a leader capacity to track progress in their development, and clarify insights and lessons. Armed with these patterns a leader has the ability to actually identify and develop leadership, character, vision, values, and relational skills. This is what separates Dr. Clinton's book from the rest of the leadership genre; he actually provides the tools to develop a leader, not just talk about what one is or does.
Each chapter covers roughly one development phase. Inside each phase we learn that there are Process Items that are specific types of challenges leaders typically will face during each phase. By identifying Process Items, leaders are armed with the means to see beyond their immediate circumstances to what the underlaying developmental lesson might be. I've been using these Process Items for years in my own life and in coaching other leaders to grow. They are tremendously helpful!
Just so you don't think this is just a how-to book, let me say that this book often invokes a deep spiritual response from leaders. It's as if leaders gain perspective on their circumstance and see patterns of development-or lack of development-with new eyes.
This book is written, of course, from a Christian perspective and for Christian leaders. But the appeal of the book goes far beyond just this segment of the population. Dr. Clinton offers a useful grid for recognizing the lessons and patterns of leadership development.
If you desire to be equipped with the tools to develop leaders, then this book is for you!
Insightful Work - Must Read July 3, 2003
J. Michael (Tulsa, OK USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I met Bobby Clinton during a difficult time of transition. Over a cup of coffee, after asking a few questions, he was able to perfectly describe what was going on in my life and outline a practical plan to make the experience most profitable. It was if he had been reading my mail for the past two years.When I told him how amazed I was at his ability he outlined for me the research that gave birth to this book. He and his students at Fuller Theological Seminary had studied the lives of over 400 leaders. The patterns of emergence they discovered are the basis of this book. The book is a must read for anyone who is interested in the topic of leadership and leadership development.
A book any leader/upcoming leader could benefit from reading November 19, 1998
A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com (Glen Ellyn, IL USA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Five stars? Yup... because a study of this text may revolutionize your view of leadership and what it means to be led. It did for me.
This book focuses on Christian leadership, outlining the lives of known leaders and how God developed them to do what He needed them to do.
It provides an honest, challenging and humbling understanding the responsibilities of being a leader, and how to develop a sucessor. This is for serious students of God who do not depend on 'rah-rah' leadership, but deep, life-long goals. Similarly, this isn't a PK-style look at leadership, though it comes from an evangelical understanding of God. However, PK fans might see this as a bigger, next step in a long journey.
The focus is about serving Christ, about being lead by Him, and in turn, in obedience, leading others to serve Him.
I read it in the context of a Wheaton College masters-level missions course.
The writer is a professor at Fuller Theo. Sem.
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
Thee Book on Leadership Development January 14, 2004
Manuel Hernandez (Shavertown, Pa.)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I teach leadership and leadership development both in the States and internationally and I can tell there is no better book on the subject. There are other books available, and they all are easier reads than this one but this is or will be the classic on the subject.The book goes much further than explaining leadership it shows how every incident in your life went to form and fashion who you are. Take your time with this book and definitely do the chart work and you will recieve the peace of not only knowing who you are but that your past was all valuable and your future can be better understood.
Great aggregation of time-proven principles and insights April 17, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Dr. Clinton applies an analytical, engineering mind to historical and spiritual truths. He puts struggles, trials as well as victories and advancements into a very organized perspective. This is not light reading, as he forewarns people at the beginning. The terminology alone warrants the keeping of a finger in the glossary at all times. If you are a leader or know and support one, the book will be solid encouragement and a source of peace during all that you go through on the way to glory. It both challenges and heals. God's hand and purpose are seen at each juncture and circumstance. I'm buying other copies to give to other leader friends because of its wisdom and long-term effect. A wonderful reference by a very thoughtful and blessed person.
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