Principles of Ignatian Leadership: A Resource for a Faith-Committed Life - Softcover

Byron SJ, William J.; Connor SJ, James L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809149656 ISBN 13: 9780809149650

Publisher: Paulist Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book assists people to recognize in themselves their capacity for and their skills of leadership, and then to help them to exercise leadership most effectively in their service of others. This is exactly what the retreat of St. Ignatius, called “Spiritual Exercises,” aims to do. The ancient Delphic Oracle used to advise people to “know thyself.” And then, “To thine own self be true,” is what Polonius tells his son in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Ignatius assists us to do just that, as we can see in a powerful meditation he offers us midway through the retreat. It is entitled, “Two Types of People”― people who march under two banners with absolutely opposite messages on them. One banner says, “What’s in it for me-me-me?” and the other banner says, “And what can I do for you?” In his retreat, Ignatius is guiding people through the “conversion” which he himself experienced―from self-promoting “ladies' man” and playboy to companion of Christ in service to others. This is the perennial challenge and invitation we humans face, and this book helps us to make that passage successfully and permanently. †

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About the Author

William Byron, SJ, is a university professor of business and society at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia. The author of many books, he holds a doctorate in economics and has taught in the business schools of Georgetown and Loyola University Maryland. James L. Connor, SJ, holds a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University. He currently offers seminars in Jesuit spirituality to business school faculty and business leaders.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809149656
• ISBN 13: 9780809149650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64