Synopsis
This book describes Christ's leadership qualities and behaviors. The attributes of the mantle, worn by God's prophets, help us visualize Christlike leadership. Leaders in the home, workplace, church, school, as well as Great Commission believers, need to use Christlike leadership to build-up their people for success and also to prepare them for Christ's return. The Mantle first describes how God makes leaders - how leaders learn to follow first. It then presents 4 character qualities of leadership: The Servant-Leader; Heart-To-Heart; Wisdom From Above; and Pull Don't Push. These qualities are also found in the cross of Christ. There are 8 behaviors identified that apply to every area of leadership (i.e. as spouses, parents, grandparents, pastors, deacons, supervisors, foremen, teachers, principals, coaches, and Christian believers making disciples for Christ). These behaviors are: Open to the ideas of others - listen; Being loyal & building Loyalty; Building up our people's self esteem; Building unity and family; Good communications and planning; Recognizing and rewarding good performance; Rating performance well; and, Developing a heart for customer service. In each of these, the reader sees Christ's example through the prophet's mantle. The mantle, like Christ, provided covering, protection, and comfort. It was an instrument of empowerment. It served and provided freedom, identification and recognition. It helped them through wind and rain storms as Christ brings us through the storms of uncertainty, chaos, change, and broken trust. The mantle concludes with the eternity of Christ's leadership - the same yesterday, today, and forever.
About the Author
Jim has been a born-again believer since 1971. He's a Vietnam veteran who won the Air Force Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. His business background is as a computer systems analyst. Jim is a supervisor in the federal government in an organization of 3500 employees. He's managed small groups as well as a group of 150 employees and 24 subordinate supervisors. He is creator and proponent of the organization's leadership philosophy, which is used to measure excellence in their supervisors. They were the only ones to win the 1996 President's Award For Quality - partly because of Jim's leadership philosophy. He's been invited to speak at many major Quality and Human Resource conferences throughout the country. In May 1995, the Ford Foundation and Harvard Kennedy School of Government honored Jim by selecting his leadership model and his "reverse appraisal" initiative as a semifinalist (top 100 out of 1450 applicants) for its "Innovations in American Government" award program. Jim has a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from NYU and credits toward a PhD from MIT. He's also attended the Harvard Divinity School. Besides his secular leadership experience, Jim has served various churches as a teacher, deacon, and treasurer. He also led his church's involvement in the 1991 Billy Graham Crusade at the Meadowlands. He is also "The Servant-Leader" columnist for the Tri-State Voice, Christian newspaper with a monthly distribution of 10,000 readers. The major recurring theme of his life he describes as God's faithfulness to supply all our need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Phillipians 4:19).
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