Executive pastor and leadership coach Tim Stevens shows readers how to create the organizational culture they'd love to work in themselves.
Profitable organizations require a healthy culture, and Pastor Tim Stevens knows the secret sauce for a vibrant and successful workplace. Drawn from his experience working at Granger Community Church in Indiana, where he leads a team of more than 130 people, and from growing a worldwide ministry-5,000 people in three locations in Granger and 1,800 churches in India.Fairness Is Overratedlays out a practical blueprint for success.
Short, digestible chapters-fueled by practical bullet-points, discussion questions, and real-life examples-give lessons and practical advice few leadership manuals teach, such as how resumes are worthless and Facebook and Twitter shouldn't be prohibited at work. Whether it's the power of switching off the iPhone in a meeting, balancing the visions of artists and leaders, or how to fire people with grace,Fairness Is Overratedis packed with practical tips for real leadership, every single day.

Fairness Is Overrated: And 51 Other Leadership Principles to Revolutionize Your Workplace

Business & Money

Stevens, Tim

Management & Leadership

Thomas Nelson

Favorite Ghost Stories (Story Library)

Following in the ghoulish shadow of Ghost Stories, the top-selling Story Library title, this new anthology is sure to chill and thrill with 15 of Aidan Chambers' favorite ghost stories. Offering spine-chilling tales from the highest caliber authors including Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie, and Robert Westall, the soon-to-be-spooked will no doubt find this a perfectly haunting introduction to different genres of ghost story, and a compelling read that few will dare put down.

Children's Books

CHAMBERS, AIDAN

Literature & Fiction

Kingfisher

Including masterpieces such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Agatha Christie's "The Lamp," this eerie anthology of fifteen stories is not for the faint of heart.

Simply Strategic Stuff: Help for Leaders Drowning in the Details of Running a Church

Religion & Spirituality

Morgan, Tony

Christian Books & Bibles

Group Pub Inc

Litigation Readiness: Mastering the Inevitable

Litigation Readiness: Mastering The Inevitable

Cook, Dan

Rules & Procedures

Fios Inc

Whether you're a regular attender, a leader, or have yet to step foot in a church, you may have questions about church that aren't being answered. How can the church remain relevant while communicating the unchanging integrity of God's truth? Author Tim Stevens makes an inspiring case for leveraging pop culture to reach out to people in the language of their lives. He offers a new perspective that gives relevance and impact to the church by using pop culture meeting people in the real world with words, sounds and images that speak to them. He encourages us to get out of our comfort zones and look people in the eyes, meeting them wherever they are, relating to their problems and society's challenges--even celebrating pop culture, where there are exciting signs of spiritual seeking. Pop Goes the Church will open your mind to church in a way that breaks down walls, engages the culture and speaks to a generation that needs to hear good news.

Pop Goes the Church: Should the Church Engage Pop Culture?

Power Pub

'Cyber security' is a recent addition to the global security agenda, concerned with protecting states and citizens from the misuse of computer networks for war, terrorism, economic espionage and criminal gain. Many argue that the ubiquity of computer networks calls for robust and pervasive countermeasures, not least governments concerned about their potential effects on national and economic security. Drawing on critical literature in international relations, security studies, political theory and social theory, this is the first book that describes how these visions of future cyber security are sustained in the communities that articulate them. Specifically, it shows that conceptions of time and temporality are foundational to the politics of cyber security. It explores how cyber security communities understand the past, present and future, thereby shaping cyber security as a political practice. Integrating a wide range of conceptual and empirical resources, this innovative book provides insight for scholars, practitioners and policymakers.

Cyber Security and the Politics of Time

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Cambridge University Press

'Cyber security' is a recent addition to the global security agenda, concerned with protecting states and citizens from the misuse of computer networks for war, terrorism, economic espionage and criminal gain. Many argue that the ubiquity of computer networks calls for robust and pervasive countermeasures, not least governments concerned about their potential effects on national and economic security. Drawing on critical literature in international relations, security studies, political theory and social theory, this is the first book that describes how these visions of future cyber security are sustained in the communities that articulate them. Specifically, it shows that conceptions of time and temporality are foundational to the politics of cyber security. It explores how cyber security communities understand the past, present and future, thereby shaping cyber security as a political practice. Integrating a wide range of conceptual and empirical resources, this innovative book provides insight for scholars, practitioners and policymakers.

Discover the tools of leadership to revolutionize your workplace.
Tim Stevens traveled an alternative road―leaving high school and immediately joining a national non-profit organization. He rose quickly through the ranks of leadership, but nine years later left it all behind to help an upstart church get its footing. During the 20 years Stevens served as Executive Pastor at Granger Community Church near South Bend, Indiana, the ministry grew from a congregation of 300 to more than 5,000; from a staff of five to more than 130; with a preschool, restaurant, three campuses and more than 1,800 new churches planted in southern India. 
Leaders learn by leading. Stevens knows that creating a healthy and successful organization requires throwing out the conventional instruction manual and writing one that balances practical lessons, spiritual truths, and twenty-first century realities―exactly what you will find in Fairness Is Overrated.
Stevens, now an executive with the Vanderbloemen Search Group, takes his lifetime of service and dispenses with conventional wisdom. Short, powerful chapters end with actionable discussion questions. Four pillars hold up every successful leader: Be a person of integrity. Identify the right people around you. Build a great culture. Lead through crisis.
This is a manual of doing, not talking. No fluff, no stale inspirational platitudes. It’s time to move past planning and kick-start Monday into action.

"Vision: Lost &amp; Found" is the behind-the-scenes story of a church that grew from nothing to be labeled as the second most innovative church in the country--and then got stuck.Author Tim Stevens tells the story of Granger Community Church's journey through the ups and downs. You will feel their angst, but you will also smile as they celebrate significant moments along the way. You will read about the pain, the relational strain, the unbelievable mountain-top experiences, the struggle and the process that helped Granger discover a new vision that would literally redefine their church. It is not a story that is finished, either. Don't look for a nicely-wrapped ending with an "everyone lived happily ever after" conclusion. You will be encouraged by Stevens' candor and vulnerability as he unpacks a story still being written.Many churches are stuck. Some are stuck because of old ways of thinking; some because they can't figure a way out; others because they are happy not changing. "Vision: Lost &amp; Found" will challenge your paradigms, inspire your heart, stretch your thinking and give you tangible tools to help your church take its next step.

Vision: Lost and Found: The Story Of A Church That Got Stuck but Didn't Stay There

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Fairness Is Overrated: And 51 Other Leadership Principles to Revolutionize Your Workplace

Favorite Ghost Stories (Story Library)

More Ghost Stories (Red Hot Reads)

Simply Strategic Stuff: Help for Leaders Drowning in the Details of Running a Church

Litigation Readiness: Mastering The Inevitable

Pop Goes the Church: Should the Church Engage Pop Culture?

Cyber Security and the Politics of Time

Cyber Security and the Politics of Time

Fairness Is Overrated: And 51 Other Leadership Principles to Revolutionize Your Workplace

Vision: Lost and Found: The Story Of A Church That Got Stuck but Didn't Stay There