A Leader and His Word A Scriptural Guide for Executives

A Leader and His Word is an inspiring, enlightening and entertaining book filled with practical tips on leadership. With over twenty-five years of experience teaching leadership subjects to managers and executives throughout the country, Gerry Olson brings his unique perspective to the challenges of today's leaders. Designed to be a quick read for busy executives, the book aligns the Scriptures with the issues leaders face every day at work.\nIn one of Charles Schulz's classic Peanuts cartoons, Snoopy is depicted on his back, lying on top of his dog house looking up at the sky and bemoaning his fate. "It's just not right," he says. "People expect too much of me." In the second frame, he continues to complain, "It's just not fair. It's unreasonable." His complaining continues through the third frame and finally in the last frame, he seems to have come to terms with his situation and says: "It's tough being the head beagle!" \nGerald A. Olson is President of the Leading Edge Consulting Group, a management consulting firm with offices in Northern Illinois and Southern Florida . Before founding Leading Edge Consulting Group, Mr. Olson had over twenty years of senior management experience and was responsible for the Human Resources and Management Development divisions for one of the largest health care systems in the Midwest. He has lectured before numerous management groups throughout the country and has taught management at both the graduate and undergraduate level.\nMr. Olson is a graduate of Saint Olaf Lutheran College and leads two Christian leadership mentoring groups in the Chicago area.