Leadership for Life: Discovering Your Gifts for Christian Leadership

LEADERSHIP FOR LIFE, Discovering Your Gifts for Christian Leadership- by Michael Poulin, Lori Spanbauer, Joan Weber and Jennifer Willems · Leadership is for life-your life. If you are a young adult looking for ways to be a lerader in the public and less public arenas of day-to-day living, LEADERSHIP FOR LIFE will enhance your skills to be a leader, whether at work, in your parish or campus, at home, or in your community. · LEADERSHIP FOR LIFE's goal is to help you develop your leadership skills and put them at the service of the people around you. Our primary resource is Jesus Christ, whose vision, courage and compassion define leadership at its finest. · This book approaches leadership from many different angles. Examine the qualities of effective leaders in Chapter one. Evaluate your own skills for leadership and learn techniques for improving the skills you have (i.e., communication, team-building, facilitation, conflict resolution) in Chapter Two. Reflect on strategies that help leaders stay healthy and holy-write a personal mission statement, manage priorities and stress and grow spiritually- in Chapter Three. And finally, in Chapter Four, develop your own plan of action for living as a leader in the arenas of your life-the workplace, the home, your parish or campus, and the civic community.