Max De Pree Chapter Summary

Carson D.A. & Moo, D. J. (2005), An Introduction To The New Testament, 2nd Edition

As I read Fundamentals: Enduring Convictions of the Restoration, through the lens of this assignment, I gained new insight and a different appreciation for his visionary calling to provide a theological perspective that aligns us with a larger Christian understanding.

The authors of “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You” are Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones. Goffee is a founding partner of the organizational consulting firm, Creative Management Associates, professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, professional speaker, and an author of numerous books. Gareth Jones is the co-author and a Fellow of the Center for Management Development at London Business School, a visiting professor from IE Business School in Madrid, and is an author and speaker as well. Their main contention in their book “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You” is that numerous or most companies in the world are not led by “true leaders,” but they are simply managed by pencil pushers and employees playing different roles on the company’s professional stage. In my evaluation of the book “Why Should Anyone be Led by You” written by Goffee and Gareth, I will be using different personal examples from my own life to expound on the book’s strengths, my likes, and the book’s limitations and weaknesses as well.

Furthermore, I learned to think more critically about related concepts and theories. In a class discussion, we learned that a leader is not required to be all knowing in order to be a strategic mobilizer. However, if leaders do not have, at least, familiarity with the process of accomplishing tasks, they can be misled

guide my decisions and actions. Without the realization, I was practicing Servant Leadership and my servant’s heart became widely recognized by my family, friends, associates and colleagues as one who goes above and beyond what they asked.

In one of our class text Reframing Organizations the authors Lee Bolman and Terrance Deal converses about leadership theories in education and there application in organizations. The authors sets a firm foundation for leadership by discussing the difference between leadership and management. Chapter seventeen discussed the difference between management and leadership; oftentimes the two concepts are easily mistaken to mean the same but in theory they are very different. Management is the formal roles that promote stability in a company (2014, p.10). And leadership is the exploration of new territory, management exploits existing territory. The text cite “The best leaders has not followers, but men and women working with him” (1927, p.235). Throughout his life Adam exemplifies a leader who was able to convince numerous volunteers to work without payment.

After reading this chapter what really stuck out to me is that in order to thrive in business there must be some level of respect between everyone working together. This doesn’t simply mean that the people lower in the organization must do everything upper management tells them, but rather that all people are treated equally. I like how De Pree tied back in his key concept “understand what different skills that everyone has and to value the diversity of the group”. I didn’t however agree with the style of a manager is merely a consequence of what we believe. Having worked for many different bosses, I think that leading styles are inherient and that there are definitely bad styles of leadership. As I mentioned above, the most important piece

The book provides an insight into the leadership fundamentals by breaking them into ten truths. These truths form the backbone of the leadership fundamentals. The first issue they address is that leaders make a difference. In this perspective, they argue that before one can lead others, they have to lead

For the past couples of month, I have gained a lot of knowledge and learnt about leadership and its challenges. Through the innumerable discussions, case studies, lectures and readings, I got to acquaint myself with the various leadership challenges and the ways leaders can rectify and develop pragmatic solution top the leadership problems. As an individual with a desire to become a top CEO in a listed company, I got interested in the topic of leadership as I felt it prepared me for the future daunting task that I am likely to face should my dream come true. Various leadership lessons leant in this unit made my learning enjoyable and practical.

There are many scholarly studies made in the field of leadership for long. Although ‘there is no best way to lead’ (Alio, 2009), authentic leadership must be the most suitable leadership concept defined until now, especially when the importance of information in the 21st century is considered (University of Roehampton, London – Online, Course materials, 2014). However, it is not sufficient itself to perform several aspects of total leadership in the same dynamic era. It is substantial to seed catalyser impacts in the organisations: the servants.

What did you learn about your leadership? Personal Assessment of Strengths and Areas for Development.

In the increasingly competitive world, the role of leadership is imperative to fulfill the organization goals. As stated by Northouse (2010), “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p.6). Furthermore, it is possible to say that leadership

Even before I started to engage in this book, my first thought was why do I need to read this in the first place? In fact, after 35 years in the same Church I have been a Sunday-School Teacher, an Elder, a Deacon, a Board member, a Worship Leader, and held many other leadership roles within my Church. What could I possibly learn that I didn’t already know? After all, I believe I had handled things well, but just after the first story I realized there were going to be many more things I needed to learn. Within the first few pages I realized this was going to be a book I needed to read. Further, I need to hear these stories of how to handle different kinds of situations as they surface.

There has been a considerable growth in what I now know about what it takes to be in the leadership position of Youth Pastor. There are several learnings I had from this book: one of them was the reminder of the insightfulness of youth. As Dean states, “Youth have an acute ability to sniff out hypocrisy and to name injustice.” Through her words on this and through discussion in class I have realized why it is so important to be genuine through everything you do. Youth tend to not only see but also imitate behavior they witness. This is the critical time for youth in identifying who they are and therefore what they witness can be a big part of who they become. Dean address this in the first chapter: “James W. Fowler has described the adolescent thought process in terms of the couplet, “I see you seeing me, I construct the me I think you see.” It is important to not only provide an example of who Christ calls us to be, but to allow them to see the example that they may never see at home.

In the first leadership lecturer, it discusses the idea of leadership in contemporary organizations. It is said that there is a shift in the leadership paradigm from a traditional paradigm to a new paradigm (Daft and Pirola-Merlo 2009, p.6). It is inevitable that the leadership concept in the twentieth century will be different with the leadership in past decades, in terms of the relationship between the leaders and the followers to share vision and to attain the goals of the organizations. In addition, the impact of internal and external environment of the organization on how the leaders should lead the followers.