Biblical Principles of Crisis Leadership: The Role of Spirituality in Organizational Response

by Steve Firestone

Overview

This book explores how spirituality can improve an organization’s ability to respond to a crisis. It presents biblical examples of leading during a crisis to show how faith can be relied upon to lead during crisis situations. Further, it presents examples of leaders using their faith during trying times. In recent years, organizations have begun to prepare for crises, but scholarly research has not kept up with their efforts. Exploring topics such as communication, servant leadership, and resilience, this work stakes new ground in leadership theory and will foster future research into the role of spirituality during organizational crisis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030449544
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	05/29/2020
Series:	Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	125
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Steve Firestone is Associate Professor in the School of Business and Leadership and is the Director of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Program at Regent University, USA. His research interests include crisis leadership, the multigenerational workforce, spirituality in the workplace, and innovation leadership.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What is crisis leadership?.- Chapter 3. Personal crisis and relationship to organizational crisis leadership.- Chapter 4. Difference between Spiritual leadership and spiritual leadership.- Chapter 5. Reasons to rely on Christ during a crisis.- Chapter 6. Importance of communication during a crisis.- Chapter 7. Steps to take during a crisis.- Chapter 8. How Spiritual crisis leadership can help an organization grow.- Chapter 9. Crisis leadership and development of organizational resilience.- Chapter 10. Servant leadership and crisis leadership.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.