Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church

Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church

by Chris Lowney
Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church

Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church

by Chris Lowney

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Overview

Drawing on decades of leadership experience, bestselling author Chris Lowney examines the profound challenges facing the global Catholic Church, shares real-life stories of Catholics making a difference, and offers practical suggestions for change.

The Catholic Church is suffering its worst decline in five centuries—a precipitous slide that will turn catastrophic unless reversed by fundamental changes in strategy, culture, and leadership style. Even the inspiring leadership of Pope Francis will not reverse the slide without a strategy for action, from the grassroots through the hierarchy. Chris Lowney, a former Jesuit seminarian and business executive who now chairs one of the world’s largest Catholic ministries, not only outlines the challenges but also maps the path forward in Everyone Leads.

After a bracing review of the church’s global struggles—from clergy shortages to declining participation—Lowney draws on two decades of change-management experience to propose an "EASTeR" strategy of five transformational principles: be entrepreneurial, be accountable, serve, transform, and reach out. These five ideas can catalyze profound change in every parish, in how bishops think, and in the roles laypeople play in leading the church. Filled with real-life examples, Everyone Leads outlines strategies that anyone can employ—from the pews to the pulpit—to strengthen the church.

As a former business executive who lectures globally about leadership, Lowney speaks credibly about the institution’s challenges and potential. And, as chair of one of Catholicism’s largest hospital systems, he writes “from within” as a Catholic who loves his church and is committed to seeing it flourish.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442262096
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/04/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 200
Sales rank: 817,359
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Chris Lowney is chair of one of America’s largest hospital systems, Catholic Health Initiatives. A one-time Jesuit seminarian and a former managing director of JP Morgan, he is the author of several books including Pope Francis: Why He Leadsthe Way He Leads and the bestselling Heroic Leadership: Best Practices froma 450-Year Old Company That Changed the World.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Our Mighty Purpose: Creating the Twenty-First-Century Church
Chapter 2. Our Worst Crisis in Five Centuries?
Chapter 3. Everyone Leads: Imagining the Church’s New Culture of Leadership
Chapter 4. Follow the Leaders: Rediscovering Jesus and the Early Christians
Chapter 5. The EASTeR Project: A Strategy That Can Revitalize our Church
Chapter 6. The Catholic Elephant Can Dance: An Entrepreneurial Church
Chapter 7. How Do You Know You’re Successful? An Accountable Church
Chapter 8. Wet Socks: A Church That Serves All in Need
Chapter 9. The Glow: A Church That Transforms Hearts and Souls
Chapter 10. Dusty Shoes: A Church That Reaches Out to Engage the World
Chapter 11. Jolted from Tiredness: The Holy Spirit Has Placed Us on the Playing Field
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