Lead Like It Matters to God Study Guide: Eight Sessions on Becoming a Values-Driven Leader

by Richard Stearns

Overview

Lead Like It Matters to God by Richard Stearns is about how the values Christian leaders embrace are more important than the success they achieve. This eight-session companion study guide explores seventeen values that will transform your leadership.

Following the structure of review, reflect, and practice, this dynamic guide also provides discussion starters for groups to have honest conversations about how values-driven leadership not only improves their witness for Christ but also influences culture and creates healthy workplaces where people and teams flourish.

Take a look at the seventeen leadership values you will explore in this study guide:

• Surrender
• Sacrifice
• Trust
• Excellence
• Love
• Humility
• Integrity
• Vision
• Courage
• Generosity
• Forgiveness
• Self-Awareness
• Balance
• Humor
• Encouragement
• Perseverance
• Listening

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830847198
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Series:	Lead Like It Matters to God Set
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	1,003,745
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Richard Stearns is president emeritus of World Vision US, where he served as president for twenty years, traveling more than three million miles as an advocate for the world's poor. Before leading the Christian relief and development organization, he was a corporate CEO at both Parker Brothers and Lenox. His bestselling book The Hole in Our Gospel was named the 2010 Christian Book of the Year. Among the honors Stearns received for his humanitarian service are five honorary doctoral degrees, the Julia Vadala Taft Outstanding Leadership Award from InterAction, and the Christian Leadership Alliance's highest honor. Rich and his wife, Reneé, have five adult children and six grandchildren, and live in Bellevue, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Surrender, Sacrifice, and Trust 5

2 Excellence and Love 15

3 Humility and Integrity 22

4 Vision and Courage 29

5 Generosity and Forgiveness 35

6 Self-Awareness and Balance 42

7 Humor and Encouragement 50

8 Perseverance and Listening 56

Conclusion: Taking God to Work 63