The Making of a Leader: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development

J. Robert Clinton

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LEADERSHIP. Where do leaders come from? What does it take to be a leader? When does leadership begin?

The answers to these questions may surprise you. Leadership is not confined to position, title, or training, nor is it limited by experience. In fact, these things sometimes cloud the real issue of leadership.

In The Making of a Leader, Dr. Robert Clinton identifies the patterns God uses to develop a leader. By studying the lives of hundreds of historical, biblical, and contemporary leaders, Dr. Clinton has identified six stages of leadership development, and he establishes checkpoints to discover where you are in the process.

As you examine these principles and case studies, you'll begin to recognize that the ministry of leadership flows from a person's being. And that's something God continues to mold throughout a lifetime.

Designed for use as a resource, The Making of a Leader will prove invaluable for students, lay or professional leaders, counselors, or anyone in a leadership training position. It will help you: 1) Identify those with leadership characteristics 2) Direct the development of maturing leaders 3) Recognize where you are in the development process 4) Counsel those who are experiencing periods of trial or frustration

And each chapter concludes with a "personal application" section to further help you become a better prepared leader.

"The Making of a Leader will be a great encouragement to leaders (lay, professional or future) as they begin to see the direct hand of God in their development."-Dr. Robert Clinton

J. Robert Clinton, Ph.D., is associate professor of leadership at the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. He specializes in leadership studies, including leadership selection, training, theory, and emergence patterns. As background for his contributions in the study of leadership development, he has extensively researched the lives of over 600 past and present leaders. He is coauthor of Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction: Who Needs These Lessons Anyway?
Chapter 1	A Letter to Dan, the Intern
Chapter 2	The Basis for Lessons-The Big Picture
Chapter 3	Foundational Lessons-Inner-Life Growth Processes
Chapter 4	Second Lessons-Ministry Maturing Processes, part 1
Chapter 5	Second Lessons-Ministry Maturing Processes, part 2
Chapter 6	Ongoing Lessons-Guidance and Other Multi-Phase Processes
Chapter 7	The Deepening Lessons-Life Maturing Processes
Chapter 8	Integrating the Lessons of Life-Toward a Ministry Philosophy
Chapter 9	Accepting the Lessons of Life-The Leadership Challenge
	Appendix: Observations on Leadership Selection

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