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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me bedside the still waters;
He restoreth my soul.

Today's professionals need reliable models to teach them how to become better leaders. In this remarkable book, leadership experts Blaine McCormick and David Davenport introduce us to a new kind of leader by offering a new image of leadership— the leader as shepherd.
Drawing on the wisdom of the timeless Twenty-Third Psalm, King David's psalm, the authors provide professionals with ancient wisdom for grappling with today's leadership challenges. Shepherd Leadership offers a much-needed lens through which to consider our own leadership as well as the leadership of those around us. This important book teaches us important lessons about leadership: we can be vigilant without being adversarial, we can serve without being passive, and we can guide without commanding. Shepherd Leadership offers a visionary new model for transforming leadership practices in both corporate and small business settings. This is whole-person leadership. It's not just a matter of thinking or doing things a certain way. It's a fully integrated life— a matter of head and hand and heart. It's a way of thinking and doing and being.

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The heart of leadership that lasts
Dr. McCormick helps us get it "right." Servant leadership is all about knowing and living this truth: One leads most effectively when serving.....and one serves best by leading. This is the biblical pattern of leadership and when genuinely lived in one's everyday world it works as long as it is congruent with one's heart. Dr. McCormick also helps us understand that for one to consistently live the pattern of leadership that one must stay very close to the One who is the source of pattern.

Tough love at its best
Shepherd leadership is not for wimps.It is for leaders who want to be both strong and servant leaders.Both emphasisze vision, teaching, and service, but only servant leadership notes how leaders most have an edge, meaning they must make tough decisions.
This book has a number of practical suggestions for today's leaders who must both listen and direct.Leaders must add new skills to their arsenal, including being more accessible, genuine, and interactive.Many challenges for leaders are included in the book with practical solutions.It is a great approach using wisdom from a popular psalms with practical applications and stories.It is tough love for today's leaders in these tough times.

A more effective management style
Book Review by Robert Tunmire (from Baylor Business Review, Fall '03)

Many leaders, like me, have highly dominant personalities. We may struggle with the "softer side" of managing. Shepherd Leadership: Wisdom for Leaders from Psalm 23 gives us excellent reasoning and examples of how a "softer" - yet truthful and effective - approach can be a more effective management style.

The analogy of the leader as shepherd is a credible one, and presented in a straightforward manner. The authors clearly lay out, guided by Psalm 23, what a shepherd's responsibilities are and how that applies to a leader's responsibilities in the real world of business. Each chapter ends with two items: "Shepherd Thinking," and "Shepherd Doing," assisting with application of the chapter's concepts.

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A Refreshing Model
In Shepherd Leadership, McCormick and Davenport present a refreshing model of leadership which takes the person as a whole into account.As someone who is young in my career, I found this book valuable in helping to develop my management style and philosophy.I left business school with strategies, theories, and policy, but very little in the way of leadership practices, which left me treading water when first entering a management role.

One section that stood out for me was the shepherd leader's toolkit.The compass and the frame represent two valuable practices for leaders at any level.The compass reminds you to set clear direction to navigate through the maze of information, reports, meetings, and endless action items that you encounter on a daily basis.The frame sets boundaries and expectations for your organization while still allowing your employees room to creatively explore new approaches.

A fantastic read for anyone who's just been thrown in the deep end of management!

Brevity is the soul of wisdom!!!
I understand the aphroism is really "brevity is the soul of wit" - but this small volume demands that the phrase be recast.McCormick and Davenport take the 23rd Psalm apart and suggest some basic principles about leadership that come from the psalm.The book is loaded with examples of each of the styles or main points.But perhaps even more valuable is a series of suggestions to work with the principles established in each chapter.

I found the most interesting issue raised in the book one about Supply Side management.I have been a CEO of an organization for more than a dozen years.McCormick and Davenport suggest that the role of a leader is too often looked at from the demand side of the equation - those inevitable lists.But leaders should also consider the supply side - what excites you about the job?How does one find those niches which make the lists of to dos a bit less demanding.Many leadership jobs seem to be comparable to that of Sisyphus.But with a little attention to the supply side - those inevitable demands become less onerous.

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Chapters: Michael O'shea, Thomas Dimitroff, Dan Wicklum, Blaine Schmidt, Michael Palmer, Gerry Organ, David Mckoy, Brad Crawford. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael O'Shea (born September 21, 1970, in North Bay, Ontario) is a former Canadian football linebacker who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. O'Shea has played 16 seasons in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts. The Edmonton Eskimos picked O'Shea in the 1st round (4th overall) in the 1993 CFL Canadian College Draft. However, he was soon after traded to Hamilton by Edmonton along with QB DeChane Cameron, linebacker DeWayne Odom and a negotiation list player in exchange for QB Damon Allen on February 16, 1993. In his first season in the CFL in 1993, O'Shea started in all 18 games. In 1994 he once again played in all 18 games during the regular season. He had 95 DT, 11 special teams tackles and 5 interceptions during the regular season. He was also named to the East Division All-Star team at middle linebacker. In 1995, O'Shea played in 10 games for Hamilton, made 69 DT, 4 special teams tackles and intercepted 2 passes during the regular season. He was named to the North Division All-Star team. In Hamiltons 31-13 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the North Division Semi-Final, made 4 DT and 1 special teams tackle. O'Shea signed with the Argonauts half way through the 1996 season after he was one of the final cuts in the Detroit Lions training camp. He played in the last 8 games of the regular season started Torontos final 5 games of the regular season. He helped lead Toronto to the 1996 Grey Cup game in a win over Edmonton. He would also help Toronto win its second Grey Cup in as many years in the 19...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1991876 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Real Estate Issues, published by The Counselors of Real Estate on December 22, 2000. The length of the article is 5643 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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