If "these are the times that test men's souls," never more than for
the leader's ability to think clearly, to be present calmly, and to
challenge effectively. It's a time when leaders cannot be as
anxious as those they serve; otherwise, the system is leaderless.
Anxiety flows down like water from a leaky pipe. To lead
effectively we must understand the impact of powerful emotional
forces on people's behavior, especially in anxious times. Uproar:
Calm Leadership in Anxious Times helps leaders understand the
powerful impact that emotional processes have on the people they
lead. Peter Steinke, bestselling author of Congregational
Leadership in Anxious Times draws on decades of work on system
conflict and personal experiences to share real stories of
challenges leaders have faced and how understanding the power of
emotions has dramatically influenced their success. In this book,
readers will observe important leadership characteristics such as
separating oneself from the surrounding anxiety, making decisions
based on principle and not instinct, taking responsibility for
one's own emotional being, staying connected to others including
those who disagree with you, being a non-anxious presence, focusing
on emotional processes rather than the symptoms they produce,
knowing people naturally influence one another, and recognizing
leader and follower as complements. At the end of each chapter,
there is a Leader's Notebook, a short section to illustrate, enrich
or engage your thinking about leadership. As Steinke suggests,
being anxious causes you to lose perspective, and leaders do their
best thinking when they are not overly stressed and can think about
options, doing their best work when they work on themselves. So
where are you in your leadership journey? No matter where you
are-beginning, middle or end- this book will be one the most
significant leadership books you'll read.
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