TY - BOOK AU - Sacks,Jonathan TI - Lessons in leadership: a weekly reading of the Jewish Bible SN - 9781592644322 AV - BS1225.S121.L477 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New Milford, Connecticut PB - Maggid Books KW - Bible KW - Pentateuch KW - Sermons KW - Christian leadership KW - Leadership - Religious aspects - Christianity KW - Leadership in the Bible N1 - "Foreword by Professor Ronald Heifetz"-- cover; 1; Genesis --; Taking responsibility --; Righteousness is not leadership --; The courage not to conform --; Answering the call --; Beginning the journey --; The price of silence --; Light in dark times --; Be thyself --; The power of praise --; The power of dreams --; The unexpected leader --; Surviving failure --; Exodus --; Women as leaders --; Overcoming setbacks --; The far horizon --; Looking up --; A nation of leaders --; Vision and detail --; The home we build together --; The counterpoint of leadership --; How leaders fail --; Team building --; Celebrate --; Leviticus --; The sins of a leader --; On not trying to be what you are not --; Reticernce vs. impetuosity --; The price of free speech --; How to praise --; Sprints and marathons --; Followership --; On not being afraid of greatness --; Think long --; "We the People" --; Numbers --; Leading a nation of individuals --; The politics of envy --; Power or influence? --; Confidence --; Servant leadership --; Miriam, Moses' Friend --; Leadership and loyalty --; Lessons of a leader --; Conflict resolution --; Leadership at a time of crisis --; Deuteronomy --; The leader as teacher --; The fewest of all peoples --; To lead is to listen --; Defining reality --; Learning and leadership --; Against hate --; A nation of storytellers --; Defeating death --; Consensus or command? --; A leader's call to responsibility --; Staying young --; Afterword: Seven principles of Jewish leadership --; About the author; 2; 2; https://ciu.libwizard.com/f/copyright-requests N2 - "In this companion volume to his celebrated series, Covenant and Conversation, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks mines the weekly TOrah portions for insights into the nature of power, authority, and leadership. Based on the understanding that no man is born a leader, the book explores the principles, and perils, of becoming one. Profound, eloquent, and deeply inspiring, Lessons in Leadership reveals the biblical secrets of influence, as relevant now as they were three thousand years ago. ~ From cover, page 4 ER -