Description
Through the lens of Murray Bowen's Family Systems theory, this book provides specific ways to navigate the emotional processes that emerge during times of challenge and change. Authored by Peter Steinke, Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times helps us understand how powerful emotions are and how they impact our success, as well as how to utilize practical tools to overcome key anxiety triggers in leadership.
Features
- Leadership journals
- Examples
- Guidance from the Bowen Family Systems Theory
- Bibliography
Practical Applications
- By reflecting on one’s own leadership style, develop new skills based on the Bowen Theory: a non-anxious presence, identifying emotional dynamics in a congregation, avoiding we vs. they in conflict situations.
- Gain clarity about one’s own vision for the congregation, despite what Steinke calls the “ uproar” and “ disruptions of post-modern life.”
