Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World

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by Sharon Daloz Parks. Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005.

Description

This book offers an educational model to teach leadership through case-in-point learning, developed by Ronald Heifetz (author of Leadership Without Easy Answers). Different from a case study, case-in-point learning involves present time responses to class room dynamics.

Features

case-in-point learning

Recommended Audience

Clergy and lay leaders

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

Build a more diverse set of responses for moments when one isn't sure what step to take by applying case-in-point learning.

Updated: February 15, 2024

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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