The full title of this book is Strategic Concepts-That Clarify A Focused Life, A Self-Study Manual Defining and Applying Focused Life Concepts to Leaders Today. This manual was originally written in 1995 by Dr. J. Robert Clinton and used in classes at Fuller Seminary. After ten years of use the book has been revised to show the latest findings gathered from these ten years of studies of leaders' lives. The manual gives results of research on focused lives: life purpose, effective methodologies, major role and ultimate contribution. It defines a Personal Life Mandate-a two to three page...

Clinton analyzes each book in the Bible as a whole for its contribution to leadership lessons. Six leadership eras are identified: Patriarchal, Pre-Kingdom, Kingdom, Post-Kingdom, Pre-Church, and Church.

This self-study manual gives a comprehensive overview of the three major factors (processing, time, and leader response patterns) that interweave together as God shapes a leader spiritually, ministerially, and strategically over a lifetime to bring about His purposes and resulting ultimate contribution. (456 p.)

These leadership articles--which reveal that Nehemiah is one of the most focused and inspirational leaders in the Old Testament--are practical and usable by leaders in church and mission organizations.

Jonah is part of a Biblical leadership commentary series. It examines the book of Jonah from a leadership perspective. How can the book of Jonah inform leaders today with helpful information for their leadership? That is the question this book answers.

Each installment in this biblical leadership commentary series examines each book from a leadership perspective. How can they inform leaders today with helpful information for their leadership?

Haggai is part of a Biblical leadership commentary series. It examines the book of Haggai from a leadership perspective. How can the book of Haggai inform leaders today with helpful information for their leadership? That is the question this book answers. Haggai deals with one of the important overall leadership functions-inspirational leadership.

Obadiah is one of a series of leadership commentaries, which Dr. Clinton and others are writing. Obadiah particularly emphasizes how God faithfully performs His promises to His people. Leaders are people who must know God as The Promise Keeper.

Introduces an approach for effective reading for leadership information. The method involves a set of reading approaches along a continuum from a lesser involvement to an in-depth involvement: scan, browse, ransack, pre-read, read, and study. Guidelines and Worksheets help the reader focus on findings from each type of material read.

This survey studies the five major leadership eras from 1841 to the present. Features the five eras, leading theorists and works of each era, the basic leadership paradigms used to shape leadership during the phases, and leadership lessons seen in this historical survey.