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The Compassionate Leader is one of the books that form my “The Compassionate Trilogy” series. The other two books are The Compassionate Listener and Building Compassionate Communities. My exploration of compassionate listening, communities, and leadership has led me to a growing awareness of the need for individuals to belong and the importance of being part of healthy communities especially in our current dysfunctional culture. This awareness has led me to attempt to define and describe the importance of compassion in our interactions with others and the need to build compassionate ...

FINISHING WELL Finishing Well is the third and final book in our Well Trilogy, which focuses on establishing our legacy in later years. Finishing Well gives the reader an opportunity to assess ultimate contributions while navigating necessary transitions in life and leadership in order to establish a lasting legacy. This book is designed to integrate Biblical leadership principals, lessons, and examples with real life experiences to help the reader better understand the dynamics and challenges of growing older and navigating the end game in such a way that they do not hinder God’s ...

The Focused Life is one of a series of books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) This book is designed to help you discover greater insights and clarity concerning your unique life purpose, major role, effective methodologies, and unique contributions as a person and leader. Working through this book ...

Building Compassionate Communities is a sequel to my book, The Compassionate Listener, where I describe three techniques (active listening, discovery learning, and the IDEA method of mentor-coaching) to help individuals “compassionately care for others by listening to the story within their story” to help them become “better versions of themselves and more effective leaders in their spheres of influence.” In Building Compassionate Communities, I describe as “The Five Cs of Compassionate Communities” (Compassion, Culture, Communication, Collaboration, and Community) in order “...

The Compassionate Listener is an introduction to the concept and practice of "compassionate listening." Compassionate listening is "caring enough about another human being to hear the story within their story."This is accomplished through active listening, discovery learning, and the IDEA Method of Mentor-Coaching resulting in people "becoming better versions of themselves and more effective leaders in their spheres of influence."

This is a book for emerging leaders. Leaders are individuals who have the calling, character, and competency to influence others to accomplish God's purposes. The essence of leadership in the kingdom of God is influence, not (primarily) position or personal charisma. You don't have to be a full time worker in Christian ministry to be a leader. God is calling out people who are willing to serve him in faithfulness and obedience wherever they make there living or have an opportunity to impact others. This book is targeted for those who are responding to the call of God to influence others for...

Discipleship and Mentoring is one of a series of eight books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) Discipleship involves a process of transformation that leads to becoming like Jesus. Jesus told those who questioned him about the “greatest” commandment to, “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and ...

Living and Leading Well is the second book in the Well Trilogy that also includes Starting Well, for younger emerging leaders, and Finishing Well, for older experienced leaders. Living and Leading Well is designed to help you build a strong foundation which can stand the weight and pressures of mid-life while helping prepare you to finish well and establish a lasting legacy. Our vision in writing Living and Leading Well is to provide Biblically based insights, strategies, and resources to help mid-life “ministers” (whether they minister in the context of the church, marketplace, or ...

The Servant Leader is one of a series of books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) Robert Greenleaf, On Becoming a Servant Leader, is known as the founder of the Servant Leadership School of Leadership theory and practice. He states that, “The servant-leader is servant first, it begins with a natural ...

Deep Processing is one of a series of books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) J. Robert Clinton, Clinton’s Biblical Leadership Commentary, defines deep processing as, “process items which intensively work on deepening the maturity of a leader.” (p. 684) Deep processing circumstances are ...

In 2023, I reformatted Starting Well, Living and Leading Well, and Finishing Well into condensed scripts for a video training series on each book. In order to format the scripts for 15 to 20-minute videos for each chapter, I had to cut out most of our stories and several biblical references and case studies. While doing this it occurred to me that these scripts might fit together as a briefer version of Richard Clinton and my original “Well Trilogy” series of books that are about 250-pages each covering the beginning, middle, and ending stages of Dr. J. Robert Clinton’s Leadership ...

Discipleship and Leadership is one of a series of books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) Effective Christian leaders are disciples first and foremost and develop as leaders based on this. I have combined discipleship and leadership because discipleship is the basis for effective Christian leadership....

The Spirit-Empowered Leader is one of a series of eight books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that are designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) The work of the Holy Spirit is active in transformation - personally (“sanctification”) and corporately (koinonia, fellowship) while empowering disciples to effectively evangelize through loving ...

Extraordinary Love and Extravagant Generosity is a short book that describes my faith journey of “spirit and truth” (John 4:23), my understanding of the Bible as it relates to “understanding the times” (I Chronicles 12:32), my understanding of what the Bible says about the prophetic and how to discern truth from error or counterfeit, and how I believe that “extraordinary love” (I Corinthians 13) and “extravagant generosity” (II Corinthians 9:6) will be a powerful witness for salvation in the times that we live. The book includes: Chapter 1: My Personal Journey With the Holy ...

The Compassionate Listener is one of a series of books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) When I was in graduate school in counseling I was exposed to Carl Roger’s client-centered counseling theory and methodology. I can remember hours of dyads learning how to do active listening. I did a lot of ...

The Bible-Centered Leader is one of a series of eight books in my “Biblical Leadership Essentials Series” that is designed to facilitate “transformational learning” for establishing a foundation in “spirit and truth” (John 4:24) that will stand the test of time and help you meet the challenges of learning how to be “lovers in a dangerous time.” (Musician Bruce Cockburn) Based on Psalm 1:3, J. Robert Clinton, Having a Ministry That Lasts, defines a Bible-centered leader as: “A leader whose leadership is informed by the Bible, who has been personally shaped by biblical ...