Overcoming Leadership

The Christian world has been rocked by the number of prominent leaders, in both church and parachurch organizations, who have been compromised by moral, ethical, and theological failures. This pace-setting volume addresses this alarming problem and offers Christian leaders valuable guidance in dealing with the inherent risks of their work.

Authors Joe Judge and Michael D. Merrill, MD, outline the process of continually becoming your better self. In their view, becoming a leader is a decision, and not necessarily the fulfillment of a natural inclination or a promotion. The hardest part about that decision is that it will change your life, and there are things, and maybe even people, that you will need to leave behind. This must-listen work distills their combined decades of wisdom and experience into 52 powerful maxims for any leader—or aspiring leader—to embrace.

In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni's best seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, fans have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the ideas outlined in the book. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the five dysfunctions, using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples.

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve.

Make achieving your goals and finding success possible with this one-of-a-kind guide by Robert Irvine, popular host of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible.

Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, interviewing for a job, or performing onstage at Carnegie Hall. Despite sports mythology, no one rises to the occasion under pressure and does better than they do in practice. The reality is pressure makes us do worse and sometimes leads us to fail utterly. But there are things we can do to diminish its effects on our performance.

Bestselling author of The One-Minute Manager Ken Blanchard, along with Phil Hodges, offers guidance for how to become a successful modern-day servant leader modeled after Jesus Christ. Based on years of leadership study and proven leadership styles, Blanchard gives established and up-and-coming business leaders solid examples, tools, and methods for life-changing results in their leadership of others.

With characteristic humor and insight, author and pastor John Ortberg invites us to follow the biblical story of Esther and her example to courageously choose to embrace the mission God gives. Like Esther, we can lead without feareven in threatening circumstancesbecause we know God is always at work in unseen, unknown, and unlikely ways.

Less than 10 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and the pace of growth is shockingly slow, made worse by COVID-19 and its aftermath. What does it take for women to ascend permanently into leadership roles? In Her Own Voice sheds some light on this timely topic. Based on twenty-five years of research, Jennifer McCollum offers sage advice for the unique hurdles facing women in business, from contending with our own inner critic to having to navigate the often-intimidating world of negotiating for ourselves.

Carey Nieuwhof wants to help you avoid and overcome life's seven hardest and most crippling challenges: cynicism, compromise, disconnectedness, irrelevance, pride, burnout, and emptiness. These are challenges that few of us expect but we all experience at some point. If you have yet to confront these obstacles, Carey provides clear tools and guidelines for anticipation and avoidance. If you already feel stuck in a painful experience or are wrestling with one of these challenges, he provides the steps you need to find a way out and a way forward into a more powerful and vibrant future.

With the world changing so rapidly, many leaders are struggling to find new ways to make a significant and positive impact on their team. The key, says Tom Ziglar, is to consistently bring out the best in everyone by focusing on 10 core virtues: kindness, humility, respect, persistence, selflessness, encouragement, positive expectations, self-control, firmness, and hope. Delivering cutting-edge new research, wisdom gleaned from experience, and poignant insights from his work at Zig Ziglar Corp, Tom Ziglar identifies the communication styles that will keep everyone on the same page.

Offering entrepreneurs and leaders a practical look at impostor syndrome, leadership consultant Kris Kelso explores that inner voice that downplays our own accomplishments while amplifying those of others. Kris gives listeners powerful tools needed to expose The Impostor's methods and emerge as more effective and confident leaders.

Whether it's a manager who keeps moving the goal posts, an uncooperative colleague, negative friend, or critical family member, some people are just plain hard to get along with. Often, your immediate response is to shrink or sulk, become defensive or attack. But there are smarter moves to make when dealing with difficult people. This book explains how to cope with a range of situations with difficult people and to focus on what you can change.

In Your Brain at Work, Dr. David Rock goes inside Emily and Paul's brains to see how they function as each attempts to sort, prioritize, organize, and act on the vast quantities of information they receive in one typical day. Dr. Rock is an expert on how the brain functions in a work setting. By analyzing what is going on in their heads, he offers solutions Emily and Paul (and all of us) can use to survive and thrive in today's hyperbusy work environment - and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.

Unleash your inner power and achieve lasting self-assurance with "Mastering Confidence: Unleash It from Within." This transformative guide provides a comprehensive roadmap to building and sustaining confidence across all areas of life. From understanding the psychology of confidence to practical strategies for overcoming self-doubt, this book equips you with the tools to thrive. Whether you’re preparing for public speaking, stepping into leadership roles, or navigating personal relationships, each chapter offers actionable insights tailored to real-life challenges. Discover how to embrace...

In a world that often values conformity, "The Undercover Leader" celebrates the rule-breakers and rebels who dare to challenge the status quo and emerge as extraordinary leaders. Drawing from his own experiences in the United States Army, Noel DeJesus presents a compelling narrative that redefines what it means to be a leader. Through vivid storytelling and historical case studies, the book explores how individuals like Steve Jobs, Amelia Earhart, Abraham Lincoln, and Oprah Winfrey turned their defiance into dynamic leadership. Adding depth and variety, featured contributors share their ...

Are you tired of feeling like a fraud in your professional life? Do you struggle with self-doubt and imposter syndrome? If so, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Mastering Overcoming Self-Doubt and Achieving Professionalism and Leadership Through Confidence Building and Personal Growth is the book for you.

Why do four in every five employees quit their job? According to research, it's because they don't feel appreciated. Maybe this employee is you. Or maybe you're a manager wanting to hold on to good people. Either way, appreciation is the key to a workplace people care about. Dr. Paul White, a psychologist and leading workplace authority, unpacks the obstacles holding you back from authentic appreciation.

Paul’s letter to the Philippians is rich with wisdom and direction for our time. We learn so much in its few pages about the purpose of Christian suffering. We see God’s hand pulling all the levers and strings behind the scenes, sovereignly directing all that befalls His people. And we see the glorious results as the gospel is more widely preached. Paul writes the epistle from prison in Rome, while he waits to see if he will be executed or set free. We see in the letter many of the real-life difficulties that believers face in the battles for humility, righteousness and obedience. The ...

Speak with clarity. Lead with confidence. Influence without shouting. In today’s fast-paced professional world, being heard is not about being the loudest in the room—it is about being the clearest. Presence & Persuasion: Elevating Your Voice Without Shouting is a practical, thought-provoking guide for professionals who want to communicate with confidence, authority, and authenticity, without overexplaining, overjustifying, or overcompensating. Whether you are often interrupted, routinely asked to provide more evidence than your peers, or hesitant to speak up in high-stakes moments, ...