Based on his extensive experience as coach and mentor to many thousands
of Christian leaders across a broad spectrum of ministry settings,
Reggie McNeal helps spiritual leaders understand that they will
self-select into or out of greatness. In this important book, McNeal
shows how great spiritual leaders are committed consciously and
intentionally to seven spiritual disciplines, habits of heart and mind
that shape both their character and competence:
- The discipline of self-awareness: the single most important body of
information a leader possesses
- The discipline of self-management: handling difficult emotions,
expectations, temptations, mental vibrancy, and physical well-being
- The discipline of self-development: a life-long commitment to learning
and growing and building on one's strengths
- The discipline of mission: enjoying the permissions of maintaining the
sense of God's purpose for your life and leadership
- The discipline of decision-making: knowing the elements of good
decisions and learning from failure
- The discipline of belonging: the determination to nurture
relationships and to live in community with others, including family,
followers, mentors, and friends
- The discipline of aloneness: the intentional practice of soul-making
solitude and contemplation
