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TheBibleonLeadershipTheBibleonLeadershipFromMosestoMatthew—ManagementLessonsforContemporaryLeadersLorinWoolfeAmericanManagementAssociationNewYork•Atlanta•Brussels•BuenosAires•Chicago•London•MexicoCitySanFrancisco•Shanghai•Tokyo•Toronto•Washington,D.C.SpecialdiscountsonbulkquantitiesofAMACOMbooksareavailabletocorporations,professionalassociations,andotherorganizations.Fordetails,contactSpecialSalesDepartment,AMACOM,adivisionofAmericanManagementAssociation,1601Broadway,NewYork,NY10019.Tel.:[phone].Fax:[phone].Website:www.amacombooks.orgThispublicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateandauthoritativeinfor-mationinregardtothesubjectmattercovered.Itissoldwiththeunder-standingthatthepublisherisnotengagedinrenderinglegal,accounting,orotherprofessionalservice.Iflegaladviceorotherexpertassistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalpersonshouldbesought.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataWoolfe,Lorin.TheBibleonleadership:fromMosestoMatthew:managementlessonsforcontemporaryleaders/LorinWoolfe.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-8144-0682-3(hardcover)1.Leadership.2.Executiveability.3.Management.4.LeadershipintheBible.I.Title.HD57.7.W6662002658.4
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2002LorinWoolfeAllrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thispublicationmaynotbereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinwholeorinpart,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofAMACOM,adivisionofAmericanManagementAssociation,1601Broadway,NewYork,NY10019.Printingnumber10987654321ThisbookisdedicatedtoJudy,Becca,Talia,andSascha,whodailyremindmeofmytruepurposeandthedivineinallofus.ContentsPrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxiii1.HonestyandIntegrity1Samuel,Paul,andIsaiahareamongmanybiblicalleadersdemonstratingthisquality.JamesBurke,WarrenBuffett,andHerbKelleherofferbusinessmodels.2.Purpose24BiblicalheroesincludeMoses,wholedhispeopletothePromisedLand,Hezekiah,andQueenEsther.AmongexemplarybusinessleadersareSteveJobs,FredSmith,andAnitaRoddick.3.KindnessandCompassion49Jesus,whogaveustheGoldenRule,aswellasDavid,theGoodSamaritan,andothersarebiblicalmodels.AdmirablebusinessleadersincludeHowardSchultz,AaronFeuerstein,andRoyVagelos.4.Humility70Peter,whosaid‘‘Iamonlyamanmyself,’’thelong-sufferingJob,andothersexemplifythistrait.ModernexamplesincludeLarryBossidy,RayGilmartin,andCharlesPollard.5.Communication87Joshua(withhishornaswellashiswords),Ezra,andLukeweregreatcommunicators.ExamplesfromtheworldofbusinessincludeAndyGrove,SamWalton,andMaryKayAsh.viiviiiContents6.PerformanceManagement109Noah,Solomon,andJeremiahweremastersofencouragementanddiscipline.LouGerstner,GordonBethune,andJackStackareamongthebusinessleadersknownforbeingfirmbutfair.7.TeamDevelopment130Biblicalleadersdidn’tusethetermteam,butNehemiahwasoneofmanywhounderstoodthepowerofworkingingroups.ModernexemplarsincludeHalRosenbluth,MichaelEisner,andprofessionalbasketballcoachPhilJackson.8.Courage153Courageisperhapsthemoststrikingcharacteristicofbiblicalleaders,withDanielandthetrioofShadrach,Meshach,andAbednegoamongmanywhoovercamefeartoembraceriskforagreatergood.AmongleadersofourtimeareRudolphGiuliani,SteveCase,andPeterBrabeck-Letmathe.9.JusticeandFairness175JamesandJosephweregreatbelieversingivingotherstheir‘‘fairshare.’’Inthebusinesscontext,leaderslikeWalterHaas,Jr.,MaxDePree,andPaulO’Neillhaveexhibitedthischaracteristic.10.LeadershipDevelopment195Thegreatestleaders—JesusandMosesinbiblicaltimes,JackWelchandRogerEnricoinmoderntimes—ensuredthattheir‘‘organizations’’wouldthrivelongafterthembytheircommitmenttodevelopingleaderswhowouldrenewandcarryontheirmission.Notes219Index229PrefaceWhatinheavendoestheBiblehavetodowithleadership?Everything!TheBibleisprobablythemostwidely-readbookintheworld.Itisreveredforitsreligiouspreceptsandguidance,itswisdom,anditsliter-arybeauty.Readcarefullyandwithanotherperspective,itisalsothegreatestcollectionofleadershipcasestudieseverwritten,withtremen-douslyusefulandinsightfullessonsfortoday’sleadersandmanagers.Whateverourreligiousbeliefs,mostofusintheWesternHemispherearefamiliarwiththeBible’sstoriesandheroes.Theyformsomeofthemajorarchetypesofourcollectiveconsciousnessandcanserveasuni-versalexamplesofleadershipatitsbest(andworst).ConsidersomeofthemanagersandleadersoftheBibleandtheles-sonstheycanimparttotoday’smanager:❖Jacob,althoughinferiorinstrengthtohismachobrotherEsau,wasabletousurphisbrother’sbirthrightbyappealingto‘‘thepowerbehindthethrone’’(hismother)todeceivetheCEO(hisfather).❖Joseph,castintocorporateexilebecauseofhisbrothers’jealousyofhiscloserelationshipwithhisfather,Jacob,wasforcedtojointheopposition,Egypt.Therehewasabletoinfiltratethecourt,usehisinfluencewithPharaoh,andultimatelybringhisfamilyandtribetolivewithhim,wheretheybecameamightyforce.However,the‘‘merger’’oftheIsraelitesandEgyptianssoonbecameextremelyrocky,creatingawholenewsetofleadershipproblems.❖Moses,themanwhoinheritedtheseproblems,wasaleaderwhospokesopoorlythathisbrotherAaronhadtodelivermostofhisixxPrefaces