Alban Weekly on 'Narrative Leadership in Changing Times'
Posted by cicw
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
From Alban Weekly:
How do congregations make the shift from nostalgia to a new story like neighborhood? What kind of leadership is needed—by pastors and lay leaders—to move beyond the stuck places of “we’ve always done it this way” to a new way of listening for “where are we being led?” Gifted pastors, rabbis, and lay leaders who lead well in times of transition are able to guide their congregations in shaping a new kind of story based in part on reframing the strengths and obstacles of their past. Great public leaders have been marked by such “narrative leadership,” from Lincoln to FDR to Reagan and, as many hope, to Obama.
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Tags: communities, congregations, narrative, pastors, story, z00004
