| Acknowledgments | 6 |
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| Praise for Biblical Principles for Resilience in Leadership | 7 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Chapter 1: What’s So Hard About Leadership? Stress, Crisis, Trauma, and the Resilience Factor | 11 |
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| How the Mighty Have Fallen: Leadership Failure | 11 |
| What Causes Leadership Failure: Leadership Fatigue | 14 |
| The Power of Resilience: What the Data Says About Standing Firm and Bouncing Back | 15 |
| The Efficacy of Scripture for Leadership Research | 16 |
| Conclusion | 20 |
| References | 21 |
| Chapter 2: Amazing Grace: The Bible and the Gift of Leadership | 24 |
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| Why Does Leadership Exist in the First Place? | 24 |
| Genesis and the First Leader | 25 |
| Leadership in the Hebrew Scriptures | 26 |
| Leadership in the Christian Scriptures | 28 |
| The Gift of Leadership | 31 |
| References | 33 |
| Chapter 3: When Bigger Is Not Better: Moses the Shepherd | 34 |
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| How Did Moses End Up Leading in the First Place? | 34 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: The Importance of Timing in Leadership | 35 |
| Issues of Performance: When Good Enough Is Not Good Enough | 36 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: How One Bad Day Can Ruin Everything | 38 |
| Resilience Lessons from Moses | 40 |
| References | 45 |
| Chapter 4: When the Only Easy Day Was Yesterday: Joshua, the General | 46 |
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| How Did Joshua End Up Leading in the First Place? | 46 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: The Pressure of “Following” a Great Leader | 50 |
| Issues of Performance: Yesterday’s Victory Does Not Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success | 51 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: When Assuming the Best Almost Costs You Everything | 54 |
| Resilience Lessons from Joshua | 55 |
| References | 59 |
| Chapter 5: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Samuel, Reputation, and Transition | 61 |
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| How Did Samuel End Up Leading in the First Place? | 61 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: The Pressure of “Following” a Bad Leader | 62 |
| Issues of Performance: Moving Beyond the Status Quo | 64 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: Reputation and Leadership | 65 |
| Held in High Honor: All That He Says Comes True | 67 |
| Resilience Lessons from Samuel | 68 |
| References | 72 |
| Chapter 6: Power, Wealth, and Morality: A Tale of Two Davids | 74 |
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| How Did David End Up Leading in the First Place? | 74 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: When Leadership Almost Costs You Your Life | 77 |
| Issues of Performance: Conformity Does Not Equal Maturity | 79 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: How Pleasing Yourself Is Not the Answer | 81 |
| Resilience Lessons from David | 83 |
| References | 87 |
| Chapter 7: Leading in the Upside Down: Peter the Rock | 89 |
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| How Did Peter End Up Leading in the First Place? | 89 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: Living Up to the Name Above All Names | 92 |
| Issues of Performance: Doing What Jesus Did | 94 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: The Dark Side and the Hypocrite | 95 |
| Resilience Lessons from Peter | 97 |
| References | 102 |
| Chapter 8: Leading Under Pressure: James and the Shadow of Jesus | 104 |
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| How Did James End Up Leading in the First Place? | 104 |
| Issues of Perfectionism: When the Previous Boss Moves On | 106 |
| Issues of Performance: Leading from the Inside Out | 108 |
| Issues of People Pleasing: Making It Difficult Versus Making It Plain | 110 |
| Resilience Lessons from James | 113 |
| References | 117 |
| Chapter 9: Bouncing Back: Closing Thoughts | 119 |
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| The Others: Leaders Worth Looking At | 119 |
| Does Everything Rise and Fall on Leadership? | 125 |
| Bouncing Back and Moving Forward | 127 |
| Summary of Principles for Resilience | 129 |
| References | 130 |
| Index | 132 |