Brain-Savvy Leaders

Be the smartest and most competent leader in the room. Leadership is tough. Church leadership can be even tougher. Leadership demands constant reframing and reappraisal of the situation, focus, objectivity, honest appraisal of yourself and others, and astute evaluation of available resources. Church leadership is all that and more. To be an effective church leader, you also have to love and have others' best interest at heart. You have to align yourself and your church with God's desire to transform lives for the better, both within and beyond your reach. Using the most up-to-date research from brain science in easy-to-understand language, author Charles Stone will help you increase your personal productivity, handle stress, use your emotions in constructive ways, create and sustain collaborative teams, and manage change in your church. Using easy-to-recall illustrations and acronyms, Dr. Stone will show you how brain science can complement and reinforce what the Bible says about life and leadership. He will show you how basic brain processes affect leadership and teams' ability to follow. He will show you how to achieve greater objectivity and focus, so that your teams will be more cohesive and collaborative. Each chapter gives facts, practical tips, and actionable steps to help leaders improve their personal and organizational skills.