Uncharted Leadership

20 Case Studies to Help Ministry Leaders Adapt to Uncertainty

By: Angie Ward

Narrated by: Angie Ward, Tom Parks

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Ministry is complicated, and every leadership challenge is unique. How can you lead effectively when there isn't a clear path forward?

Real life ministry is complicated--far more complicated than is typically captured in leadership books. There are moving parts and people who require adept, agile, adaptive leadership. Unlike technical challenges with a clear or known solution, adaptive challenges are complex and dynamic, requiring creative leaderships. Adaptive leadership is art, not science. It is an exercise in wisdom, not just knowledge. It requires leaders to ascertain the issues, values, and stakes unique to a given situation, to consider the potential courses of action, and decide which courses are best.

The case study method is a proven and effective tool to help leaders chart their course by learning from complex, real-life situations. Leaders learn to integrate multiple leadership strategies and concepts by reading and reflecting on multiple case studies, helping them clarify their own unique context, values, challenges, opportunities, and potential actions. Like real ministry, case studies are complex. There is not always an easy solution, or even a fast understanding of the real problem(s). The case studies in Uncharted Leadership promote learning at the deepest level: helping leaders move beyond simple answers to deep individual and organizational understanding and transformation.

Uncharted Leadership applies the case study method to ministry leadership. Through a series of relevant, real-life case studies in ministry leadership, Angie Ward brings the classroom to the reader, using thought-provoking questions, commentary, and recommended resources to expand the leader's empathy, understanding, awareness, and skill.

Accompanying graphics and discussion questions are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

The Different Realities

As shocking as the content was, it is eye-opening to hear the stories that people go through in ministry’s. Some will take the information and grow, and some will understand that it’s just not happening in their ministry. It helps you seek God to do it different so that you are not grieving the Holy Spirit.

Great Read!

Dr. Ward’s work is an essential look into contemporary leadership challenges and pathways for redemption in the midst of them. Her fresh approach using case study analysis is sure to guide any ministry leader in the right direction.