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Small Groups and Leader Personal Development

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This chapter reveals aspect of small group leadership development—detailing the results minded through sociorhetorical analysis—specifically the leadership values and practices of Moses through Exodus 18. The chapter focuses on the leadership principles of Moses, leadership development, and the decision-making of leaders at every level of an organization. The section implements organizational behavior theories on decision-making toward the leader’s spiritual formation and practice of embracing Biblical principles. The focus of this chapter concerns the betterment of the reader, and leader involving seven values from Scripture toward the spiritual formation of organizational leaders involving decision-making. The seven values concern, (a) confidence in Christ, (b) serving others, (c) integrity (d) teachable, (e) humility, (f) ready to empower, and (g) altruistic.

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Boyer, S.W. (2019). Small Groups and Leader Personal Development. In: Biblical Leadership Development. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00078-3_5

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