Every­one in a posi­tion of respon­si­bil­i­ty knows the ten­sion of lead­er­ship. It may be between tasks or peo­ple, mon­ey or mis­sion, the present or the future. One often neglect­ed ten­sion is between our inner spir­i­tu­al long­ings and the out­ward needs of the group we lead. But we need not feel forced to choose between the two. Lead­er­ship has more in com­mon with an ellipse with two focal points than a bul­l’s-eye with a sin­gle tar­get. The Lead­er­ship Ellipse is designed to help Chris­t­ian lead­ers embrace both halves of the ten­sion – our inter­nal rela­tion­ship with God and our exter­nal rela­tion­ship with oth­ers – to find a tru­ly authen­tic, inte­grat­ed way to lead. If you find your­self in a lone­ly, iso­lat­ed place of lead­er­ship, this book can be your com­pan­ion. If you find your­self long­ing to lead in a way that is tru­ly Chris­t­ian, this book can be your guide. 

2009