Just Leadership

Putting Integrity and Justice at the Heart of How You Lead

Simon Barrington, Justin Humphreys

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780281085606
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Church

'Read this book, and then rethink everything else.' Danielle Strickland'A feast of insight and reflection on what just leadership should look like.' The Rt Reverend Dr Jonathan Gibbs'This book will change the way you lead.' The Rt Reverend Dr Emma Ineson, Bishop of Penrith'A book that should be on the shelves of every leader today.' The Reverend Will van der HartFrom #MeToo scandals to revelations of spiritual abuse atrocities in the Church, we've watched too many leaders let us down. What went wrong for these leaders? And more importantly, how can we get it right?Just Leadership offers advice and guidance to empower leaders everywhere to make a difference and answer the call for a fairer, more transparent, more equal society. Drawing on their combined decades of experience in leadership and safeguarding, Justin Humphreys and Simon Barrington explore what it means for a leader to be just, and provide practical ways improve your leadership skills and create a just and open environment.Across the world, there is a heart cry for justice - but often the fight is too focused on the wider cause, bypassing conversations about individual leaders across our churches, organisations, charities and communities.Just Leadership is for every leader - whether you are in Church or other Christian leadership, business or professional leadership or even a leader within your local community - who wants to build their skills and start leading the way to a better future.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1
• Just . . .
• 1 Just God
• 2 Just me
• 3 Just us
• Part 2
• Just leadership
• Just leadership: foundations
• 4 Speaking up
• 5 Hearing the voices from the outside
• 6 Sitting with victims and survivors
• 7 Walking the victim’s/survivor’s journey
• Just leadership: posture
• 8 Practising proximity
• 9 Giving generously
• 10 Managing power
• 11 Being courageous
• Just leadership: action
• 12 Tackling the difficult stuff
• 13 Making change happen
• 14 Concealing nothing
• 15 Holding ourselves accountable
• Part 3
• Just world
• 16 Just church
• 17 Just charity
• 18 Just business
• 19 Just society
• References