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The Tortoise Usually Wins: Biblical Reflections on Quiet Leadership for Reluctant Leaders is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Tortoise Usually Wins is a delightful exploration of the theory of quiet leadership. Written for reluctant leaders, it interacts with three key biblical images of leadership—the leader as servant, shepherd and steward—and links them with some of the key virtues of quiet leadership—modesty, restraint, tenacity, interdependence and other-centeredness. Exploding the myth that the good is the...

gets done. True, from time to time they might feel it is appropriate to help with the dishes as well—so long as they don’t use it as an excuse to keep them from doing the work they are really called to serve the group by performing. A leaderless group with sparkling carpets and clean dishes is to be pitied, not envied—it will go nowhere even if it has spotless china to accompany it! So quiet servant leaders follow the lead of Christ and serve the best interests of the group they are called to lead.
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