Lead Like It Matters to God, Rich Stearns
Lead Like It Matters to God, Rich Stearns
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Lead Like It Matters to God
Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World

Author: Rich Stearns

Narrator: Rich Stearns

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2021

Synopsis

Richard Stearns became president of World Vision US in 1998 after spending the first half of his career as a successful executive at corporate giants such as Gillette, Parker Brothers, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc. At World Vision, he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His leadership in calling the American church to respond to some of the greatest crises of our time—notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis—challenged other Christian leaders to embrace a bold vision for compassion, mercy, and justice in their work.

During his twenty years at World Vision, Stearns discovered what brought him the most joy and purpose in his career was not the business successes or professional accolades but the opportunity to help others flourish and to participate in a cause that was bigger than himself. In Lead Like It Matters to God, Stearns shares the principles he learned over the course of a remarkable career leading some of the largest organizations in both business and ministry. Through honest and captivating stories of his life journey, he demonstrates why the values Christian leaders embrace in their places of work are more important than the success they achieve.

About Rich Stearns

Richard Stearns served as president of World Vision US from 1998 to 2018. Stearns holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His professional career included leadership roles at Gillette, Parker Brothers Games, The Franklin Mint, and Lenox Inc., where he became president and chief executive officer in 1995. Stearns brought corporate best practices to World Vision, where he inspired a culture of outcome-focused management. His lasting legacy is his leadership in calling on the Church in America to respond to some of the greatest needs of our time, notably the HIV and AIDS pandemic and the global refugee crisis. Stearns and his wife, Renee, have five children and five grandchildren and live in Bellevue, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Richard Stearns served as President of World Vision for twenty years, after previously serving as CEO of Parker Brothers and Lenox. In this book, he writes that he believes that God is far more concerned about how a leader leads than he is about the success that leaders deliver. The book is about wh......more

Goodreads review by Caleb

First off full disclosure, I have not read Stearns’s other book “The Hole in Our Gospel” I was turned off by the title and read some reviews that pointed out problematic theology. However, I was already half way through this book before I even connected to what else Stearns had written. I stumbled o......more

Goodreads review by Kurtis

This book was good read for someone looking to dig and grow in their leadership. It does a great job of applying Biblical passages to each quality it discusses. It did a good job of telling stories and connecting them to the attributes, though I felt sometimes it could dive a little too deep into the......more

Goodreads review by George P.

“Good leaders can change the world in remarkable ways — just as bad leaders can do serious harm,” writes Richard Stearns in Lead Like It Matters to God. While many define good leadership in terms of results, however, God defines it in terms of values: “God is far more concerned about how a leader le......more

Goodreads review by Bob

Summary: In contrast to many leadership books that outline steps to success, describes what it is like to give value-shaped leadership in both for profit and non-profit settings. No question. Good leadership is a gift to any organization or political entity. Richard Sterns, out of his Christian faith......more

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