This book explores how spirituality can improve an organization's ability to respond to a crisis. It presents biblical examples of leading during a crisis to show how faith can be relied upon to lead during crisis situations. Further, it presents examples of leaders using their faith during trying times. In recent years, organizations have begun to prepare for crises, but scholarly research has not kept up with their efforts. Exploring topics such as communication, servant leadership, and resilience, this work stakes new ground in leadership theory and will foster future research into the role of spirituality during organizational crisis.

Conceptualizes the leadership techniques needed during crisis situations Introduces the concept of a Spiritual Crisis Leader and explains why leading this way can help an organization deal with crisis Explains relationship between organizational culture and crisis response while discussing how leaders can encourage a crisis-ready culture Introduces the term organizational grit and discusses how a leader can encourage resilience Focuses on how leaders and organizations can successfully plan, prepare, and respond to unplanned events Discusses the elements of servant leadership that make it the best leadership style for crisis response

Autorentext

Steve Firestone is Associate Professor in the School of Business and Leadership and is the Director of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Program at Regent University, USA. His research interests include crisis leadership, the multigenerational workforce, spirituality in the workplace, and innovation leadership.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What is crisis leadership?.- Chapter 3. Personal crisis and relationship to organizational crisis leadership.- Chapter 4. Difference between Spiritual leadership and spiritual leadership.- Chapter 5. Reasons to rely on Christ during a crisis.- Chapter 6. Importance of communication during a crisis.- Chapter 7. Steps to take during a crisis.- Chapter 8. How Spiritual crisis leadership can help an organization grow.- Chapter 9. Crisis leadership and development of organizational resilience.- Chapter 10. Servant leadership and crisis leadership.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.