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Overview

In Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs, author Bill Hybels divulges the God-given convictions that have dictated his leadership strategy for more than three decades as senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. Oriented toward four key leadership categories-vision and strategy, teamwork and communication, activity and assessment, and personal integrity-Axiom brokers accessible wisdom from one leader's journey, as well as emboldens you to nail down the reasons why you lead like you lead.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780310272366
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • Publication date: 8/28/2008
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 113,733
  • Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Bill Hybels es el fundador y pastor principal de la Iglesia Comunitaria de Willow Creek en South Barrington, Illinois., y presidente de la junta de la Asociacion Willow Creek. Es autor de mas de veinte libros exitosos, entre los que se encuentran Axioma, Divina Insatisfaccion, Simplemente acercate a ellos, La revolucion de los voluntarios, Liderazgo audaz, y clasicos como Muy ocupados para no orar y Como ser un cristiano contagioso. Bill Hybels es reconocido mundialmente por capacitar a lideres cristianos en cursos de entrenamiento que buscan transformar a los individuos y sus comunidades mediante la iglesia local. Tiene un titulo en Estudios Biblicos y un doctorado honorario de Estudios Teologicos de Trinity College de Deerfield, Illinois. el y su esposa, Lynne, tienen dos hijos adultos y un nieto.

Table of Contents


Foreword   Henry Cloud, PhD     9
Introduction     11
Vision and Strategy
Language Matters     17
Make the Big Ask     21
You're Always in a Season     24
Explosive Growth Equals Dramatic Meltdowns     27
Vision: Paint the Picture Passionately     29
Bold Move     32
An Owner or a Hireling     34
Hire Tens     38
The Fair Exchange Value     40
The Value of a Good Idea     42
Build a Boiler Fund     46
Take a Flyer     49
Vision Leaks     52
Values Need Heat     54
The Dangers of Incrementalism     56
Six-by-Six Execution     58
Only God     61
Plus-Side/Minus-Side     63
Institutionalize Key Values     67
This Is Church     68
Teamwork and Communication
The Three Cs     75
Never Say Someone's No for Them     78
First Tested     80
DNA Carriers     83
No Eleventh-Hour Surprises, Please     86
How Are You Doing ... Really?     88
Get the Right People around the Table     91
Know Who's Driving     93
Speed of the Leader, Speed of the Team     94
Pay Attention to Greetings and Goodbyes     96
Deliver the Bad News First     99
The Tunnel of Chaos     101
Just Say It!     104
Disagree without Drawing Blood     106
Umbrella of Mercy     108
Help Me Understand     110
Leaders Call Fouls     112
Real-Time Coaching     115
Just to Be Clear     117
Give Me an A, B, or C     120
Keep Short Accounts     123
We Got to Do This Together!     126
Activity and Assessment
A Blue-Sky Day     131
The Bias toward Action     134
Performance Buys Freedom     137
Sweat the Small Stuff     139
Doable Hard versus Destructive Hard     142
Develop a Mole System     145
Is It Sustainable?     147
Don't Screw Up     150
SOSs     152
Facts Are Your Friends     155
Find the Critic's Kernel of Truth     159
Every Soldier Deserves Competent Command     161
Brain Breaks     164
Speed versus Soul      166
Did We Do Any Learning?     168
Create Your Own Finish Lines     169
Let's Debrief     172
Pay Now, Play Later     174
Are We Still Having Fun?     175
Never Beat the Sheep     177
Personal Integrity
Obi-Wan Kenobi Isn't for Hire     183
What Life Are You Waiting For?     187
Lead with All Diligence     190
To the Core of My Being     192
Always Take the High Road     194
Read All You Can     196
Lead Something     198
Arrive Early or Not at All     200
I'd Never Do This for Money     201
We Need Us All     203
Excellence Honors God and Inspires People     206
Admit Mistakes, and Your Stock Goes Up     209
Fight for Your Family     212
Finish Well     214
Acknowledgments     217
Notes     218
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  • Posted February 17, 2010

    Very Good Read

    Intimate insight into the BUSINESS of Church and what Bill has learned along the way. As the GM of a small business it was great to see how God has taught this man wisdom over the years. It also has me thinking about the potential for FT ministry should the opportunity ever present itself. I highly recommend it.

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  • Posted March 23, 2009

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    Great, Concise Lessons on Leadership

    This is vintage Bill Hybels. It's as if he condensed his most valuable leadership lessons into 2-3 page essays, grouped them together for relevance, & put it out there for the next generation of leaders to glean what they can from his years of leading Willow Creek. It's a great book for leaders at any stage in life & leadership.

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  • Posted January 26, 2012

    Read this once a year

    For me, this book really brought out things that I could be doing to improve my Leadership effectiveness. I'm putting it on my reading list for once a year (maybe every other year at most).

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  • Posted August 24, 2010

    Genuine Glimpse of Hybels' Thoughts

    I attended Willow Creek Community Church for about 10 years. I can hear Bill Hybels' voice in my head as I read the words. This is a genuine glimpse of how he thinks and reacts and talks. I gleaned a lot of wisdom from his 6x6 list. The "Blue Sky Day" and "Umbrella of Mercy" concepts have revolutionized my creative team meetings.

    One of the book's greatest strengths is also sometimes a frustration. I am still not sure I have actually read every axiom. At the end of each short essay, there are other essays that pertain to the same topic with page numbers. I get sucked into following one of those links and then another and as much as I try, I can't read the book from the beginning. I find this neat, but I'd like to be sure I've read the whole thing!

    The ebook version is really nice because the links at the end of the chapter are actually links that you can highlight and it will take you directly to that page.

    I have purchased this book in hardcover and the e-book edition because now I have one to lend and one to keep for myself!

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