The Genesis of Leadership Book

Bk. I	In the beginning ... : relationships, responsibility, and the primacy of values in leadership	7
	Defining leadership	9
	Leadership, trust, and responsibility	11
	Three circles of responsibility	12
	God, Adam, and Eve	14
	God and the human condition	17
	Know where you are going : the importance of foreseeing the consequences of your leadership	22
	Heroes who fail to lead : the case of Noah	24
	Self-reflective leadership : God and the flood	27
	Misguided leaders : Babel's builders	29
	Leaders are made, not born : the story of Abraham	32
	The advent of true leadership : becoming your brother's keeper	36
	The long-term rewards of leadership	39
	Discerning leadership	42
	The sacrificial element of leadership	43
	Becoming the stranger's keeper	44
	Leaders make the same mistakes twice	47
	Losing focus as a leader	49
	Taking responsibility for the next generation	49
	Managing conflict responsibilities	52
	Leadership by deceit : Jacob and Esau	54
	The sins of leaders visited upon their successors : Jacob and his family, Joseph and his brothers	62
	Leaders need mentors : Tamar and Judah	67
	The crucible of leadership : Joseph in Egypt	69
	The abuse of leadership : Joseph and his Egyptian brethren	77
Bk. II	The ten guiding principles of leadership	83
	Leading change	87
	Principle 1 : create urgency!	89
	Principle 2 : care deeply and act courageously	92
	Principle 3 : develop double vision	99
	Principle 4 : recruit a guiding coalition	107
	Principle 5 : establish positioning to secure legitimacy and authority to lead : build credibility and trust by promising and delivering	111
	Principle 6 : communicate, communicate, communicate!	121
	Principle 7 : implement the vision	125
	Principle 8 : establish the vision by codifying the values, policies, and laws necessary for actualizing the vision	136
	Principle 9 : institutionalize the vision by building sacred space and carving out sacred times	144
	Principle 10 : protect the vision by dealing decisively with detractors	156
Bk. III	The challenges of leadership	165
	Why leaders are responsible for their followers' decline	167
	Challenge 1 : to not abandon the people like "a flock without a shepherd"	172
	Challenge 2 : to halt losing streaks ASAP	181
	Challenge 3 : to "hold" the people and not falter or otherwise communicate indecisiveness in their presence	188
	Challenge 4 : to fulfill our promises and explain sudden strategic changes	197
	Challenge 5 : to maintain the sense of urgency	204
	Challenge 6 : to not overmanage and underlead	207
	Challenge 7 : to avoid unnecessary hierarchies, nepotism, and even the appearance of impropriety	212
	Challenge 8 : to compromise, be flexible, and not become pharaoh	216
Bk. IV	The legacy of leadership	225
	Evaluating leadership success	227
	Ceding power and appointing successors	234
	Assuring multigenerational leadership	235
	Establishing self-sustaining systems of governance	238
	Recording your legacy	240