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1) Saint Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict in English, ed. Timothy Fry( Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019), 28.
2) J. Robert Clinton,“ Listen Up Leaders!”( Barnabas Publishers, 1989), 18, https:// clintonleadership. com / resources / complimentary / ListenUpLeaders. pdf. Not all the leaders Clinton identified were described in enough detail to be evaluated, but of those who were, only about 30 percent finished well by Clinton’ s definition. Although Clinton conducted his research decades ago, there’ s no reason to believe that what has been true for millennia has changed in recent years.
3) J. Robert Clinton, The Making of a Leader, 2nd ed.( Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2012), 242.
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Peter Greer is the president and CEO of HOPE International, a global Christ-centered nonprofit working to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship and discipleship in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. He is a bestselling coauthor of over 15 books, including Mission Drift, Rooting for Rivals, Lead with Prayer, and How Leaders Lose Their Way. Before joining HOPE, Peter worked internationally in microfinance in Cambodia, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda and holds a graduate degree from Harvard Kennedy School. While his sports loyalties remain in New England, Peter and his family live in Lancaster, PA. Jill Heisey is a writer who is passionate about helping leaders and nonprofits share their stories. She has collaborated on the books Lead with Prayer, Rooting for Rivals, and The Gift of Disillusionment; written the children ' s book Keza Paints a Bright Future; and authored articles featured on Christianity Today ' s Better Samaritan blog. Jill graduated from Messiah University with degrees in politics and Spanish and resides outside Washington, DC, with her husband, Bryan, and their two daughters.
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