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This chapter explores John 13 utilizing the leadership framework of Kouzes and Posner’s (2012) The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Happen in Organizations. An exegetical analysis of John 13 was juxtaposed with Kouzes and Posner’s framework and provided principles for contemporary organizational leadership from a biblical perspective. Jesus’ leadership approach supports, often time in paradoxical ways, a modeling the way by charting a different path; inspires a shared vision of something greater; challenges the process by purposefully breaking norms; enables others to act through humble service; and encourages the heart through authenticity.
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Bell, C.A. (2021). Jesus as an Exemplary Leader. In: Henson, J.D. (eds) Biblical Organizational Leadership. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69929-1_7
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