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Applications from the Mountaintop

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Biblical Principles of Leading and Managing Employees

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This chapter examines the second part of the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5 and applies the concepts to leaders and managers. The focus is on the axiology of leading and managing according to Scriptural concepts.

This chapter was first published in my prior book Be a Leader for God’s Sake 2003.

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Winston, B.E. (2018). Applications from the Mountaintop. In: Biblical Principles of Leading and Managing Employees. Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77137-3_3

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