A Failure of Nerve

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Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix (10th Anniversary, Revised Edition)

By Edwin H. Friedman

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A Failure of Nerve is an invitation and guide for leaders to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, lead with resilience, and maintain steadiness amid anxiety. Drawing on Ed Friedman's experience as a therapist and rabbi, the book explores the individual’s role within families and larger organisations, offering timeless wisdom on leadership. It addresses organisational dysfunction and emphasises strength over pathology, providing tools for leaders in business, church, family, and schools to navigate complexity and uncertainty effectively.
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Ideal for leaders and aspiring leaders in religious, organisational, and educational settings, as well as anyone interested in leadership development within groups facing anxiety and dysfunction.

- Magnum opus of leading figure in application of family systems theory to congregations - Widely used in seminary and continuing education since 2007 first publication - Revised 10th anniversary edition of best-seller

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An invitation and guide for leaders "to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, to lead resiliently, and to be present and steady in times of deep anxiety."

Ed Friedman's genius was to see the individual in the family in the larger group, bringing the wisdom of his experience as a therapist and rabbi to the field of organisational leadership.

A timeless bestseller, A Failure of Nerve still astonishes in this new edition with its relevance and continues to transform the lives of leaders everywhere—business, church, family, schools—as it has for more than 20 years:

Offers a prescient guide to leadership in the age of "quick fix".
Provides ways to recognise and address organisational dysfunction.
Emphasises "strength over pathology" in these anxious times.

"The age that is upon us requires differentiated leadership that is willing to rise above the anxiety of the masses. We need leaders who will have the 'capacity to understand and deal effectively' with the hive mind that is us. This is, in Friedman's words, 'the key to the kingdom.' I am grateful for this accessible new edition."
— C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Texas

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Praised by leaders like Bishop C. Andrew Doyle and scholars such as Gina Campbell, this new edition is celebrated for its accessible approach to differentiated leadership in anxious times. Reviewers highlight the book's relevance in helping leaders rise above collective anxiety and embrace responsibility for their emotional functioning. It encourages growth in maturity and resilience, qualities vital for effective leadership now more than ever.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781596272798

Publisher: Church Publishing Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 May 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Church Publishing Inc

Edition: 10th Anniversary

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Foreword by Peter Steinke

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Company Culture & Human Resources Edwin H. Friedman Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Edwin H. Friedman (19321996) was an ordained rabbi and practicing family therapist. An in-demand consultant and public speaker throughout the country, he led leadership training programs for government, business, religious, and psychotherapy professionals at his Center for Family Process. His groundbreaking volumes Generation to Generation and A Failure of Nerve, which exposed the connections between emotional processes at home and at work in religious, educational, therapeutic, and business systems, have become modern classics. He lived in Washington, DC. The Rev. Dr. Peter L. Steinke was a noted author, congregational systems thinker, and teacher. He died in 2020.