Tips, Tools, Training

Many pastors in the Leadership study indicated they wanted help with time management. To help your search, here is a short list of books and seminars I’ve found helpful:

Books

Freedom from the Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles E. Hummel (InterVarsity, 1997)
The Balanced Life: Achieving Success in Work and Love by Alan Loy McGinnis (Augsburg, 1997)
How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein (Signet Paperback, 1973)
The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time by Kerry Gleeson (John Wiley and Sons, 1994)
Practical Project Management by Michael Dobson (SkillPath, 1996)

Seminars

Time Magic (800-625-2424)
Day-Timer (800-654-0346, ext. 2931)
Personal Efficiency Program (800-943-8737)

Service for Leadership Readers: To order books listed above, call 800-books-now (266-5766) and ask for ext. 1250. Books are provided at a discount.

—Ed Rowell

1998 by the author or Christianity Today/Leadership Journal. For reprint information call 630-260-6200 or contact us. Spring 1998, Vol.19, No. 2, Page 88

- More from Ed Rowell

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Kevin A. Miller

Where Were You?

Making Changes without Getting People Steamed

Larry W. Osborne

The Day Rev. Henderson Bumped His Head

William H. Willimon

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For Heaven's Sake

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