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Issue 6, October 2008

MODEM’s London Book Launch and 2008 Annual Meeting of Members Christianity and Work: news from the General Synod MODEM network member: ‘Making Room for Church Leadership’, David Brown Book review, How to Become a Creative Church Leader   View Modem Matters

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Issue 5, July 2008

News from the Foundation for Church Leadership, Malcolm Grundy MODEM network member: ‘The U Detector’, Steve Hoggar ‘And it’s goodbye from him’ – a parting rant from editor Anton Muller!   View Modem Matters

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Issue 4. April 2008

Book reviews, How to Become a Creative Church Leader MODEM network member: ‘Service and Leadership: A new module in a new course’, Revd Judy Hunt, Diocese of Chester.   View Modem Matters

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Issue 3, January 2008

‘Mountains and Molehills’, Revd Elizabeth Welch’s talk at 2007 Annual Meeting of Members MODEM network member: Viv Thomas MODEM launches new website   View Modem Matters

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Issue 2, July 2007

An Ecology for Sustainable Church Leadership, Malcolm Grundy MODEM network member: All change! Humphrey Bowen ‘Leave it to the vicar!’ sound (and not so sound) bites from the Christian Resources Exhibition Book review, Trinity in Human Community, Peter Holmes   View Modem Matters

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Issue 1, January 2007

Leadership – the Challenge for All, Mary Chapman, Chartered Management Institute Playing to Your Strengths, Tim Harle View Modem Matters

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The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson & André Spicer. Reviewed by Vaughan S Roberts

The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson & André Spicer Profile Books, 2016, xii + 276pp, ISBN 978-1-78125-541-4, £9.99. Purchase here Reviewed by Vaughan S Roberts This volume had its genesis in a conversation between the two authors about a student who had done an internship with…

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Published by Rachel Noel on 15th September 2016

Online Mission and Ministry: A theological and practical guide, by Pam Smith. Reviewed by Richard Steel

Online Mission and Ministry: A theological and practical guide, by Pam Smith SPCK, 2015, ix + 130pp, ISBN 978-0-281-07151-7, £9.99. Purchase here Reviewed by Richard Steel A book such as this has been needed for some while, and Pam Smith is a good person to write it. She began going online in the 1990s when…

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Published by Rachel Noel on 15th September 2016

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, by Herminia Ibarra. Reviewed by David Sims

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, by Herminia Ibarra Harvard Business Review Press, 2015, 220pp, ISBN 978-1-4221-8412-7, £20 Purchase here Reviewed by David Sims This book immediately stimulated me in opposite directions. It is a general sounding book about leadership, and life is too short to read any more of those. It is…

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Published by Rachel Noel on 15th September 2016

Multi-Congregation Ministry: Theology and Practice in a Changing Church, by Malcolm Grundy. Reviewed by Paul Burden

Multi-Congregation Ministry: Theology and Practice in a Changing Church, by Malcolm Grundy Canterbury Press, 2015, x + 164pp, ISBN 978-1-84825-791-7, £18.99 Purchase here Reviewed by Paul Burden Malcolm Grundy is well-known to Modem, as a writer and trainer in leadership. This helpful book comes from his observation that, for local congregations, ‘the ways in which…

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