Summary of Chapter 4: Disciplined Leadership in Winston's Book

This report provides a concise summary of Chapter 4 from John Winston's book, 'Be a Leader for God's Sake.' The chapter emphasizes the importance of disciplined leadership, drawing on the concept of meekness and its significance in guiding leaders to demonstrate care and affection for their employees. Winston uses biblical examples and personal anecdotes to illustrate how leaders who exhibit humility, controlled anger, and selflessness can positively influence their teams. The summary highlights Winston's arguments on the necessity of patience, discipline, and seeking feedback, advocating for leaders to understand situations before acting and to acknowledge the impact of their actions. Ultimately, the chapter concludes that disciplined leadership, characterized by meekness and compassion, is crucial for overcoming challenges and fostering positive responses from followers.

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Introduction
The following sections provide a brief summary of the fourth chapter of the book, ‘Be a
Leader for God’s Sake’ by John Winston.
Discussion
To provide an understanding of the focus of this chapter, Winston (41) introduces this
part of the book by emphasizing how the Jesus’s third blessing or third Beatitude, can guide
leaders on the need to practice leadership qualities which are not just disciplined but are also
demonstrative of care and affection for employees. Winston further regards (41) the act of
discipline and caring in leadership as a challenge since being meek is an idea disliked by all
leaders alike due to the intrinsic need to reflect authority.
However, by using detailed examples of Sermon 22 as well as accounts of Jesus in Mark
11:15-17; Matthew 1:12-13; John 2:12-16 and Luke 19:45-46 (42 – 44), Winston proceeds to
strengthen his argument by postulating leaders whose humility and anger are controlled by
knowledge, discipline and selflessness are likely to induce positive influences and responses
from employees as compared to those leaders who tend to express their anger and frustrations
and anger out of selfish interests.
Additionally to further emphasize the importance of discipline in leadership in this
chapter, Winston (44) refers to a hymn on Jesus by Charles Wesley, which state how the
meekness, patience and discipline, contrary to popular belief, assist in overcoming evil and
injustice. To further encourage readers to relate to his statements, Winston (44 – 47), provides an
example of his childhood where it was only when he behaved gently and compassionately that
his grandmother’s mare would respond to his command. Lastly, for further advice on controlled

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discipline in leadership, Winston, taking another example of his previous experiences (48 – 53),
postulates the need for leaders to not just recognize their power, but also first understand the
details of the concerned situation before exhibiting discipline as well as seek feedback from
followers on how he or she may have succeeded or failed to exhibit meekness, patience and
discipline.
Conclusion
Thus, to conclude, this paper provides a brief insight of the fourth chapter and the
importance of disciplined leadership in the book, ‘Be a Leader for God’s Sake’ by John Winston.

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Bibliography
Winston, B.E., 2002. Be a leader for God's sake: From values to behaviors. Regent University,
School of Leadership Studies.