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High on God gives the first robust and plausible explanation for why megachurches have conquered the churchgoing market of America. Without condescension or exaggeration, the authors show the genius of megachurches: the power of charisma, the design of facilities, the training of leaders, the emotional dynamics, and the strategies that bring people together and lead them to serve and help others.

In this definitive and long-awaited biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in which Edwards was reared - a frontier civilization at the center of a conflict between Native Americans, French Catholics, and English Protestants. Drawing on newly available sources, Marsden demonstrates how these cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards' life and thought.

Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park re-creates the Mormons' 1839 flight from Missouri to Illinois.

Términos como interim management, balance scorecard, mapa de talento, descripción de puestos, unicornios, coaching, mentoring, entornos VUCA, océanos azules, feed back 360º,assessment, gestión de millennial... son expresiones habituales en el entorno de las organizaciones que se utilizan como si se tratase de novedades revolucionarias. Líderes destacados de los 2000 años de Iglesia Católica es un extracto con los 10 líderes más importante que a lo largo de estos dos milenios han ejemplificado lo que 2000 años liderando equipos detalla.