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Joseph & Hyrum, Leading as One

Mark E. Mendenhall, Hal B. Gregersen, Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll, Heidi S. Swinton, and Breck England, Editors
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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • “They Were of One Heart and One Mind"
    Councils in Zion, Zion in Councils
    Mark E. Mendenhall and J. Bonner Ritchie
  • “Persuasion and Love Unfeigned”
    The Exercise of Agency, Influence, and Principle
    Jeffrey S. O'Driscoll and Hal B. Gregersen
  • “I Will Yet Make Him a Polished Shaft in My Quiver”
    Joseph Smith’s Model for Managing Conflict, 1835–36
    C. Brooklyn Derr
  • "Tuned to the Work"
    Joseph's and Hyrum's Emotional Labor
    Michael Thompson
  • “Bound Together in the Cords of Everlasting Love”
    Forging Bonds between Leader and Follower
    Jeff Thompson and J. Stuart Bunderson
  • In the Hands of the Potter
    The Crucibles of Light
    Alexander C. Romney
  • “For the Power Is in Them”
    Leading through Shared Leadership
    Mark E. Mendenhall, J. Bonner Ritchie, and Julie M. Hite
  • An Undeviating Course
    The Leadership Focus of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
    Breck England
  • A House of God
    Joseph and Hyrum as Husbands and Fathers
    David C. Dollahite and E. Jeffrey Hill
  • The Power of God to Heal
    The Shared Gifts of Joseph and Hyrum
    Elaine S. Marshall
  • "Let Him Ask of God"
    Joseph’s and Hyrum’s Definining Questions
    Hal B. Gregersen and Mark E. Mendenhall
  • A Prophet-Statesman
    Joseph Smith in the Public Square
    W. Jeffrey Marsh
  • And the End Is Not Yet
    The Spiritual Leadership of Joseph and Hyrum
    Heidi S. Swinton
  • Contributors

About the Book

Joseph and Hyrum Smith exemplified leadership as they worked together in organizing and operating the Church, teaching, speaking, and building temples and towns. As leaders, they held firm to their convictions, roused the hearts and minds of men and women in varied walks of life, and left legacies sufficient to stamp them as two of the most remarkable and influential men of the nineteenth century.

The stories and examples of their shared leadership illustrate how they honored agency, exerted righteous influence, grew through adversity, forged bonds of obligation and love, governed conflict, and organized through councils.

Their examples in this book can help us transform our personal perspective of leadership, lead with an eternal focus, heal and bless others through our leadership, learn and grow by asking authentic questions, share leadership in the home, and lead in the governmental arena.

By incorporating these principles in our lives, we can foster more satisfying relationships in our homes, our Church service, and our professional lives. The book concludes with a call for each of us to carry on their legacy, which transcends time and place. Their lives and teachings are filled with lessons and skills we can easily apply today.

ISBN 978-0-8425-2754-5

Published in 2010

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