BOOK REVIEW BY TIANJI MA
Joseph W. Handley Jr.’s Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward a New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership is a timely and thought-provoking exploration of leadership in a rapidly evolving, interconnected world. Handley, a seasoned leader in mission contexts and the current CEO of A3 (formerly Asian Access), draws from his rich practical experience and academic research to propose a polycentric leadership model. This approach challenges traditional hierarchical structures, advocating instead for collaborative, decentralized, and contextually adaptive leadership styles.
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Book Review: The Covenant Quarterly
Covenant Quarterly 81:2 – https://covquarterly.com/index.php/CQ/issue/view/25/7 Polycentric Mission Leadership – Book Review Joseph W. Handley Jr., Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward a New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership (Oxford, UK: Regnum Books, 2022), 191 pp., $16.99. BOOK REVIEW BY PETER SUNG Joe Handley describes our world as increasingly complex, disrupted, and challenged, a world hurting for a […]
Great Commission Research Journal – Review
Book Review Polycentric Leadership: Toward a New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership Reviewed by Mark D. Wood, PhD, Director of Kingdom Leadership Training Center, Darhan, Mongolia. In an ever-changing, increasingly complex and globalized world, what opportunities are there to think differently about leadership? This is part of the question that Joseph Handley takes up in […]
Leader’s Edge: Polycentric Leadership Book Review
Leader’s Edge: Leadership MissioNexus Book Review • December 5, 2022 Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward A New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership By Joseph W. Handley Jr. Regnum Books International, 2022 (191 pages)Find it on Amazon (kindle) • (paperback) Summary This book, by an author who has devoted his adult life to Christian missions, offers a “new” model […]
Book Review – Polycentric Mission Leadership, Mission Studies
Dr. Jason Tan The world is in disarray as it faces a poly-crisis from the pandemic, effects of climate change, the Russia-Ukraine war, and global inflation. The global church needs new leadership models if it is to survive in this present context, and this book offers a leadership model worth pursuing. Polycentric Mission Leadership is a welcome idea in […]
Book Review – Asia Missions Association
Dr. Jason Tan The author of Polycentric Mission Leadership, better known as Joe Handley, is the president of A3 and was the founding director of Azusa Pacific University’s Office of World Mission. He also served as lead mission pastor of Rolling Hills Covenant Church and a co-catalyst for the Lausanne Movement in Leader Development. Recently, […]
