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"The Magnificent Exit is a book about transitional leadership. Through personal stories, professional case studies, biblical exegesis, character studies, and spiritual insights, Neil Hart introduces the listener to a transformative principle of leadership: the best leaders know when to leave, which is far earlier than usually thought. Here are just a few of the key principles explored in the book: ● The inertia created by poor leadership handoffs is one of the biggest leadership problems. ● Jesus turned the task of building the church over to others and then left the scene, serving as an example of transitional leadership. ● God's vision for us as leaders is to think generationally. ● The best leaders envision their organizations without them in the picture. ● The best leaders know how to avoid ""Founder President Syndrome."" ● A good transition involves both selecting the right successor and not waiting too long to leave. ● Key quote: ""Organizations should exist for people, and people for the mission and kingdom of God. Leaders exist to serve people in that mission, to envision them, to encourage them, to course-correct, and to release them."""

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Neil Hart remains inspired to see creativity as a redemptive force for God's kingdom. He has observed leadership from diverse vantage points with experience in entrepreneurship, leadership, ministry, and organizational management. Neil founded and led creative brand agency, Boomtown, for twenty years, where he helped develop strategy for a number of universities and large corporations across South Africa. After that, Neil took over the leadership of missions and church planting organization, All Nations, from founder Floyd McClung, where he served on the international leadership team and worked amongst unreached people groups in twenty countries. Neil now serves as the executive director of Mergon Foundation, a catalytic resource partner to incredible kingdom-minded ministries working across Africa and the Middle East. Interestingly, Neil wrote a speech for Nelson Mandela. He speaks three languages and is an author and exhibited artist. He loves woodworking, playing the guitar, cooking, and growing bonsai, but most of all, Jesus. Jim Denison is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and a Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) Voice Arts Award nominee. He has experience as an actor on a variety of television shows and movies, appearing on Netflix, HBO, the National Geographic Channel, Investigation Discovery, and other networks, as well as appearances and voice-overs in regional and national television and radio ads. A Florida native, he has worked and traveled in many locations within the United States and abroad. For five years he hosted religious programs broadcast from several Caribbean radio stations. He changed careers to voice-over and audiobook narration after forty years of working with Christian churches in Florida, Texas, Trinidad and Tobago, Alabama, South Carolina, Maryland, and Kentucky. Jim and his wife of over thirty-five years, Renee, currently reside in southern Indiana near Louisville, Kentucky. They have two grown daughters. He holds two master's degrees and a doctorate.

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