Just Leadership

'Read this book, and then rethink everything else.' Danielle Strickland

'A feast of insight and reflection on what just leadership should look like.' The Rt Reverend Dr Jonathan Gibbs

'This book will change the way you lead.' The Rt Reverend Dr Emma Ineson, Bishop of Penrith

'A book that should be on the shelves of every leader today.' The Reverend Will van der Hart

From #MeToo scandals to revelations of spiritual abuse atrocities in the Church, we’ve watched too many leaders let us down. What went wrong for these leaders? And more importantly, how can we get it right?

Just Leadership offers advice and guidance to empower leaders everywhere to make a difference and answer the call for a fairer, more transparent, more equal society. Drawing on their combined decades of experience in leadership and safeguarding, Justin Humphreys and Simon Barrington explore what it means for a leader to be just, and provide practical ways improve your leadership skills and create a just and open environment.

Across the world, there is a heart cry for justice – but often the fight is too focused on the wider cause, bypassing conversations about individual leaders across our churches, organisations, charities and communities.

Just Leadership is for every leader – whether you are in Church or other Christian leadership, business or professional leadership or even a leader within your local community – who wants to build their skills and start leading the way to a better future.

Simon Barrington is the Founder and Director of Forge Leadership Consultancy and co-founder of WeAreCompany, an organisation focussed on strengthening the quality of leaders’ relationships in organisations, charities and churches. He is the co-author, with Rachel Luetchford, of Leading: The Millennial Way (SPCK, 2019).

Justin Humphreys is joint Chief Executive at the independent Christian safeguarding charity, thirtyone:eight based in the UK. He has had a career in social work, social welfare and church leadership spanning over 25 years. He chairs the Christian Forum for Safeguarding and is also the co-founder (alongside Sarah Champion, MP) and principal advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Settings. He is co-author of Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse (SPCK, 2019) with Dr. Lisa Oakley.