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Here at Leaders Book Summaries, our passion is to see pastors and Christian leaders become the men and women that God intends, so that the people of God can do the same - become who God has called them to be.
We believe that we can impact the whole church, and ultimately the world, by helping pastors and Christian leaders become more effective leaders. As leaders become the men and women that God intends them to be, the people who they influence will also grow. Good leadership matters! Everything we do is built around this idea. Leadership Is Pivotal
If this is also important to you, join us. Invest in growing as a leader, so your impact can grow and your world be influenced.
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We bring you the best books for Christian leaders.
Bill Hybels - The Worth of Leadership Books for Christian Leaders
Our Archived Summary Titles:
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
This book helps supervisors and managers effectively communicate appreciation and encouragement to their employees, resulting in higher levels of job satisfaction, healthier relationships between managers and employees, and decreased cases of burnout.
9 Things Successful People Do Differently
Take your cues from the short, powerful 9 Things Successful People Do Differently, where the strategies and goals of the world’s most successful people are on display
Leadership and the Art of Struggle
By mastering the art of struggle, you’ll be better equipped to meet life’s challenges and focus on what matters most.
Dedication and Leadership
Hyde describes the Communist mechanics of instilling dedication, the first prerequisite for leadership. Here is the complete rationale of party technique: how to stimulate the willingness to sacrifice; the advisability of making big demands to insure a big response; the inspirational indoctrination; and the subtle conversion methods.
The In-Between Church
Mann details the adjustments in attitude-as well as practice-that are necessary to support successful size change.
Vertical Church
Vertical Church points to a new day where God is the seeker, and we are the ones found. In Vertical Church God shows up, and that changes everything.
Love the Life You Live
We all want healthy relationships. But first we need to become whole and healthy ourselves, since a relationship can only be as healthy as the least healthy person in it.
Be A People Person
Be a People Person is certain to help you bring out the best in others—and that's what effective leadership is all about.
Deep & Wide
If your team is more concerned with who you are reaching than who you are keeping, Deep and Wide will be more than a book you read; it will be a resource you come back to over and over!
The Mistakes Leaders Make
Leadership expert Dave Kraft uncovers the top 10 critical mistakes leaders make and shows you how to avoid them so you can have ministry and relationships that last.
9 Minutes on Monday
Nine Minutes on Monday is your road map to igniting purpose, passion, and engagement among your team members. Master and apply the tools and techniques inside, and your employees will be motivated, inspired, and equipped to bring their best to work each and every day.
Leading So People Will Follow
Using Erika Andersen’s proven framework, new leaders and veterans alike have increased their capacity for leading in a way that creates loyalty, commitment and results.
Coaching 101
Coaching 101 will help you discover the power of coaching in your life both as a coach and as someone being coached. Your life will be enriched if you will open yourself up to receiving the wise counsel available from God through others who desire to enhance the potential of your life.
Your Life In Rhythm
Miller exposes the myth of living a “balanced” life, and offers “rhythmic living” as a new paradigm for relieving guilt and stress, while accomplishing more of what matters most in life. Rhythmic living details six practical strategies for living a more fulfilling life.
The Willpower Instinct
Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters
Contagious Generosity
A growing number of leaders are beginning to discover that there are key factors that make some churches thrive with abundant resources while others struggle with shrinking budgets
Developing the Leaders Around You
If you want to see your dream come to fruition, you must learn how to develop the leaders around you.
Launch
How to Start a Church
The Myth of the 200 Barrier
Leading From the Second Chair
Unusually Excellent
Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your career
You Lost Me
Ignite
The ultimate how-to book for reaching more people for Jesus Christ
The Power Of Habit
From Values To Action
Respected former CEO, professor, and speaker examines what it takes to become a values-based leader
The Advantage
Fusion
Engaging, informative and immediately applicable, here is help for setting newcomers on the path toward true life transformation and spiritual maturity.
Cracking Your Church's Culture Code
Strategies for transforming a toxic church culture.
On-Purpose Leadership
The Effective Executive
What They Didn't Teach You In Seminary
Finally--everything you really need to know about surviving and thriving in a life of ministry
The Truth About Leadership
A fresh look at what it means to lead from two of the biggest names in leadership
Replenish
Start With Why
Buy-in
Learn how to win the support your idea needs to deliver valuable results.
Necessary Endings
Off Balance
Great By Choice
The Power of Full Engagement
Biblical Church Growth
Biblical Church Growth explores the unchanging biblical principles for church growth and applies them to today's culture.
The 5 Levels of Leadership
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The E Myth Revisited
will help you grow your business in a productive, assured way.
Congregational Leadership
With this new book, internationally respected consultant Peter Steinke goes deeper into the requirements of effective congregational leadership.
Healthy Congregations
Leading On Empty
UnChristian
Christianity has an image problem.
The Mentor Leader
A Failure Of Nerve Part II
Part II- Friedman's insights about our regressed, "seatbelt society," oriented toward safety rather than adventure, help explain the sabotage that leaders constantly face today.
A Failure Of Nerve
Part I- Friedman's insights about our regressed, "seatbelt society," oriented toward safety rather than adventure, help explain the sabotage that leaders constantly face today.
A Sense Of Urgency
Kotter reveals the insidious nature of complacency in all its forms and guises.
Sticky Teams
The Making of a Leader
7 Lessons For Leading In Crisis
Seven Lesson for Leading in Crisis gives leaders a solid strategy for staying the course.
Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars
Winning On Purpose
Why Men Hate Going To Church
does not call men back to church—it calls the church back to men.
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job
A bestselling author and business guru tells how to improve your job satisfaction and performance.
Talent is Overrated
The Five Temptations of a CEO
Drive
Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life.
Comeback Churches
An exciting method of congregational reinvigoration that is shared in this new book.
Breakout Churches
Eighty percent of the approximately 400,000 churches in the United States are either declining or at a plateau. Is there hope for the American church? Breakout Churches offers a resounding “yes!”
Leading Out of Who You Are
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
Good to Great
Overcoming Barriers to Growth
How to Run a Successful Meeting in Half the Time
Primal Leadership
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
World-renowned leadership expert John C. Maxwell says if you want to succeed, you must learn how to connect with people.
The Tipping Point
The Next Generation Leader
Switch
10 Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing
Church leaders will be encouraged to realize that they are not the only ones who struggle, and that turning their situation around may not be as daunting a task as they think.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
America’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder.
Developing the Leader Within You
Dr. John C. Maxwell shares his heart for developing exceptional leaders.
Sticky Church
7 Practices of Effective Ministry
7 Practices of Effective Ministry is an insightful guide for any leader who yearns for a simpler, more effective approach to ministry.
Made To Stick
Deep Change
An introspective journey for those in the trenches of today's modern organizations, Deep Change is a survival manual for finding our own internal leadership power.
Simple Church
Communicating For A Change
In Communicating for a Change, Andy Stanley and Lane Jones offer a unique strategy for communicators seeking to deliver captivating and practical messages.
Transparency: How Leaders Develop a Culture of Candor
Visioneering
Talent Is Never Enough
Margin
Margin is the space between our load and our limits and is related to our reserves and resilience.
On Becoming A Leader
Warren Bennis has for years persuasively argued that leaders are not born—they are made.
The Emotionally Healthy Church
In The Emotionally Healthy Church you’ll discover exactly what it takes for the truth to set you free.
The Top 10 Mistakes Leaders Make
Integrity
Integrity—more than simple honesty, it’s the key to success.


