People are
captivated by the idea of leadership. For the last two decades, the public’s
fascination with leadership has grown exponentially. I studied leadership as a
module in my final year at university, and let’s just say that there was as
many different definitions of leadership as there are people who have tried to
define it.
How would
you define leadership?
Albert
Mohler states his intention clearly and warns the reader right up front that "my goal is to change the way you think about leadership. I do not
aim merely to add one more voice to the conversation; I want to fundamentally
change the way leadership is understood and practiced."
Was Mohler successful in changing the way I thought
about leadership?
What Mohler thumped in me through this book, was simply
the centrality of what a leader believes to permeate their leadership. Mohler
writes: "The church desperately needs . . . effective leaders who are
authentically Christian-whose leadership flows out of their Christian
commitment."
Albert Mohler states his grand objective when He writes:
"I want to turn the Believers into Leaders and the
Leaders into Believers. My goal is to know the blocks out from under the
current models of leadership and forge a new way. I stake my life on the
priority of right beliefs and convictions, and I want to lead so that those
very beliefs are perpetuated in others . . . My goal is to redefine Christian
leadership so that it is inseparable from passionately held beliefs, and so
motivate those who are deeply committed to truth to be ready for leadership."
In this book Albert Mohler speaks with authority, by
applying scripture to leadership and drawing on His own experience in being
president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Conviction to lead is a good introduction and abiding
principle to leadership, especially for those in church context. But one might
need other leadership text along with Conviction to lead, if one is in another
field of work.
K.Oni
You can purchase the book here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/conviction-to-lead-the-albert-mohler/1111409753?ean=9780764210044
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