LeaderShift Book - Overcoming Leadership Heresies for Business Growth | Transformational Leadership Guide for Entrepreneurs & Managers | Perfect for Team Building & Professional Development

I was encouraged to read LeaderShift because the leadership team of a church I am consulting to has been using it with their board, staff, and key lay leaders. I am very glad that I read it. Cousins makes a solid defense for building a foundation in the local church of God's measures of success and ensuring that the church truly follows an Eph. 4:11-12 model of equipping the saints for ministry. This model includes an emphasis on the Four F's: Being Faithful, Fruitful, Fulfilled, and making God Famous.He spends a lot of ink on what he calls leadership heresies: e.g. that only those with the gift of leadership can lead, that success is about numbers, that God needs our help, and that leaders are to represent the people (vs. God). He then moves on to encourage reliance on the Holy Spirit and for churches to have a vision for reaching the lost, discovering their zone of service from their gifts and passions, and becoming contributors. Some will be Eph 4:11 equippers. Some will be Eph 4:12 equipped. He then concludes by encouraging implementation in churches that want to make the LeaderShift.I think he overstates the concern about focusing on numbers and slips into a slight false dichotomy, i.e. leading one to believe that if a church makes the LeaderShift that they cannot focus on numbers. The logical conclusion of that is that a church could become one year or more behind on space needs and other infrastructure. In addition, the Great Commission is indeed about both numbers (make more disciples) and inner fruit (teach them to observe). I maintain that some in the church are gifted to focus on numbers and plan and that they can still abide in the 4 F's. Nevertheless, I heartily recommend that you read this book.Jim BarberBarber Church Consulting[...]Executive Director, Society for Church Consulting[...]