“Leadership Lessons, Avoiding the Pitfalls of King Saul<” is different than other leadership books you may have read as it is about Saul who failed as a leader. Most leadership books focus on people like Lincoln and others who were excellent leaders. This book begins the first chapter with explaining why should you study a failed leader. They show how Saul messed up and why we shouldn’t do that. I find it particularly important how in the first few paragraphs of the book the authors explain that while what Saul does sounds extreme they are not so far removed from how people in the church act today.
The book goes through different things Saul failed to do that good leaders should do. It is organized into chapters such as “Saul Failed to Think Before He Spoke” and ” Saul Failed to Lead the People, but Let Them Lead Him Instead”. Then throughout the chapter it talks about what Saul did and using Biblical Wisdom to show why that is not how leaders should behave with Scripture to reinforce.
A really nice thing at the end of each chapter is a Group Discussion and Personal Reflection Guide. This is a great way to reinforce what you learned in the chapter whether you are reading it by yourself or with someone else. It starts with Group Discussion questions but you could easily answer those by yourself if only you were reading it.
This is a great book for businesses, churches and groups of leaders to do together. The book encourages us to look at the major pitfalls that leaders can run into (not just Saul, all of us) and why and how we can behave differently.
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