Leadership
Promised Land—a place so beautiful and peaceful. A place where everybody agrees with what the
leader wants, everybody does their tasks to perfection without any goading or
reminders, a place where everything works out just as you have it picture in
your mind. (Insert scratchy record noise
here) Okay, now back to reality!
Whether
you are a leader of 4 people or 4000 you are going to face issues with
leadership. No two people think the same
way; throw in different personality types and chaos will ensue without some
form of leadership. Some of us are born
leaders and some of us have been placed in leadership positions we didn’t
expect and need help in understanding how leadership works and the problems we
face are normal and can be overcome.
With
chapter titles such as; Thou Shalt Not Serve Thine Own Ego, Thou Shalt Have A
Life, and Thou Shalt Lead To Leave, Hans Finzel takes us on a trip through
Moses stormy leadership of the Israelites.
Mixed in are the author’s own considerable experiences in leadership. We
are reminded of Moses’ reluctance to take the position of leading the
Israelites from Egypt, the times he wanted to quit, the times he had to learn
to rely on a team to help him lead, and the times he was betrayed by those he
trusted. With Mr. Finzel paralleling his
own experiences with those of Moses, we see that because human nature really
has not changed very much in the past several thousand years, the leadership
lessons we can learn from Moses are very applicable today.
I
received this book free of charge from David C. Cook Publishers through NetGalley
in exchange for an honest review.
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