THE CALLING OF A LEADER

What if the most important leadership lesson is not how to lead, but who you are when you lead?

Every person leads something: a business, a ministry, a government office, a home, a group. Yet few of us are ever taught to lead well, or how to recognize leaders who take far more than they give.

“The Calling of a Leader”  is a complete 17-week leadership course in book form. It begins with character and calling, moves through the skills every leader needs, and then applies them in the arenas where people actually lead.

Inside this book, you will learn how to:

- Build the integrity, habits and lifestyle that keep a leader standing

- Turn weakness into strength

- Spot problems in a system early and act before they become crises

- Win cooperation without fighting or quarreling

- Motivate people to give their best

- Lead in business, government, church and ministry, the family home and community groups

- Understand why leaders fall, and recognize deceitful and draining leadership

- Mentor others, plan succession and build a legacy that outlives you

A chapter for those who have been drained. Chapter 17 examines the leader who takes your time, money and loyalty, blames you when you run out and discards you when you are spent. It explains why this pattern works, offers a biblical and practical way to respond, and gives leaders a way to examine themselves.

Each chapter ends with reflection questions and an action step. The book also includes a leadership self-assessment, a 17-week group study plan, a glossary and a topic finder, so it works for personal growth, small groups, churches, teams and classrooms.

Leadership is trust. Lead like it.

Dr. Nelson I. Peters is an author, speaker and minister whose books address church leadership, marriage and family, and personal and spiritual growth.