Top 50 Leadership Books of All Time (#39 – #37)

We’re continuing our series of my top 50 recommended leadership books for pastors. High-achieving pastors know that “Leaders are Readers,” and books have the ability to expand your leadership and your ministry in unique ways.

Here are books #39 – #37. They are shown in no particular order — just pick one to start with and you’ll soon discover practical, effective ideas that you can start using to lead your own staff and your church.

#39: THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill

In Think and Grow Rich, Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles. This book will teach you the secrets that could bring you a fortune. It will show you not only what to do but how to do it. Once you learn and apply the simple, basic techniques revealed here, you will have mastered the secret of true and lasting success.

#38: TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP: Jesus’ Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values & Empowering Change by Leighton Ford

Insightfully examining Jesus’ work and the best recent books on leadership, Ford presents: the leader as strategist, the leader as seer, the leader as seeker, the leader as servant, the leader as struggler, the leader as sustainer. Executives, pastors, managers, professionals, all will benefit from this fresh, in-depth treatment by a man who is himself one of the world’s finest Christian leaders.

#37: LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DECEPTION: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute

Using biblical and current examples, the authors describe the characteristics of five types of leaders and the problems they are most likely to have if their particular dysfunctions develop unrestrained. McIntosh and Rima offer a series of steps for leaders to consider so they can take control of their dark side and learn to harness its creative powers.

Watch for another update next Thursday as we continue our countdown.

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.