Leadership Sabotage: When Story is More Powerful than Reality

Leadership Sabotage: When Story is More Powerful than Reality

Jennifer Murray | 2019

Abstract

There is an expectation that churches be healthy. The experiences people endure time and again prove that church health is all too often idealized instead of realized. While the true adage “pastors are human too” sets the stage as a reminder of inevitable and reasonable shortcomings, it does not indemnify against the need for robust self-leadership. In many cases, the story of who we are preempts the reality of who we are in real-life leadership situations. This book explores the unintended ways well-meaning pastors may be setting themselves up for a fatal leadership crisis orchestrated by none other than the one who would most like to avoid catastrophe—the pastor. In Leadership Sabotage, you will be challenged to look at reality from a fresh, new, and invigorating perspective that builds for the future. This manuscript extracts leadership lessons that when applied will help pastors thrive in building the church they see in their future.