Leading with a Limp
  • Published: 15 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9781578569526
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $38.00

Leading with a Limp

Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

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Leading With a Limp speaks to leaders in business, education, ministry, and volunteer capacities--pastors, business executives, managers, teachers, committee chairs, and church lay leaders. Leaders experiencing burnout, those who have not advanced to the level they had hoped to reach, and anyone who seeks to be authentic as they lead others will gain inspiration and guidance to reach their goals. Those who are unsure about taking on the responsibilities of leadership also will find this book immensely helpful.

Put your flawed foot forward.

Pick up most leadership books and you’ll find strategies for leveraging your power and minimizing your areas of weakness. But rather than work against your weakness, why not draw from a deeper well of strength? God favors leaders who make the most of the power that comes from brokenness.

Go ahead and take full advantage of your flaws. The most effective leaders don’t rise to power in spite of their weakness; they lead with power because of their weakness. It is their authenticity in limping leadership that compels others to follow them. Flawed leaders are successful because they’re not preoccupied with protecting their image. They are undaunted by chaos and complexity. And they are ready to risk failure in moving an organization from what is to what should be.

If you are a leader–or if you have been making excuses to avoid leading–find out how to get the most from your weakness. A limping leader is the kind of person God uses to accomplish amazing things.

To go deeper, check out the Leading with a Limp Workbook.
  • Published: 15 July 2009
  • ISBN: 9781578569526
  • Imprint: Christian/Forum
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Dan B. Allender

Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., is the President of Mars Hill Graduate School, in Seattle, Washington. He taught in the Biblical Counseling Department of Grace Theological Seminary for seven years, then was a professor in the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, Denver. Dr. Allender is the author of The Wounded Heart and has coauthored two books with Dr. Larry Crabb: Encouragement: The Key to Caring and Hope for the Hurting. With Dr. Tremper Longman he has coauthored four books: Bold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, and Bold Purpose.

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Praise for Leading with a Limp

–Mark Sanborn, speaker, leadership consultant, and best-selling author of The Fred Factor

“Not only is Dan Allender a good friend, he is a great leader. In Leading with a Limp, he has shown us how we can effectively lead those allotted to our charge. Read this book...it will bring a lot of things into perspective for you.”

–Dennis Rainey, president of FamilyLife and coauthor of Moments Together for Couples

“After reading this book, the first two words out of my mouth were ‘At last!’ Amid a deluge of spiritual gifts inventories, at last there is someone who understands how God’s strength is made perfect in our imperfections. At last someone has brought spiritual strengths and spiritual weaknesses into conversation. For Dan Allender, the limp is a limpid way of walking that leads into the very presence of God.”

–Leonard Sweet, author of The Three Hardest Words and Out of the Question…Into the Mystery

“Leading with a Limp is not your basic, cafeteria-brand manual on how to ‘do’ leadership. It is a call to openly face your shortcomings as a leader. Dan Allender reminds us that our greatest asset as leaders is not our competence but the courage to name and deal with our frailties and imperfections.”

–Dr. Crawford W. Loritts, Jr., author, speaker, and senior pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, Georgia