Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

Dan B. Allender

Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, Jan 15, 2008 - Religion - 224 pages

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.

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User Review  - AlandWynda - Christianbook.com

I think that the author's premise is one that we don't often practically consider as we go through our lives -- God's strength is made perfect in our weakness. Often we focus on our own knowledge ...

Review: Leading With a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

User Review  - Jennifer - Goodreads

One of the best books I have ever read. This book is for all believers, even if you don't consider yourself a leader, well surprise- you are. Every disciple is a disciple-maker and wading through all ...

About the author

Dan B. Allender, PhD, is a founder of Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, where he serves as president. He also is a professor of counseling, a therapist in private practice, and a popular speaker. He is the author of a number of books, including To Be Told, How Children Raise Parents, The Healing Path, and The Wounded Heart. Dan and his wife, Rebecca, are the parents of three children.




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Bibliographic information

• Title: Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness
• Author: Dan B. Allender
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, 2008
• ISBN: 1578569524, 9781578569526
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Church / Leadership; Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources; Religion / Leadership