I love the provocative title of this book. LEADERSHIP IS DEAD! The rebel and nonconformist in me just had to read it. Can’t you just see me smile as I say it? Don’t get me wrong….I love leadership. I believe God has called and gifted me to be a leader. I am a student of leadership and have consumed thousands of pages of books to learn how to be a better leader.

In the last twenty-five years, the church has been bombarded with leadership conferences and books. Yet despite the monumental resources available to us….the church still has a leadership vacuum. OK….I can’t just say the church….our world is in major need of effective leadership.

Jeremie Kubicek writes, “Leadership as we have known it is dead because far too many leaders have abused their positions and lost their moral bearings“. He suggests that true empowering leadership can be revived if we are willing to embrace a few core concepts.

• We must understand what the role of leadership is and what it is not.
• We must be willing to explore the inner world of leadership—things such as intent, power, and motive.
• Influence needs to be recognized as the engine of true leadership.
• Leaders must understand how to influence, not simply how to lead.

This was a motivating book that focuses on leadership as influence and servanthood. The church has leveraged this language as our description for leadership. But far too often we have forgotten the basic truths. Kubicek does a great job through his inspiring stories and practical examples of how to revive leadership as influence. Grab this book and you won’t regret it