Tyler Reagin's
The Life Giving Leader: Learning to Lead from Your Truest Self is a book that utilizes clear pastoral insight with rich biblical teaching about the nature of leadership. Reagin articulates an "identity-based" leadership -- who we are is more important to our leadership than what we do or the pretense of authority we bring. While there are certainly some places where I felt like it's just another "embrace who you are" book, I think Reagin makes some important connections between Jesus and that identity leadership that should not be neglected.
I am a bit concerned that Reagin relies so heavily upon Andy Stanley in a way that could just as easily have been accomplished by more important pastoral leaders -- I think specifically of Gregory the Great.
In the end,
The Life Giving Leader felt more like pop psychology baptized as leadership than a rich book that brings so much to pastoral identity and work.
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