When should you ask your team and staff to read a book with you? And then do you have any best practices on what that might look like? Eric, i think, whas, noas i read a book, i'm always going to ask at the end, and what's one thing i'm adjusting from this? It could just be i picked up a a suggestion, or it couldnt be that it was a paradim shifting book. But ifit but for it to pass the gate to be read through with the whole teamIt would that thiss, this is relevant for all of us to read together, for the for the shared nomenclature.
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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Eric Geiger. Geiger is the senior pastor of Mariners Church and former co-host of 5LQ. He is also author of several books including Simple Church, Identity, and Designed to Lead. They discuss the following questions:
Why is reading important for a leader?
How has reading helped you lead in new spaces and new disciplines?
How should a leader read a book?
How does reading help influence your preaching and how do you take what you are reading and curate it into sermon?
What are your top 5 books to read as a leader?
When should you ask your staff to read a book with you? What are the best practices?
How do you apply what you read and put it into practice?
BEST QUOTES
“You combine the humility of opening a book and the discipline of opening a book and that’s a recipe for growth.”
“The more I read, the more I am able to articulate strategy, vision, and concise arguments.”
“Reading is important for leaders because the leader grows and the leader learns how to frame communication.”
“Know on the front end how you are going to engage the book.”
“Going into each book knowing the point of reading that book informs how you engage.”
“If I read a paradigm shifting book, then I look to bring it to the team to help them process where I believe we need to go.”
“Identify on the tail end of a book what are a couple of things you are going to do.”
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