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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Gene Mason is Vice President of Operations for Leadership Ministries. He is writer, speaker, teacher and leader, serving both nonprofit and marketplace organizations for over 35 years. Gene is an adoption and foster care advocate, with concentration in special needs and trauma-informed parenting. He and his wife, Keri, are parents of three adopted children.

Books on Leadership
Lead like Christ: Reflecting the Qualities and Character of Christ in Your Ministry
Lead like Christ: Reflecting the Qualities and Character of Christ in Your Ministry

As a Christian, does your leadership approach look any different from that of those who don't follow Christ? Throughout the Bible, God shows us what leadership looks in His kingdom, and sometimes it can seem upside-down.

Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer
Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer

J. Oswald Sanders, a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and author of more than forty books, presents the key principles of leadership in both the temporal and spiritual realms.

The Book on Leadership
The Book on Leadership

Leadership does not come from a job title. It isn't a matter of personality or charisma. And it isn't the same thing as iron-fisted authority. True leadership—the kind that refuses to bend to a shifting, fickle world—comes from a much deeper source.

Biblical Leadership in the Days of Cultural Intolerance
Biblical Leadership in the Days of Cultural Intolerance

The purpose of this book is to define the path leaders needs to take, as they stand in the sphere of societies where bigotry and increase of shying away from the truth of Biblical teaching are on the rise, as societies takes roots in different paths of societal perpetual nature of moral decay gains its pleasures.

The Ways of the Leader: Four Practices to Bring People Together and Break New Ground
The Ways of the Leader: Four Practices to Bring People Together and Break New Ground

Are you feeling overwhelmed in this post-pandemic world? Bill Mowry unpacks four competencies for everyday leaders in churches, ministries, communities, and businesses.

Christian Leadership
Christian Leadership

The most influential leader in the early church was undoubtedly the apostle Paul. He never lost the vision of God's single new humanity―Jews and Gentiles together. And in his letters we watch him exercising his leadership skills among the early Christians.

Learning to Lead Like Jesus
Learning to Lead Like Jesus

It's incredible when someone uses their gifts to make you feel valued and inspire you to greatness. What does it take to develop that kind of heart and influence? How can you become a leader like Jesus?

Simple Truths of Leadership
Simple Truths of Leadership

Leadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard and trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley present this carefully curated collection of fifty-two essential leadership principles that are easy to implement and practice.

5 Levels of Leadership
5 Levels of Leadership

Use this helpful book to learn about the leadership tools to fuel success, grow your team, and become the visionary you were meant to be.

Compassionate Leadership
Compassionate Leadership

Leadership is hard. How can you balance compassion for your people with effectiveness in getting the job done?

Taking the Lead
Taking the Lead

The president of Joe Gibbs Racing―the winningest team in NASCAR history―shares the secrets of succeeding in business and in life.

Wisdom for Leaders
Wisdom for Leaders

This 30-day devotional guide for leaders is designed to bring encouragement, instruction, and comfort. Author Boyd Bailey’s daily devotionals through the Wisdom Hunters organization are read by more than 100,000 leaders daily.

The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership
The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership

Become a next generation leader—rich in emotional and social intelligence and orchestrating outstanding collaborative results—by mastering these eight status quo-shattering paradoxes.

The Spiritual Life of a Leader
The Spiritual Life of a Leader

No matter where you lead, the qualities that make a great leader are the same: you should be humble, selfless, honest, collaborative, and teachable.

The Currency of Connection
The Currency of Connection

How to build trust or regain it when it's lost.

Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains.

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions

A #1 New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert answers questions from his readers about what it takes to be in charge and make a difference.

Jesus on Leadership
Jesus on Leadership

Discover the essence of transformative leadership by studying how Jesus led.

The Christian Leader Blueprint: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leadership Transformation
The Christian Leader Blueprint: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leadership Transformation

This book provides practical wisdom and guidelines backed by scripture. Including deep, thought-provoking questions to inspire you to evaluate your life through 16 areas of self-study, this is your complete guide to become the influential Christian leader you were made to be.

Called to Lead: 26 Leadership Lessons from the Life of the Apostle Paul
Called to Lead: 26 Leadership Lessons from the Life of the Apostle Paul

Is leadership a title? Authority? Charisma? Today more than ever, Christians need a model of leadershipthat is based on God’s Word, that brings God glory.

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry

Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaves together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses.

The Most Excellent Way to Lead
The Most Excellent Way to Lead

Speakers often use the words vision, boldness, and influence to describe the characteristics of effective leaders. Perry Noble makes the case that the heart of great leadership lies elsewhere.

Problems of Christian Leadership
Problems of Christian Leadership

Christian leaders face challenges. But God works with us and through us to accomplish his purposes.

Essential Habits of Relational Leaders: Building a Culture of Trust
Essential Habits of Relational Leaders: Building a Culture of Trust

The strongest leaders are set apart by their relationships with their colleagues, their families, and the members of their community. They form bonds built on respect and mutual appreciation, and in doing so, they bring out the best in themselves and in others.

Infusion
Infusion

The purpose of this book is to compel us all into a regular time with God so that, as a result, we will apply His wisdom to our lives.

Leadership Is Overrated
Leadership Is Overrated

Award-winning executive consultant Chris Mefford and retired, high-ranking US Navy SEAL trainer Kyle Buckett argue that organizations need more than just leaders. They need successful teams.

Leadership in Christian Perspective: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Practices for Servant Leaders
Leadership in Christian Perspective: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Practices for Servant Leaders

Justin Irving and Mark Strauss explore how leadership models have moved from autocratic and paternalistic leader-centered models toward an increased focus on followers.

Together We Lead: Integrating Church Leadership and Administration for Ministry Success
Together We Lead: Integrating Church Leadership and Administration for Ministry Success

Together We Lead will empower you to design a ministry model that integrates a biblical standard for leadership while managing the overall work of the church. You will be encouraged to consider your calling to ministry and how to lead in relationship with others.

Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better
Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better

In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude. It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do.

The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World
The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

In The Emotionally Healthy Leader, bestselling author Peter Scazzero shows leaders how to develop a deep, inner life with Christ, examining its profound implications for surviving stress, planning and decision making, building teams, creating healthy culture, influencing others, and more.