How Leaders Lose Their Way

""We've all heard too many stories of leaders who've lost their way. We long for a different story; this book shows us how to live it. To ensure we finish well, we must face drift head-on, recognizing it and rowing against it. If you're in a season of transition, if your passion is growing stale, if you're pursuing purpose, if you want to finish well, then I'm glad this book is in your hands."" -- Chris Horst, coauthor of Mission Drift, from the foreword ""Peter Greer and Jill Heisey have written a timely and highly relevant book that is a must-read for Christian leaders. In How Leaders Lose Their Way, they illuminate the motivation and intentions of the heart and the never-ending pull on them. This book is a clarion call to wake up, search your heart, repent, and return to the center of God's will for kingdom calling and service. The ongoing challenges remain to start, sustain, scale, and grow the impact of Christ-centered nonprofits. But it is only possible if we faithfully follow God's way to accomplish the task. This book will guide you!"" -- Tami Heim, president and CEO of Christian Leadership Alliance ""Too many leaders drive by braille through life, mistaking inertia and intention for direction and destination. Legacies are lost when not lived. How Leaders Lose Their Way is a lighthouse in the night shining needed lights to prevent unforced errors and disasters on the predictable hazards. It's not if we will struggle with drift but how we will respond. The insights, resources, wisdom and case studies of this can change the win rate of leaders. May it be so!"" -- Mike Sharrow, CEO of C12 Business Forums ""We're all devastated when leaders don't finish well. But how often do we hold up the mirror to see that we're all at risk of drifting and do something about it? Thank you, Peter Greer and Jill Heisey, for revealing the common warning signs of leadership drift and for challenging us with wise strategies rooted in humility to help us finish well."" -- Michael Martin, president and CEO of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability ""This book offers a perfect pairing of timeless wisdom and timely truth, all wonderfully told. It reminds that leadership is not only a matter of strategy and skill but foremost about our longings and loves. Though often unnamed, these deeper currents set our trajectory far more than our claimed values and mission statements. They inevitably shape the organizations we lead and the people we become. So we do well to search out these matters of the heart, as this slender volume helps us do, asking God for the unmatched gladness that comes only as double-mindedness is turned to purity of heart."" -- Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans ""When leaders drift, mission drifts. Grounded in Scripture and case studies of biblical and contemporary leaders, How Leaders Lose Their Way equips leaders to recognize potential areas of drift, while providing practical tools and practices to stay focused on priorities and purpose. This book is a must-read for ministry leaders and organizational leaders who are committed to finishing well!"" -- Tom Lin, president and CEO of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA ""No author outside of Scripture has contributed to the culture of our ministry more than Peter Greer. The lessons in How Leaders Lose Their Way are critical for all Christian leaders who are seeking to create lasting impact for the kingdom. What a wonderful gift to the church!"" -- Joel Penton, founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy ""Organizational leadership is a distinct privilege, but it also sets traps for the human heart. In their book How Leaders Lose Their Way, Peter Greer and Jill Heisey do a wonderful job of illuminating these traps and pointing the way toward dealing with them. Their approach invites leaders to reflect on how they are drifting and sets out practical steps toward forward. It's a refreshing and much-needed reminder that leadership isn't just about what we accomplish but who we become in the process."" -- Mike Bontrager, Square Roots Collective founder and CEO ""I devoured this book. How Leaders Lose Their Way is both a sobering warning and a hopeful guide—an invitation to finish the race of leadership with integrity and joy. Peter Greer and Jill Heisey have given us a masterpiece of clarity, conviction, and grace, showing that drift is subtle, but faithfulness is possible. Page after page left me convicted, encouraged, and—most importantly—anchored to the One who keeps us mission true."" -- Jordan Raynor, author of The Sacredness of Secular Work and Redeeming Your Time ""Cogent, clear, and convicting! How Leaders Lose Their Way is a must-read for leaders in churches and Christian organizations. This is a vital sequel to Mission Drift (by Peter Greer and others), as it probes the personal drift that so easily occurs in positions of power. And significantly, it points not just to the problems but provides spiritual resources for amending our ways."" -- Dennis Hollinger, president emeritus and senior distinguished professor of Christian ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary