Book Reviews

This is an incredible story of leadership and how values shape an organization, business, school, church, mission or government. This book will help people who want to know how decentralized organizations like YWAM are successful and why young people are so attracted.  Dennis is a Christian with a biblical based view of the world, a Harvard Business graduate that put this into practice with his work in government services, an energy company and now one of the largest chartered school systems in the USA.

He shows how work is one of the ways we honor God. Work is worship. God set the example in Creation by working for six days, then resting for one day. He gave us a model to steward resources and meet other people's needs.  Any work, even the least creative and inspiring job, that is accomplished for God, meets a need in society, honors God. "The key to joy at work is the personal freedom to take actions and make decisions using individual skills and talents." Thus, the key to good organizational leadership is restraint in making decisions of importance. A radical idea.

From the preface: This book is for you if you are:

• stuck in a miserable job, but motivated to do something about it.
• a student in management or leadership program not yet intoxicated by power over people.
• a high school or college student who wants to earn a living and have fun at the same time.
• a mid-level manager, who feels trapped by top-down, highly centralized organization.
• a government, business, nonprofit or educational leader,
• a president, director or CEO
• a scholar, researcher or writer,
• a priest, pastor, imam or rabbi who is looking for a better way to understand and explain faith and work.