Rooted Leadership: Seeking God’s Answers to the Eleven Core Questions Every Leader Faces

As one who has been a practitioner and trainer of leadership most of my life I found "Rooted in Leadership" refreshing - really refreshing!Today when more and more people are asking, "where have the leaders gone or do we even need leaders? To read and understand the theology of leadership and that at its core, leaders are required to join God in carrying out his will - his way.John is a master at developing for us the footings, the underpinning of the leadership principles and practices we know all too well. For example, Leaders cast vision, leaders know that and do that. However, did you realize that is a theological mandate?Tom AtemaTogether We Are Better! TomHeart for Lebanon, Co-Founder

Good book. I have not really read book like it before. It does not offer a bunch of "how-to's", but instead takes you through what God has to say on leadership. As you read these chapters, the "how-to's" come as you see more and more leadership fleshed out in the Scripture. As someone who is a Christian and a leader--I have intuitively believed that the Bible has the best things to say about leadership...Rooted leadership communicates those truth's in a clear and exciting way!

In my experience, few Christian "leaders" actually understand what leadership really is. While there is a plethora of Christian writing on leadership, few of them truly understand its true meaning. As is evident from the bibliography., Dr. Johnson has done his homework in this regard. And then to root the entire matter in a theological context makes this work, in my opinion, a classic and foundational book.Bud LindstrandUniversity Instructor on Leadership

Whether you are a young MBA, seasoned manager or seminary student, what you understand about leadership is going to affect how you lead or help others to lead. Dr Johnson scours the record on leadership, takes a fresh approach from how God might look at it and packages it in a readable book for academics and others to learn. Couple that with Johnson’s years as a Pastor leading industry executives, and this becomes a tour de force on Leadership.

John has taught me so very much about leadership by serving as a living example of the principles outlined in this book. He masterfully blends the best of secular theory and biblical concepts to create a balanced approach to leadership that is life-giving and deeply rooted. I highly recommend this read to both seasoned vets and individuals new to the leadership arena.

This is a great book on leadership! Dr Johnson does an admirable job of pulling together examples of good and bad leadership as well as relevant quotes. Even though he writes from a Christian perspective, which is admirable, the book is flat out just an excellent book on leadership which should be read and re-read by all who have any interest in leadership.

John finished your book a couple days ago. Your level of knowledge of leadership literature is quite impressive! You obviously know what you are taking about from the academic perspective. I think you did a good job of merging it with your ministry experiences. I can see the book being a text in many ministry classes in evangelical seminaries. Overall – good book, very impressed.