Book Review: H3 Leadership by Brad Lomenick

It seems that leadership is one thing that is constantly talked about on our culture. Sometimes it is very negatively when we look at an organization and blame the ones in charge for the poor shape it is in. In the United States, we have a poll to determine if you approve or disapprove the job the President is doing. Sometimes it is very positive while other times it is not.

In our churches, when things look up, we praise the pastor then a few months later vote him out things go wrong. Sports are conducted in a similar manner. When the team is doing well, the coach is praised and even given a contract extension. When the team suffers, the coach is walking out the door is disgrace because he failed to lead.

Leadership is one virtue that people look for regardless of what organization or church you are in charge of. Everyone of us need some form of leadership development. Brad Lomenick is the president of Catalyst which is an organization that geared toward the next generation of leaders. He has written a book called, H3 Leadership. The H3 stands for Humble, Hungry, and Hustle. A leader should always be humble. When Lomenick talks about being humble he talks about being yourself. No one like a carbon copy of someone else. People want a leader to be themselves. Being a humble leader is not all wrapped up in himself. He considers others first and always makes God the first priority.

A leader is also hungry. A leader never stops learning. For pastors who stops growing in their walk with Christ, their church will suffer. A hungry leader tasks risks because they strive for excellence even though we are not guaranteed it. A leader is always hustling. They are always not afraid to fail. They are not fail to collaborate with their competitors and leave the world a better place.

This book is one of those that may have some good things for the church but at the same time it does not. Is some of this stuff good for an organization outside the church? Yes. Keeping God first is definitely one thing that all leaders in the church should do. The more I kept reading, the more it sounded like one of Andy Stanley's books on leadership. One thing Stanley is big on is the attractional model of building a church which I felt Lomenick's principles could lead to. This is a leadership book I would recommend for leadership advice but not as one I would go to for leadership development.

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