The hard side of leadership enables us to tackle difficult issues and take a firm stand. The soft side of leadership constantly reminds us that we are dealing with people - free in their choice to come or go. Churches have always experienced a spectrum of leadership - from the easy-going, laid-back pastor to the more autocratic, pushy style of pastor. More recently, we have seen the emergence of polarised leaders. But does a church leader have to be one or the other?

In his second book, The Soft and Hard Sides of Leadership: How to Avoid Being a Wimp or a Megalomaniac, Peter Prothero contends that they are two sides of the same coin - and we need both. And when we have both, we have great leadership. Covering six ingredients of a 'soft and hard' leader - compassion, contrition, connection, courage, conviction and clarity - The Soft and Hard Sides of Leadership will help you model your leadership on the greatest leader of all, Jesus Christ.

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Let’s face it – church leadership is both highly rewarding and downright challenging. Pastors and church leaders can often feel that they can’t ask for help or admit when things are hard. Deep down, many in leadership long for someone older – a mentor who has been through it before – to reassuringly look them in the eye and say, “You’re doing better than you think you are, but here’s how to become even better!”

Peter Prothero’s book, Church Leadership: The stuff you usually learn the hard way, provides this reassurance and guidance based on 40 years of leadership experience. It’s a ‘how to’ book for those starting out in their leadership journey and for those who have been on the road a while but have become stuck.

Covering a range of topics – often unspoken about – such as “The Ten Plagues of Church Gatherings” and “The Awkward Conversation”, Church Leadership will help you get unstuck if you are and for those beginning their journey, to help you avoid getting stuck!

Taken from the foreword by Thomas Hansen

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