Book Review: Lead Like Ike

Lead Like Ike by Geoff Lotus

This book is a bit outside of the wheelhouse in comparison to the books normally reviewed on this site. It is not technically “Christian” in genre, but could be very beneficial to pastors.

As a pastor myself, the lesson that stuck best with me was that Eisenhower never wasted his troops’ time, energy, or lives on a mission that wasn’t going to succeed. As a pastor, we often waste a sermon or lesson because perhaps we didn’t have the time, energy, or passion to crank out a 5-hour sermon prep time. Perhaps a sermon or lesson has been “good enough.”

Eisenhower focused all of his efforts on accomplishing a mission; no shortcuts, no tricks. I pray that we would give our church our all every single day. God has blessed us with the opportunity to shepherd His people at various levels and we should make that mission our priority.

This book is an easy read and well-structured. I recommend it to anyone in any leadership position as you should easily find applicable principles.