The 5 Secrets to Becoming a Leader

This book is for people who fill a role where leadership is expected but feel they have only modest natural ability. It is also for the "accidental" leader who needs a boost of confidence to step into a new role, and for budding leaders just starting out who need some sage advice. The book is based around conversations between a young businessman and an older retired man who has led in church, business and philanthropic arenas. Timeless principles and the practical know-how every effective leader learns to live by emerge during these conversations and the young leader is taken to a new level of excellence. This book is for church and marketplace mentors and protégés who are interested in reading about twenty-first-century leading with a spiritual emphasis.

Alan Nelson is the founding/lead pastor at Scottsdale Family Church (AZ),the author of ten books, and has a doctorate in leadership from the University of San Diego. Dr. Nelson is a columnist for Rev. magazine, book commentator for John Maxwell's e-zine: Leadership Wired, and speaks for a variety of organizations as leadership trainer. He is married to Nancy and has three sons: Jeff, Josh & Jesse. Stan Toler is senior pastor of Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and hosts the television program "Mission Today." For the past ten years he has taught seminars for INJOY Group, a leadership development institute. Toler has written over 45 books, including his best-sellers' God Has Never Failed Me, But He's Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times, The Five-Star Church and, his latest book, The Buzzards Are Circling, but God's Not Finished with Me Yet.