088: Become a Hero-Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders (feat. Dave Ferguson)

I believe that what we build in life is important. But far outweighing what we build is a principle of life and effective leadership that I believe separates good leaders from great leaders, and that’s the principle of building people for significance and impact in life. That’s why I love the premise of today’s conversation, because whether you realize it or not, you have the opportunity to inspire and add value to the people in your life. So this applies to teachers and especially parents; executives and entrepreneurs; sports coaches; artists and entertainers. You see, it’s one thing to be a hero in life. But it’s another thing to give your life to become a hero maker. Today, we’re diving into the deep-end of the leadership pool with Dave Ferguson, author of the brand-new book, Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders (Exponential Series). And we’re going to be talking all about what I believe is a secret to effective leadership and multiplication as well breaking-down five essential keys to becoming a hero maker for the lives of the people you reach.

So teachers, this is for you. Coaches, this is for you, too. Parents and caretakers, this is especially for you. And executives, pastors, and artists, listen closely, because this is critical for your leadership legacy.

Buy “Hero Maker”

Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker.

In Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders (Exponential Series), you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.

Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provides strategies for how you can activate gifts, help others take ownership, and develop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progress.

Besides rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders and from established churches to new church plants. A practical tool accompanies each of the five practices, with several illustrations for how to use it.

Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership, but in doing so you will also help shift today’s church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication. Authors Dave Ferguson (a Chicago pastor and church planter) and Warren Bird (an award-winning writer) make a compelling case that God’s power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others, who in turn do likewise.

Become that rare breed of leader who brings change into our world by sacrificially investing in others who become the heroes. By becoming a hero maker, you will join a movement of influencers that are impacting hundreds, thousands and perhaps millions of people around the world.

About Dave Ferguson

Dave said, “I dream of helping all people find their way back to God. I write to inspire, instruct and collaborate with others who share this dream. To see that dream realized I’m using my influence and creativity to catalyze a movement of reproducing churches. Toward that end I serve as the Lead Pastor for a remarkable group of Christ Followers called Community Christian Church and I provide visionary leadership for NewThing, a global network of reproducing churches.”

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