In I’ve Got Your
Back, James C. Galvin has written a parable about leadership and how to be
an effective follower and leader. This book has taken ten years to write and it
was original written in the form of a textbook. He asked his fellow experts to
offer feedback on what they thought of the book and then he asked younger
leaders on how he could improve it. He eventually realized that the book had to
be torn up and rewritten for today’s generations of young leaders. The first
part of the book was written in a parable. The parable covered the lives of
four people who are experiencing problems with following their leaders and some
are struggling in serving in their church roles. Randall Johnson worked at Natural
Foods and his boss called him dipstick repeatedly when he doesn’t do what he
expected of him. He also breaks down the chairs and sets up the church. His
pastor doesn’t really care how things are run. Valerie Martinez worked at
Synthetic Software Solutions as a marketing assistant and she dreamed of moving
up and she is stuck in her life. She also wanted to help and serve in her
church but they are a small church and they don’t have many outreaches. Brad
Davis worked with the Suburban Life in the youth ministry and the executive
director just recently resigned and they asked him to take over the position
but he has refused. He wanted to also help in his church but he is already
working in full time ministry. Lynette Chiang worked at the Primary Care Medical
Clinic as a billing specialist and her boss hardly comes out of the office and
she has trouble asking him for assistance. Her pastor asked her to start and lead
the single ministry and he pulled the, “I’m the leader of your spiritual
authority”. All four of them have
different things that they need help on leadership and following. They seek
assist from Jack Hendrickson, a former Delta Force recruitment and a Bible
translator on how to handle people in authority.
The second part of the book was written as a textbook style
on the theology of leadership and followership. James C. Galvin began by
explaining the origin of leadership in the bible. Adam was under the authority
of God and God commanded him to name the creations of the Earth and he had to
perform work. God decided to give Adam a help mate named Eve and Adam led her
like God was leading him. Then the fall happened and Adam didn’t lead Eve when
she choose to consume the fruit. Ever since then sin has entered the world and
leadership has been messed up and we struggle with people in authority. A significant
concept that he pointed out was that leadership and followership are two sides
to the same coin and you have to be a good follower to be a great leader. This
book will convey to you on how to do that.
I would recommend this splendid book to anyone is wanting
to be a better effective leader. This is a great book to anyone who is suffering
from bad leadership and authority. James C. Galvin has written a timely book
that has the potential to guide youth and older leaders to become better
followers where they can lead others better. I enjoyed the parable and I
believe that since the author changed the book, it will encourage and help our
young generations of leaders. I really loved the REAL (Responsible, Ethical, Authentic,
and Loving) concepts that he used. The one that hit home to me was loving
people who have authority over you and being a good follower. I liked how the
book also contained brilliant charts to aid in the presentation of the material
of the three types of followership and the five levels of followership. The
book had a number of life changing scriptures discussed and displayed in the
book to teach readers what God says about leadership. If you’re looking for an astonishing
book on leadership and followership, then this one is the one you need to read!
"I received this book for free from
Handlebar Marketing/ Tenth Power Publishing for this review".
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