How to Lead When You're Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority

by Clay Scroggins, Andy Stanley (Foreword by)

Overview

Are you hungry to help others through leadership but don't feel like you have the authority?

One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders—whether they have the official authority or not—learn how to be an influential presence wherever they are.

In How to Lead When You're Not in Charge, author and pastor Clay Scroggins explains the nature of leadership and what's needed to be a great leader—even when you answer to someone else.

Drawing from biblical principles and his experience as the lead pastor of Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Clay will help you nurture your vision and cultivate influence with integrity and confidence, even when you lack authority in your organization or ministry.

In this book, Clay will walk you through the challenge of leadership and the four basic behaviors all great leaders have and how to cultivate them:

• Leading yourself
• Choosing positivity
• Thinking critically
• Rejecting passivity

With practical wisdom and humor, Clay Scroggins will help you free yourself to become the great leader you want to be so you can make a difference. Even when you're not in charge.

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"This book will be one of the most, if not the most, pivotal leadership books you'll ever read." - Andy Stanley

"If you're ready to lead right where you are, this book can show you how to start." - Dave Ramsey

"Read this book! The marketplace is full of leadership messages, but this one is a stand out." - Louie Giglio

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310531579
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	08/22/2017
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	56,933
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Clay Scroggins is the lead pastor of North Point Community Church, providing visionary and directional leadership for all of the local church staff and congregation. As the original and largest campus of North Point Ministries, ranked by Outreach Magazine in 2014 as the Largest Church in America, NPCC averages over 12,000 people in attendance. Clay works for Andy Stanley, one of the greatest leaders on the planet, and understands firsthand how to manage the tension of leading when you’re not in charge.

Starting out as a facilities intern (a.k.a. Vice-President of Nothing), he has worked his way through many organizational levels of North Point Ministries and knows all too well the challenge of authority deprivation. Clay holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech as well as a Master’s degree and doctorate with an emphasis in Online Church from Dallas Theological Seminary. He lives in Forsyth County, Georgia, with his wife, Jenny, and their four children.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11

Acknowledgments 15

Part I Understanding Our Challenge

Chapter 1 The Oddity of Leadership 19

Chapter 2 Identity Crisis 37

Chapter 3 Reclaim Kibosh 63

Part 2 The Four Behaviors

Chapter 4 Lead Yourself 89

Chapter 5 Choose Positivity 111

Chapter 6 Think Critically 131

Chapter 7 Reject Passivity 149

Part 3 Challenging Authority

Chapter 8 Challenging Up 169

Chapter 9 Breaking Down Challenging Up 189

Chapter 10 Your Next Chapters Starts Today 211

Notes 227

Editorial Reviews

Clay's approach is authentic, fun, and engaging. With experience and practical examples, Clay reminds us that our influence is not tied to our titles. Regardless of your industry, if you are in an entry-level or C-level job, this book will become a must-read for you and your team.

Jeremy Walls

I'll let you in on a leadership secret: people don't follow titles. They follow courage and integrity. That means true leaders become people of influence, regardless of their spot on an organizational chart. If you're ready to lead right where you are, Clay Scroggins understands—and How to Lead When You're Not in Charge can show you how to start.

Dave Ramsey

I'll let you in on a leadership secret: people don't follow titles. They follow courage and integrity. That means true leaders become people of influence, regardless of their spot on an organizational chart. If you're ready to lead right where you are, Clay Scroggins understands—and How to Lead When You're Not in Charge can show you how to start.

bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio Dave Ramsey