Darren Male, 39, Married. Waterloo, ON, Canada

This book was given to me by our church board who are reading through it together. They wanted all the staff to read a few chapters to have a sense of what the board was working through. I ended up reading the whole book and love the principles that the author gives for Church Boards navigating change in their church.

I definitely see where the effectiveness of this type of book would increase when a board reads through and discusses it together. There are many exercises, and transformational questions that are asked throughout the book to help initiate the kind of discussion needed.

I purchased a bunch of copies of this book to pass around to leaders in my church (without having read it) and am glad I did. It's a book that can be read quickly but to get the full benefit would have to be debriefed by a team. I love the fact the authors pose some questions at the end of each chapter to get a team started in discussing how they will apply what is taught in the book. Some great principles in here (some I've heard before, some I haven't).