The Leadership Library
Leaders are learners—and growth doesn’t happen by accident.
The Leadership Library exists to help you intentionally develop your character, deepen your faith, and grow your leadership capacity. Each month, you’ll find some new recommended resources here designed to equip you in your leadership.
August 2026
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Recommended Resources
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August 2026 ✳︎ Recommended Resources ✳︎
BOOK: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry – John Mark Comer
Who are you becoming? That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. By outward metrics, everything appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren't pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: 'Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
PODCAST EPISODE: How to be fully present – Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
Have you ever heard the saying, “Your best days are ahead of you”? What if your best days are now? Instead of constantly looking forward, we’re learning how to be present and experience what God has for us today.
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AUGUST’S LEADERSHIP LESSON: The Power of Your Presence
One of the greatest gifts you can give the people you lead is your presence. In a world where we're constantly distracted, rushing from one thing to the next, and checking our phones while someone is talking to us, simply being fully present has become a powerful act of leadership. People don't just remember what you said. They remember whether you listened, whether you noticed them, and whether they felt like they mattered to you.
Jesus was never in such a hurry that people became an interruption. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus stop for people. He noticed Zacchaeus in the tree. He stopped for blind Bartimaeus. He made time for children. Jesus understood that people are never an interruption to the mission. People are the mission.
As leaders, it's easy to become so focused on the vision, the next event, or the next thing that needs to get done that we miss the people right in front of us. We can be physically present but mentally somewhere else. But leadership isn't just about what we accomplish. It's about who we impact along the way. When you put your phone down and listen, you communicate, "You matter." When you remember someone's name or ask about something they told you last week, you communicate, "I see you."
When you consistently show up, you communicate, "You can count on me."
Your presence communicates something.
Sometimes the most significant leadership moment of your week won't be the thing you planned. It will be the person you noticed, the conversation you stopped for, or the moment you chose to listen.
APPLICATION: Who is one person you can intentionally be more present with this week? What would it look like to put down the distractions, slow down, and give them your full attention?