A Commitment to Unleash Your Leader Potential: Follow a Five-Step Process That Will Help You Find Success, Significance, and Satisfaction

Copyright © 2014 Daniel Evans.

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-2527-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-2526-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-2528-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014902032

WestBow Press rev. date: 4/15/2014

Contents

The Intent of This Book

Chapter 1—Experience and Influence

Chapter 2—Step One—Stay Focused

Chapter 3—Questions for Further Focus

Chapter 4—Step Two—Make Commitments

Chapter 5—Explaining a Biblical Discipline

Chapter 6—Step Three—Implement Structure

Chapter 7—Get Started with Your Commitment

Chapter 8—Step Four—Learn to Glean

Chapter 9—Leadership Qualities That Promote Growth

Chapter 10—Step Five—Measure Up

Chapter 11—Raise Your Awareness

Chapter 12—Additional Helps

About the Author

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Daniel Evan’s latest work, A Commitment to Unleash Your Leader Potential, boldly cuts through the confusion and the excuses of playing safe and small as a leader. His words provide a clear path for a new type of leadership—unleashed! Read it and you will be motivated and educated to embrace your potential. 

Dr. Kary Oberbrunner, author, coach, speaker

Igniting Souls, Columbus, Ohio

It is… great for aspiring leaders and people who want to be better leaders. The author has done a good job … and I believe it will be of immense benefit to readers. It is a good contribution to the growing body of leadership resources.

Dr. Francis Bola Akin-John

International Church Growth Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

I am excited to have a ready-to-use resource to share with the leaders in my organization. A Commitment to Unleash Your Leader Potential is an excellent personal development tool for leaders, centered on an ancient spiritual discipline. A Commitment to Unleash Your Leader Potential is an easily implemented tool that moves leaders toward reproducing themselves in others, which is the ultimate measure of a leader.

—Dave Bowman, senior pastor

New Horizons Church, Durham, North Carolina

I myself am confident that God is talking to certain people, like my friend Daniel Evans, to write books like this one to help prepare leaders to be strong and help them to keep the Faith, because of the things we are about to go through in the last days. I thank God my brother is Holy Spirit led.

Roy Allen, pastor

Imprint Ministries, Winter Haven, Florida

The Intent of This Book

As a leader, I have learned many lessons. Some of them even took me through the school of hard knocks. Even though being dragged to the woodshed would have been a bed of roses compared to some of my life’s lessons, they have prepared me for future lessons. Can you relate?

We all know life has its twists and turns. Even for a leader, life does not have mercy. For this reason, I have written this book.

We all make commitments and then are tempted to break them. Sometimes the decisions to keep them are more than we care to accept. It would be easier to say, Okay, let me out of here and give me some air. Remember, quitters never win. They lose by default. They do not lead well either. If they lead, their following is small.

Following the methodologies in this book will help you unleash your leadership potential. This book will challenge you. At the same time, it will offer insight and bring clarity. What more could you ask for in personal growth?

Anyone equipped and prepared for what lies ahead is far better off. You will learn about qualities that will equip and prepare you to be confident and available.

What lies dormant within you, longing to hear the word unleash?

A leader can learn to increase influence. This book will help you do just that. You will learn to monitor