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The Hospitable Leader: Create Environments Where People and Dreams Flourish
Successful leaders today don't dictate; they invite. They don't dismiss; they welcome. They don't neglect; they care. Now more than ever we must pay attention to the soft side of leadership if we want hard results. As leaders--from parents to CEOs--we must learn gracious leadership to truly, positively, change our spheres of influence.
In this passionate, powerful book, pastor and leadership mentor Terry Smith fleshes out five vital principles you need to become a hospitable leader. He shows that this type of leadership is not superficial niceness or allowing people to do whatever they want. Hospitable leadership is result-oriented because it's motivated by genuine love. It's how you create environments where people and dreams can thrive, where vision turns to action, and where great things happen regularly. Here is everything you need to become the type of leader people want to follow.
In this passionate, powerful book, pastor and leadership mentor Terry Smith fleshes out five vital principles you need to become a hospitable leader. He shows that this type of leadership is not superficial niceness or allowing people to do whatever they want. Hospitable leadership is result-oriented because it's motivated by genuine love. It's how you create environments where people and dreams can thrive, where vision turns to action, and where great things happen regularly. Here is everything you need to become the type of leader people want to follow.
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Published October 2, 2018
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October 2, 2018
People don’t tend to link hospitality and leadership. Hospitality is for the home, leadership for the organization. Terry A. Smith thinks decoupling hospitality and leadership is a mistake. “A hospitable leader creates environments of welcome where moral leadership can more effectively influence an ever-expanding diversity of people.” Smith roots hospitable leadership in Jesus’ teaching and example, but he shows how it has wide application in the church as well as other contexts. “Our world needs leaders who, like Jesus, sit in the middle of a great celebration and invite people in.” The Hospitable Leader shows readers how to do just that.
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Terry A. Smith, The Hospitable Leader: Create Environments Where People and Dreams Flourish (Bloomington, MN: Bethany House, 2018).
P.S. If my review helped you form an opinion of this book, please click "Helpful" on my Amazon.com review page.
P.P.S. This review is cross-posted with permission from InfluenceMagazine.com.
P.P.P.S. Check out my Influence Podcast with the Terry A. Smith.
March 30, 2025
Terry Smith explorează modul în care liderii pot fi mai intenționați în interacțiunile lor, punând accent pe empatie, deschidere și creând culturi pozitive și de sprijin în grupuri și organizații. Smith susține că, atunci când liderii arată ospitalitate, ei încurajează sentimentul de apartenență, îmbunătățesc colaborarea și le dau oamenilor puterea să performeze cât mai bine.
Înainte să încep a citi această carte, cred că am avut așteptări mari, așteptări care nu mi-au fost împlinite. Așa că acest review e scris din această perspectiva.
Mi-aș fi dorit să descopăr idei și recomandări mai complexe decât ce oferă autorul. Deși, ideile nu sunt toate de aruncat, dar unele mi se par de la sine înțelese și parcă nu mai era nevoie să fie menționate.
Mi-a plăcut structurarea capitolelor in cele 5 ``Welcomes`` și sugestiile clare cum să le aplici.
Cu stilul autorului nu prea am rezonat, mi se pare a fi cel circular, am simțit că amețesc de câte ori repeta aceeași idee în unele capitole. )))
Dacă ești cineva care caută principii de baza ale leadershipul, atunci go for it, dacă nu atunci e pe riscul tău. ))))
Ca și idee principală cu care rămân din aceasta carte e că atât timp cât vreau să îi conduc pe oameni fără să îi iubesc și fără să îmi pun ștergarul de slujire și sacrificiu, mă voi frustra mult și voi privi totul ca un eșec.
We need to be hospitable with our heart first, so others will listen to us as leaders.
Înainte să încep a citi această carte, cred că am avut așteptări mari, așteptări care nu mi-au fost împlinite. Așa că acest review e scris din această perspectiva.
Mi-aș fi dorit să descopăr idei și recomandări mai complexe decât ce oferă autorul. Deși, ideile nu sunt toate de aruncat, dar unele mi se par de la sine înțelese și parcă nu mai era nevoie să fie menționate.
Mi-a plăcut structurarea capitolelor in cele 5 ``Welcomes`` și sugestiile clare cum să le aplici.
Cu stilul autorului nu prea am rezonat, mi se pare a fi cel circular, am simțit că amețesc de câte ori repeta aceeași idee în unele capitole. )))
Dacă ești cineva care caută principii de baza ale leadershipul, atunci go for it, dacă nu atunci e pe riscul tău. ))))
Ca și idee principală cu care rămân din aceasta carte e că atât timp cât vreau să îi conduc pe oameni fără să îi iubesc și fără să îmi pun ștergarul de slujire și sacrificiu, mă voi frustra mult și voi privi totul ca un eșec.
We need to be hospitable with our heart first, so others will listen to us as leaders.
November 2, 2018
One of the most complimentary statements a person can make of another is “S/he makes me feel at home when I’m around him/her.” It’s a quality that attracts us to others, makes us want to return for another visit, and draws us into deeper relationship, isn’t it?
Terry Smith’s book, the Hospitable Leader, talks of this quality—making people feel at home—and continuing to seek ways to maintain an atmosphere of warmth and welcome whether it be in someone’s home, in our place of employment, or in our place of worship. Honestly, I hear how some searching for a church home saddened that the building was beautiful but the individual didn’t feel “at home” or felt like an awkward guest, so they don’t return. After many years trying to be someone I thought others wanted me to be, I have caught myself looking for a place that I feel “at home” at work and at church, where I feel safe, welcomed, and know it’s okay to be myself.
In truth, I haven’t finished the book, although it is good writing and a wealth of knowledge backed up with Biblical wisdom. I have told friends about this book, stating, “It’s not something you can sit and read in a weekend. Take it in chunks, digest it, and find a ‘take-away’ then read some more.” My reasoning is that I see so much in this text that I can take and apply to my life, and want to do so before taking another “mouthful” of exhortation.
With this in mind, I do recommend this book, to church leaders, employers, and households. It’s not something only one corner of society needs to hear, but rather encouragement for all of society to grasp. I think if we could grasp true hospitality in our day-to-day living, we might find our worlds becoming friendlier and more full of warmth and positive outcomes.
*My deepest gratitude to Bethany House for allowing me a complimentary copy so that I might read and offer my unbiased opinion of this book.
Terry Smith’s book, the Hospitable Leader, talks of this quality—making people feel at home—and continuing to seek ways to maintain an atmosphere of warmth and welcome whether it be in someone’s home, in our place of employment, or in our place of worship. Honestly, I hear how some searching for a church home saddened that the building was beautiful but the individual didn’t feel “at home” or felt like an awkward guest, so they don’t return. After many years trying to be someone I thought others wanted me to be, I have caught myself looking for a place that I feel “at home” at work and at church, where I feel safe, welcomed, and know it’s okay to be myself.
In truth, I haven’t finished the book, although it is good writing and a wealth of knowledge backed up with Biblical wisdom. I have told friends about this book, stating, “It’s not something you can sit and read in a weekend. Take it in chunks, digest it, and find a ‘take-away’ then read some more.” My reasoning is that I see so much in this text that I can take and apply to my life, and want to do so before taking another “mouthful” of exhortation.
With this in mind, I do recommend this book, to church leaders, employers, and households. It’s not something only one corner of society needs to hear, but rather encouragement for all of society to grasp. I think if we could grasp true hospitality in our day-to-day living, we might find our worlds becoming friendlier and more full of warmth and positive outcomes.
*My deepest gratitude to Bethany House for allowing me a complimentary copy so that I might read and offer my unbiased opinion of this book.
February 21, 2021
I would give this 3.5 stars. Mostly it’s a boring organizational leadership book with too many quotes strung together but I appreciated the last section about feasting with joy and hope and beauty.
October 2, 2018
In The Hospitable Leader Terry A. Smith masterfully combines two important topics—hospitality and leadership—to create a brand new possibility, hospitable leadership. Smith describes hospitable leaders as those who create welcoming environments where dreamers and dreams flourish, where relationships can be built around purpose and trust, and where the truth can be spoken in ways that people can receive it, both for inspiration and for personal growth. I felt welcomed and inspired throughout the reading of this book, from the book jacket and first pages onward. In The Hospitable Leader, Smith introduces and illustrates his leadership principles through stories, often self-deprecating humor, transparency and authenticity. He articulates the powerful paradigm of the hospitable leader through five welcomes: Home, Strangers, Dreams, Communication and Feasts.
In the “Home” section, Smith addresses the need for leaders to create a climate of invitation and welcome that allows all kinds of people to work together in unity for the accomplishment of shared goals and personal dreams. The Hospitable Leader speaks profoundly to our current cultural moment when “People are longing for more hospitable leaders” that can draw people together “to heal the brokenness” of our society, “to save the world.” The second welcome, “Strangers,” emphasizes the necessity of welcoming people who are different from, even strange to us, finding common ground and learning from our differences. Smith offers powerful examples of his own process of becoming sensitive to issues of race and justice through intimate friendships with people different from himself. He offers The Hospitable Leader as an answer to our society’s current divisive political and social environment.
For readers familiar with Smith’s first book, Live Ten: Jump-Start the Best Version of Your Life, the third welcome “Dreams” expands on Live Ten’s exploration of the promise in John 10:10 that Jesus comes to give “more and better life.” In The Hospitable Leader Smith explores this passage in its broader historical and cultural context as a radical new concept in an ongoing debate around leadership. Offering himself as the Good Shepherd who leads his followers to fulfill their dreams in the context of God’s larger purposes, Christ is Smith’s model for the hospitable leader who makes room for dreamers and their dreams and helps them through the challenges of pursuing our dreams.
The fourth welcome “Communication” discusses the necessity of grace and truth, seeing people as opportunities (rather than problems) and the tremendous value of collaboration and co-creation. Smith ends this section with a lovely discussion of “The Usefulness of Beautiful Things,” of art, of beautiful environments. He concludes that hospitable leaders “create experiences that convey beauty and stir hearts. This leads smoothly into the final welcome “Feasts” which encourages leaders to invite their followers into a feast of life and possibility.
The book ends with a consideration of the heart of a leader and the necessity of leaders modeling happiness and hope. Smith finally leaves us with the call for and vision of leaders, like Jesus Christ, who help people feel home, make everyone, especially strangers, feel welcome, are hospitable to dreamers and their dreams, speak the truth in love, and enjoy the feast of life. Although such leaders have been needed throughout the ages, the world needs them and the guidance of The Hospitable Leader more than ever.
In the “Home” section, Smith addresses the need for leaders to create a climate of invitation and welcome that allows all kinds of people to work together in unity for the accomplishment of shared goals and personal dreams. The Hospitable Leader speaks profoundly to our current cultural moment when “People are longing for more hospitable leaders” that can draw people together “to heal the brokenness” of our society, “to save the world.” The second welcome, “Strangers,” emphasizes the necessity of welcoming people who are different from, even strange to us, finding common ground and learning from our differences. Smith offers powerful examples of his own process of becoming sensitive to issues of race and justice through intimate friendships with people different from himself. He offers The Hospitable Leader as an answer to our society’s current divisive political and social environment.
For readers familiar with Smith’s first book, Live Ten: Jump-Start the Best Version of Your Life, the third welcome “Dreams” expands on Live Ten’s exploration of the promise in John 10:10 that Jesus comes to give “more and better life.” In The Hospitable Leader Smith explores this passage in its broader historical and cultural context as a radical new concept in an ongoing debate around leadership. Offering himself as the Good Shepherd who leads his followers to fulfill their dreams in the context of God’s larger purposes, Christ is Smith’s model for the hospitable leader who makes room for dreamers and their dreams and helps them through the challenges of pursuing our dreams.
The fourth welcome “Communication” discusses the necessity of grace and truth, seeing people as opportunities (rather than problems) and the tremendous value of collaboration and co-creation. Smith ends this section with a lovely discussion of “The Usefulness of Beautiful Things,” of art, of beautiful environments. He concludes that hospitable leaders “create experiences that convey beauty and stir hearts. This leads smoothly into the final welcome “Feasts” which encourages leaders to invite their followers into a feast of life and possibility.
The book ends with a consideration of the heart of a leader and the necessity of leaders modeling happiness and hope. Smith finally leaves us with the call for and vision of leaders, like Jesus Christ, who help people feel home, make everyone, especially strangers, feel welcome, are hospitable to dreamers and their dreams, speak the truth in love, and enjoy the feast of life. Although such leaders have been needed throughout the ages, the world needs them and the guidance of The Hospitable Leader more than ever.
May 3, 2019
This is the first book by Terry A. Smith that I have read. He is pastor of a large, diverse church outside New York City. He brilliantly unpacks Jesus’ methods of being both hospitable and a leader. I am seeing familiar scriptures in totally new light, thanks to his wisdom.
The Hospitable Leader shows us how to shepherd people in ways that they feel at home and inspired to pursue their God-given dreams and talents. It holds profound truths, but is written in a highly applicable and winsome format. I’ve really never encountered another book like this one. It has been a true joy to read.
I am a natural-born leader. A firstborn, type-A overachiever. I’ve also always been a Christian. But I’ve never considered how to combine my Christianity and leadership skills in a way that will help people maximize their potential.
As many times as I have read the Bible, I didn’t take notes on leadership from Jesus, and I certainly never considered his commitment to hospitality. The Hospitable Leader is revolutionizing my viewpoints. I can already see how this book will permanently change the way I lead in my family, small group, and writing ministry.
I highly recommend this unique read if you are a leader at any level. It will help you serve others with the mind, hands and feet of Christ. I received a preview copy of The Hospitable Leader from Bethany House.
The Hospitable Leader shows us how to shepherd people in ways that they feel at home and inspired to pursue their God-given dreams and talents. It holds profound truths, but is written in a highly applicable and winsome format. I’ve really never encountered another book like this one. It has been a true joy to read.
I am a natural-born leader. A firstborn, type-A overachiever. I’ve also always been a Christian. But I’ve never considered how to combine my Christianity and leadership skills in a way that will help people maximize their potential.
As many times as I have read the Bible, I didn’t take notes on leadership from Jesus, and I certainly never considered his commitment to hospitality. The Hospitable Leader is revolutionizing my viewpoints. I can already see how this book will permanently change the way I lead in my family, small group, and writing ministry.
I highly recommend this unique read if you are a leader at any level. It will help you serve others with the mind, hands and feet of Christ. I received a preview copy of The Hospitable Leader from Bethany House.
October 1, 2018
There are two profound insights that I discovered upon reading The Hospitable Leader: (1) the leadership concept is positioned as a precursor to other leadership theories—transformational, servant, authentic, situational, ethical, etc. and (2) to be a hospitable leader, one must be sensitive to other people’s dream. These are the two profundities of the book which is different than all other leadership book and other approaches to leadership. The mere fact that Terry Smith positions Hospitable Leadership as the precursor to other leadership concepts is novel, and one quickly sees and understand why hospitality is so pivotal regarding any execution of leadership. Additionally, rarely does one enter a leadership situation, where the leader cares about the associates’ dream as the highest of priority. This is unique and will attract others to the leader if the leader demonstrates genuine care for others. This book is revolutionary, and as a student of leadership, I find it refreshing and a concept that, in the future, will be richly researched and scholarly investigated. Bravo to Terry Smith!
October 9, 2018
What I love about this book, is the concepts can be applied to all areas of one's life. What I got out of this book (well, one thing, there were many), was that it's not how smart I am to be an effective leader but how open I am to grace and love, to truth-telling and understanding in ways that I lead. As a feminine leadership coach, this is music to my ears, coming from a man. Terry Smith shows us how we can effect positive change in the life of an individual by demonstrating hospitable environments and conversations by creating the safe space we need to speak truth. This can only happen when trust is achieved. Hospitable Leaders activate trust and when that happens, the doors to authentic communication are opened. The idea that we can create this 'home' safe, trusted environment in our work space is a healthy and innovative way to lead, one we need more of in today's world. I highly recommend you read this book whether you are leading a family or a large corporation or anything in-between. Thank-you, for writing this book, I plan to give this book as gifts to others for a long time to come.
November 26, 2018
What kind of leader do you want to serve with? An authoritarian leader that simply lays down the law? There is another way and that is the Hospital Leader.
Terry Smith writes in his book about the intersection of hospitality and leadership. These are not concepts that are not often thought of together, but there is significant overlap.
Smith looks at hospitality in terms of home, strangers, dreams, communications and feasts. With each section, Smith takes the reader deeper into the realm of hospitality.
As someone who had read a lot of leadership books, I really didn't encounter much that was new. It was good but the style of leadership that Smith argues for is one that I have read about over and over.
The strength of the book is that it is written at a level appropriate to lay-leaders. Rather than something that will transform a senior leader, this book would be good for a leader to take their team through.
The leadership take homes were of particular value. It would be worth using them alone as discussion starters with a leadership team.
The Hospitable Leader is a good but not a groundbreaking book for Christian leaders.
Terry Smith writes in his book about the intersection of hospitality and leadership. These are not concepts that are not often thought of together, but there is significant overlap.
Smith looks at hospitality in terms of home, strangers, dreams, communications and feasts. With each section, Smith takes the reader deeper into the realm of hospitality.
As someone who had read a lot of leadership books, I really didn't encounter much that was new. It was good but the style of leadership that Smith argues for is one that I have read about over and over.
The strength of the book is that it is written at a level appropriate to lay-leaders. Rather than something that will transform a senior leader, this book would be good for a leader to take their team through.
The leadership take homes were of particular value. It would be worth using them alone as discussion starters with a leadership team.
The Hospitable Leader is a good but not a groundbreaking book for Christian leaders.
October 5, 2018
As a a portrait photographer, I typically have 60 minutes to help, anxious mothers, Dads who'd rather be ANYWHERE else, tantrum throwing kids and "awkward in front of the camera families," to go home with images that captured their hearts.
Before I can get people to step out of their comfort zones- laughing, playing, and forgetting I'm even there taking photos in the first place, I have to help them feel comfortable- they have feel at home. From our first email correspondence until the time I'm packing up my gear, it's my job to turn complete strangers into friends. Only when people feel "at home," can we create something beautiful.
The Hospitable Leader is about achieving this sense of "home" and bringing out the best in people regardless of your leadership sphere. Terry Smith shares incredible wisdom, insight and stories about how to change the world by leading hospitably. This book will challenge you, change your perspective on leadership and beautifully illustrate how the road to success begins at the heart.
Before I can get people to step out of their comfort zones- laughing, playing, and forgetting I'm even there taking photos in the first place, I have to help them feel comfortable- they have feel at home. From our first email correspondence until the time I'm packing up my gear, it's my job to turn complete strangers into friends. Only when people feel "at home," can we create something beautiful.
The Hospitable Leader is about achieving this sense of "home" and bringing out the best in people regardless of your leadership sphere. Terry Smith shares incredible wisdom, insight and stories about how to change the world by leading hospitably. This book will challenge you, change your perspective on leadership and beautifully illustrate how the road to success begins at the heart.
November 13, 2018
Terry A. Smith did a phenomenal job on explaining the role of leaders! A fresh perspective on the true definition of leadership. This book takes the leader to meet the people where they are to have an inviting nature versus a dictative spirit. He supports his views with touching illustrations on Jesus' role as a leader. I was drawn to the second chapter the reader will be pierced to search their heart, and light is shed on from within!
Another take away from this book is at the end of each chapter there is a section titled, "Leadership Take Home" practical truths to remember and apply each day. In addition, the book is filled with wise effective communication tools that a leader can utilize to equip and build a healthy productive church.
If you are looking for a book to gift during this holiday season then make sure to pick up a copy today! Great for Pastors, lay leaders, deacons, Sunday school teachers, and those who are praying into entering a leadership position.
I received a copy of this book from Bethany House Publishing for my review; all opinions are my own.
Another take away from this book is at the end of each chapter there is a section titled, "Leadership Take Home" practical truths to remember and apply each day. In addition, the book is filled with wise effective communication tools that a leader can utilize to equip and build a healthy productive church.
If you are looking for a book to gift during this holiday season then make sure to pick up a copy today! Great for Pastors, lay leaders, deacons, Sunday school teachers, and those who are praying into entering a leadership position.
I received a copy of this book from Bethany House Publishing for my review; all opinions are my own.
October 28, 2020
Like me, you have likely seen many adjectives placed in front of the word leader. Never has “hospitable” been one of them. Until I found The Hospitable Leader by Terry A. Smith. The newness of the idea drew me to it, as I hope it will you. Let me tell you what hospitable leadership means, why it should matter to you, and why you will want to read this book.
As the lead pastor of The Life Christian Church in the New York City Metropolitan area, this has been Terry Smith’s work for 27 years. That is the larger context of the book, and he describes the hospitable leadership in the first words of the first chapter.
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As the lead pastor of The Life Christian Church in the New York City Metropolitan area, this has been Terry Smith’s work for 27 years. That is the larger context of the book, and he describes the hospitable leadership in the first words of the first chapter.
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October 1, 2018
As a children's ministry director, the Hospitable Leader has enhanced the way I think about leading children, families, and even my volunteers. This book challenged me to think of how I can create an environment that is welcoming, warm, and allows for growth (in the children's faith and the volunteers) in a way that reflects Christ - how he lived his life and how he conducted his ministry. I only wish I had the opportunity to read this book and apply the concepts during my high school teaching career! This book is a must-read for parents, CEOs, teachers, coaches, and anyone who leads anyone anywhere.
January 14, 2019
As an officer and pilot in the United States Army, a leader in Supply Chain Management, and a mentor and leader for youth, Terry Smith’s second book "The Hospitable Leader" was an insightful and fun leadership book to read. I have read many leadership books on my own time and for my academic studies as I pursued my bachelors and MBA. Terry Smith’s book touched on ideas and themes that relate to leadership on an EQ level that many other leadership books do not extrapolate on, specifically the concept of Jesus as the model of the hospital leader. This book can help any leader can grow and be more effective regardless of their background or industry.
October 2, 2018
The primary concept struck me as a fresh paradigm shift, but I wasn't expecting all of the layers underneath. I was particularly taken with "The Usefulness of Beautiful Things" in Chapter 11, which makes one of the most cogent arguments I've seen for elevating Form next to Content. I also found Chapters 13 and 14 of note. Both chapters tie in much of what you may have read in current popular psychology, but Smith links it to leadership in a way that is frighteningly relevant. You will question your own state of mind and feel committed to a more effective kind of leadership. If you read these chapters and feel defensive (as I did), it's time to take a look in the mirror!
October 4, 2018
A riveting new concept on leadership! As a working mother of two, this book aligns with my beliefs on what it takes to be a leader at home, and in the workplace. I’m drawn to the principles around “The Power of a Warm Heart” which conveys the message “we become who we are in the environment of home.” Naturally, as parents we attempt to create an ambiance that exudes warmth in our household, and Terry Smith suggests that if we use this same methodology in the boardroom, we are “fostering an environment that makes room for leadership to be more effective”. I love this philosophy. We are essentially bringing a piece of “home” into our business domain.
August 30, 2021
I had heard great things about this book and expected to love it. For me, it was just okay. I enjoyed the first couple of chapters in the book and then it just got to be too much information. It was not written in a conversational way, more just a spewing of information.
I liked that the book was well-organized and researched. I also appreciated the way that that the content was broken down into five "welcomes."
I think this book is best for those who are leaders and need more ideas on being a hospitable leader, especially in a workplace rather than a church. I work in a church setting and felt that this information was not as helpful or new to me.
I liked that the book was well-organized and researched. I also appreciated the way that that the content was broken down into five "welcomes."
I think this book is best for those who are leaders and need more ideas on being a hospitable leader, especially in a workplace rather than a church. I work in a church setting and felt that this information was not as helpful or new to me.
October 2, 2018
I’ve never heard hospitality described as foundational to all other forms leadership, but this book has me convinced! I was especially impacted by the idea of welcoming strangers; we must love and listen and learn from those who are not like us if we are to be effective leaders! Following in Jesus’ footsteps, we are to be “intentional about welcoming people who may not have been invited before.” As someone who works in a ministry setting, this book will definitely inform the way I serve others and lead them. "The Hospitable Leader" is a transformational must-read!
October 23, 2018
This book was an extraordinary writing and compelling to read with also inspiring to invite everyone that can be leadership with a great hospitality with an open mind this is a way of to develop your life and be success. This book also offering a full tools for help leadership make positive environments better and transform the most difficult setting into hospitable place. I highly recommend to everyone must to read this book. “ I received complimentary a copy of this book from Bethany House for this review”.
October 1, 2018
Terry A. Smith’s new book The Hospitable Leader is an easy read with a new approach on leading teams by showing hospitality. Solidifies Jesus as the exemplary hospitable leader when He was here in flesh and how we can model His behavior. The five “Welcomes” are a great way to direct your focus in managing teams whether it’s at work, home, school, church, socially or just about any environment. Solid new ideas!
October 1, 2018
As a leader in various realms of my life (home, career, church, etc), this book has provided me with insight and practical, yet profound wisdom I have been able to apply immediately to how I lead in each of these areas. It is remarkably encouraging and speaks to those of us craving for a powerful approach to transform the environments in which we lead into spaces where authentic growth and change can occur, and expand. Highly recommended!
June 17, 2024
This book is great. Lots of practical and useful ideas about Christ-like leadership with a focus on hospitality. I haven’t thought about leadership in this was before but seeing it laid out and explained was thought provoking.
I specifically liked his focus on an element of leadership as creating an environment that is prepared for and geared towards calling out and releasing the dreams of others. This type of leadership takes work and intention but I’m sure it leads to some amazing outcomes!
I specifically liked his focus on an element of leadership as creating an environment that is prepared for and geared towards calling out and releasing the dreams of others. This type of leadership takes work and intention but I’m sure it leads to some amazing outcomes!
September 28, 2018
I was able to get an advance copy of the book and read it start to finish in a couple sittings. It was so inspiring I didn’t want put it down. It is truly a blessing to hear everything you need to do to create, first and most importantly a welcoming environment where people gather, and secondly all the ways to be more hospitable. This would be a great book to add to your library.
November 4, 2018
This book took me a while to read. It wasn't because it was bad, I just took my time to think about what was written after every chapter. This book is a faith based self development book. It gives you stories, lesson, and tips on how to be a Hospitable Leader. This is a great Faith based self development book.
December 16, 2018
Great book, I recommend this book to anyone looking to challenge their leadership style.
February 1, 2019
I appreciate this book's approach to leadership through the lens of hospitality. Here's my detailed review.
July 19, 2020
Great leadership book!
October 21, 2020
This is one of the best books I've read on leadership. Terry Smith doesn't talk strategy, but deals with the heart of the leader. I'm so thankful to have found this book.
November 9, 2020
Excellent insights on how to treat others well in both life and business. Well Done!
May 28, 2022
Good principles but not very practical
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