Book:
“LEAD LIKE JESUS” REVISITED lessons from the greatest leadership role model of all time By:
KEN BLANCHARD PHIL HODGES PHYLLIS HENDRY
ABSTRACT. Summarize what you have read, boiling the book down into 400 words (no
more than 2 pages). Prove you comprehend the readings by writing a no-nonsense summary. The
abstract is not a commentary or listing of topics but rather an objective summary from the
reader’s viewpoint. Abstract equals “boiled down.” This section should include a minimum of 2
footnotes* to the text being reviewed. (*in text citations if you are using APA style).
CONCRETE RESPONSE. Get vulnerable! In no less than 250 words and no more than 1 page,
relate a personal life experience that this book triggered in your memory. Relate your story in
first person, describing action, and quoting exact words you remember hearing or saying. In the
teaching style of Jesus, this is a do-it-yourself parable, case study, confession. You will
remember almost nothing you have read unless you make this critical, personal connection. What
video memory began to roll? This is your chance to tell your story and make new ideas your
own.
REFLECTION. This is the critical thinking part of the review (not critical in the sense of negative,
but in the sense of questioning). In no less than 250 words and no more than 1 page, describe
what questions pop up for you in response to what you have read. Keep a rough-note sheet at
hand as you read. Outsmart the author by asking better questions than he/she raised in the book.
Tell how the author could have made the book better or more appealing to those in your field of
service. One way to begin this section is by stating what bothered you most about the book. This
is not a place to provide an endorsement or affirmation of the book.
ACTION. So what are you going to do about it? In 400 words (no less than 1 page and no
more than 2 pages) provide 2 actions that describe what changes you are going to make in your
life, ministry, and/or work as a result of your reading. Actions should be measurable and reveal a
commitment to specific time, specific people, and identified steps.
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