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Not enough detailsi

When I bought this book I was expecting that the author was going to go into much details about leadership. However, even though there are a lot of good points the author brings out about leadership and the Christian church but the author never shows the reader how to apply his points. This book was more on a macro level versus a micro level of developing leaders . So, I am disappointed that "design to lead" did provide Application to the main points the author was making. This book is not for leaders who would like to learn how to develop new leaders.
One other thing I did not like about this book is that the author would continually bring up the same information throughout the book. The words are rephrased but it was the exact same points. I would consider this book more of a long lecture on leadership versus how to develop a good leader.

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Great content..

The content of the book is really good. However Jim Denison sounds like he is narrating a movie trailer that last for hours.