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Leading Saints Podcast

Leadership Books for Latter-day Saints

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Please consider contributing to Leading Saints to help us in the coming year. See details HERE. I am often asked where people can find a list of books that all Latter-day Saint leaders should read. So, I’ve gone back to my library and looked at all the books I have read and made a list of recommendations. I created a page at LeadingSaints.org that lists all these books and I hope to keep it updated. I’ve organized the list into specific categories and ranked them in the order I would recommend people read them in that category. One book on this list is not better than another. They are brilliant in their own way. Some books are mentioned in multiple categories. And, of course, it goes without saying that canonized scriptures and words from living prophets are always recommended resources even though they are not listed here. Personal Development - These are books I would recommend to leaders who are simply trying to become more well-rounded in their approach to life which would naturally lead to them improving their leadership capacity. Leading an Organization - These are books I would recommend for leaders who are striving to improve their ability to lead a group or organization. Some are more helpful for specific leadership roles. Repentance & Engaging in the Gospel - These are books I would recommend to anyone who is looking to engage more deeply in the gospel of Jesus Christ (that’s just another way of saying repentance). All leaders should read these books but they should also consider recommending them to individuals they lead who are struggling to engage in the gospel (or, in other words, who are struggling to repent). Their focus is diverse; some are focused on helping people overcome pornography, while others are focused on helping individuals who are questioning their faith. I am forgetting some books, so let me know what books you would add to the list. See the full book list at LeadingSaints.org/books [Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast]

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0:00.0

Hello leading Saints audience this is going to be one of several simple podcast

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episodes that you will see come across your feed in the month of December

0:09.2

2021. Each year we like to highlight the past year and reflect on what we have learned.

0:15.0

I'll also be sharing with you some behind-the-scenes content, ways you can help

0:19.8

leading Saints, and what to look forward to in 2022. Now before we get into this episode where I

0:26.8

share some awesome book ideas I want to make sure I do two things. First I want to thank you for your support. It means so much to me that you

0:36.7

hit the play button and offer your attention to the content that we create at

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Leading Saints. This would have ended long ago without an incredible

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growing audience. Second, I want to ask you to become part of our core leader

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community. What is a core leader? Well, everyone who believes in our mission to help Latter-day Saints be better prepared to lead and gives on a recurring monthly or annual basis becomes part of our core leader community. Not only do core leaders

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help us maintain funding to continue our good work, but they also get additional

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Would you please go to leading Saints.org slash donate and consider helping us fund our

1:19.9

mission in 2022 by becoming a recurring donor.

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And if you are already a recurring donor, maybe it's a good time of year to consider increasing

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your recurring donation.

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Your donation will change lives and improve the leadership capacity. your all the benefits of becoming a core leader today.

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And now, here is some end of year content that we hope you enjoy.

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All right, so it is December 20th, and I have just a quick minute here to record something that I want to share with you.

2:01.0

I'm actually headed out the door because tomorrow is my mother's birthday and

2:05.6

we're headed out to dinner with all my siblings and their wives and tonight to

2:10.9

celebrate her her birthday.

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