In his 2016 ground-breaking leadership book, The Compassionate Conspiracy, Dr. Phil Johnson redefined "conspirators" as "radical global servant-leaders" who work together to tackle the biggest problems we face today. Now, in Lead Like a Heretic, he revolutionises the meaning of "heretic" and confronts today's global leadership crisis: the failure of leaders at all levels to engage, energise, and empower their followers. This book explores the heretical process of daring leadership and change, providing famous examples from business, government, education, sports, professional associations, and non-profit organisations.

Dr. Phil Johnson is an accomplished life coach to diplomats, major CEO's and celebrities, as well as an ordained minister and practicing pastor at the New Day Community Church. He has spent many years overseas working in slums from Africa to Southeast Asia to South America and he has participated in major international events such as the United Nations World Peace Conference in Israel in 1999. He has four decades of experience helping organizations including corporate (Ford, IBM, DuPont), professional (National Retail Federation, Million Dollar Round Table, Auto Dealer Associations), and charitable (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Eden Church, Daystar University in Nairobi, United Way), to focus on their future, develop practical strategies, and act purposefully and profitably. Dr. Johnson has published seven previous books between 1981 and 2015. He has also written three commissioned musicals and over a hundred articles.

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