Derailed by Tim Irwin Book Review

What can you learn from former CEOs such as the leader of Home Depot, the maverick of HP, or Westin Hotels’ golden boy?  Plenty!

In Tim Irwin’s book, Derailed, he approaches leadership lessons in a refreshing way.  His book starts out with 6 profiles of leaders who were derailed in their leadership of high profile companies.  Then he goes on to point out ways that we can avoid derailment in our personal and leadership lives.

Here’s what I liked about the book:

• I liked hearing the stories of leaders who were at the top of their game and learning from the mistakes they made at the top.
• This is good for those who lead churches as well.  I feel like this book is much more honest with the flaws that caused these leaders to fall.  Too often leadership books don’t point out the honest flaws of church leaders and how they can improve them.  I found myself realizing mistakes I had made in the past and asking Jesus to forgive me and help me to be a leader more like Him.
• His habits of the heart to stay on track are definitely applicable to my life.
• This is the first NelsonFree book that I have seen.  When you buy the book, you automatically get the PDF version for your computer, and the audio version.  All 3 formats for the price of one!  So cool.

I recommend this book to those looking for leadership fine tuning, and keeping their heart and character wholly true.