Thirty Days With King David by Larry Buxton is included in the list of best leadership books by Welp Magazine.

This excerpt from the January 2022 Mensa Bulletin discusses Larry’s book 30 Days with King David: On Leadership as part of a ’30 Days With’ series by Front Edge Publishing.

Larry Buxton says some leaders are naturally risk-inclined, others risk-adverse. In a recent book on the leadership of King David, he suggests that effective leaders have the courage to act either way depending on circumstances.

Many characters found in Bible stories are, well, flawed people, starting with Adam and Eve. Moses murdered a guy and had to flee. Peter denied Jesus three times, and other disciples of Jesus sometimes come off as dumb as fence posts. Jonah ran away when God asked him to go to Ninevah and shape up the people there.