House on Fire!

A Story of Loss, Love & Servant Leadership

By: Ken Jennings, Michael J. McCormick

Narrated by: Janeve Helmbold, Dave Jennings

A tale of leadership in a class of its own, House on Fire!, winner of the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award, moves past tips and techniques to uncover the heart of leadership transformation that occurs when people see differently and serve differently.

House on Fire! follows Sophie, a young investigative journalist searching for answers, whose sources for a story on leadership principles in a high-purpose organization get mixed up in a series of mysterious fires around Pittsburgh. Along the way Sophie meets Jeb, a handsome firefighter and leadership partner at the house who is working to determine who is behind the mysterious fires targeting local Christians. Despite herself, Sophie finds herself falling for Jeb, and tension mounts as she comes face-to-face with her past. Will Sophie confront her fear of fire and help solve the arsons before Jeb gets hurt? Or worse?

Based on the conviction that leadership transformation in the real world is more caught in the context of community than taught by a single textbook, Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick brilliantly bring leadership development to life through an integrated team of characters, each contributing to the personal growth of the others. Fit for the new landscape of leadership, House on Fire! specifically helps those navigating the shift from leading a company to leading a cause, from command and control to team empowerment, or from leading an organization to transforming a community. Listeners follow Sophie as she explores the intersection of faith and servant leadership in high-purpose organizations and discover how to put serving leadership to work in their own high-purpose organization today.

©2019 Mike McCormick (P)2022 Mike McCormick

A highly valuable read

A great read well worth your time. I particularly like the successful wrapping of good, sound leadership teaching and Christian belief in a well written story that demonstrates its principles in an engaging way