What are you reading this summer?

As most Lodges take a break over the summer, it is a time to rest, reflect and recharge. I find reading a good book a great way to do all three.

So if you are looking for your next book to read, one that will help you face the future with optimism, confidence and determination, please get hold of a copy of “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Lodges.”

In this I draw on my experience in different areas within Freemasonry to identify the key features most often seen in our strongest, happiest, and most thriving and attractive Lodges.  I then use my professional expertise in developing organisations and their leaders to outline how brethren can strengthen, even revive, their Lodges, grow their membership, and secure their future.

With a foreword by the Deputy Grand Master, RW Bro. Sir David Wootton, and “highly recommended” by its reviewer in Freemasonry Today, the book includes probably the most extensive study and analysis of our membership position in recent years.  Building on this evidence base, I offer practical approaches to address the principal barriers to success, growth, and sustainability.  I write in everyday language for a general audience.  This makes this book suitable for Freemasons of all backgrounds who wish to pass on to the next generation a Lodge that is stronger and which has a better chance of a successful future.

Rather than duplicating other work, I indicate relevant material in the Book of Constitutions and in the Members’ Pathway.  This makes this book their essential companion and an invaluable guide to managing Lodges in the 21^stcentury.

I am available to give talks based on this book, and other Masonic topics, to Masonic Lodges, Chapters and associations in recognised constitutions in any time zone. Please review my list of talks and enquire here.

Incidentally, as well as catching up on reading, I am writing a follow-up book to “Seven Habits”; a health check and planning tool for Lodges which wish to become “highly successful.” I am also seeking contacts from Lodges which have transformed their fortunes to become strong and healthy, so that I can tell their stories in another volume. Please contact me if you would like your Lodge to be included.

Enjoy the book and have a good summer. I certainly shall.