80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

If you're a Christian you can't have an "I'm better than" attitude toward anyone because everybody is somebody for whom Jesus died.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don't run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.