Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL

...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the stockholder who pays them to hold people accountable, and liars because they pretend that everything is OK with their people when in fact everything is not OK.

...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?

You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

Power people are generally threatened by authority people.