If you focus on goals, you may hit goals - but that doesn't guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.

If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.

Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting.

Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.

A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies.