The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

If you want the best things to happen in corporate life you have to find ways to be hospitable to the unusual person. You don't get innovation as a democratic process. You almost get it as an anti-democratic process. Certainly you get it as an antithetical process, so you have to have an environment where the body of people are really amenable to change and can deal with the conflicts that arise out of change an innovation.

By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.

Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.