“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

“Advice is what we ask for when we already knew the answer but wish we didn't.”

“Tell them how much you appreciate them.”

“Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.”

“If you are to become more sensitive, you must be willing to take a risk. Take the initiative to find a need and take action.”

“Everyone is important, but everyone isn’t equal. The person with greater experience, skill, and productivity in a given area is more important to the team in that area.”

“Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.”

“It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position. ”

“People don't care how much you know unless you know how much you care”

“Position is a poor substitute for influence.”

“You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you’ve had color how you see things. It is your lens.”

“The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33–35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel’s priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach—and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His established guidelines would result in death. Numerous accounts in the Book of Leviticus demonstrate the high cost and expectation that goes with a holy calling to leadership positions. As the high priest, Aaron was the only one authorized to enter the Most Holy Place and appear before the very presence of God. The Lord set Aaron apart for his holy work. Despite his high calling, Aaron struggled with his authority and later caved in to the depraved wishes of the people. He failed at a crucial juncture and led Israel in a pagan worship service, an abomination that led to the deaths of many Israelites. Aaron had been set apart for God’s service, but he chose to live and lead otherwise. The failure of a leader usually results in consequences far more grave than the fall of a non-leader. On the day Aaron failed, “about three thousand men of the people fell [died]” (Ex. 32:28). When leaders fail, followers pay the price.”

“The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.”

“If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.”

“Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships