Quote of the Day | 12.30.11

Loyalty not attached to a cause that is moral can be the most dangerous of all virtues.

– Chuck Colson

Quote of the Day | 12.28.11

Integrity is the bridge between character and conduct.

– Dr. Gil Peterson

Quote of the Day | 12.26.11

Competency will make the difference between an excellent performance and a mediocre one. However, character makes the difference between enduring leadership success and ultimate failure.

– Dr. Gil Peterson

Quote of the Day | 12.23.11

The words of the mouth and the walk of the life must be consistent if truth is going to win the day. Without integrity there can be no true leadership.

– Dr. Gil Peterson

Quote of the Day | 12.21.11

People with integrity have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. Their lives are open books.

– Warren Wiersbe

Quote of the Day | 12.19.11

Leaders are only leaders if they have followers. Ironically, a prerequisite of leadership is your knowing how to be a faithful follower.

– Dr. Gil Peterson

Top Five Leadership Things I’ve Read This Week

1. Tim Tebow The Quarterback  The Leader.  This sportswriter looks at leadership lessons we can all be learning right now if we watched Tim Tebow every Sunday and listened to his post-game interviews. Forget football. This guy is a leader.
2. Twelve Leadership Lessons from the life of Abraham Lincoln. We can learn so much in the area of leadership by looking at great leaders, past and presnt.
3. Ron Edmondson speaks to the need for leaders to lead authentically here.
4. I love Seth Godin in that he always makes me think, even when I don’t agree with him. He pushed out some thoughts this week on social media and noise as they relate to leaders.  Social media can be a huge asset or a huge distraction from the very thing we’re called to do.
5. Michael Hyatt writes a guest post over at the Lead Change Group. He speaks about Leaders and the Game of Life.  Why are we doing what we do and what kind of legacy will we leave?

Quote of the Day | 12.16.11

It makes no difference what type of company you have, the key to success is putting the right person in the right place doing the right thing at the right time.

– Dr. Gil Peterson

Quote of the Day | 12.14.11

You job isn’t to fill other people’s cups. Your job is to empty yours.

– Andy Stanley

Quote of the Day | 12.12.11

The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.

– Jim Collins