| Craig Groeschel |
The two currencies of empowerment are clarity and trust. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
People would rather follow a leader who is always real than a leader who is always right. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The enemy of progress is complacency. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The biggest threat to future success is current success. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
An organization's default mode is complacency, not urgency. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Delegate tasks and you'll get followers, delegate authority and you'll get leaders. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Trust is given; Mistrust is earned. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Without honest, timely feedback, your personal and organizational growth is always limited. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Leadership cannot survive where there is no trust. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The best time to fire is before you hire. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Respect is earned but honor is given. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
A boss instills fear, a leader inspires confidence. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
A boss assigns blame, a leader assumes responsibility. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
A boss demands loyalty, a leader extends trust. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
A boss controls people, a leader empowers people. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
A boss is often guarded, a leader is transparent. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Hire passion, train skills. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Position may give you power to control, but trust will give you permission to lead. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Your ability may get you to the top, but your character is what keeps you there. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Suffocate the flames of envy with a blanket of gratitude. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Show more appreciation than you think you should and then double it. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
When your emotions are high, your wisdom is low. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
If you live for the praise of people, you’ll die from the lack of it. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
You can buy [someone’s] time, but you can’t buy their heart. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The potential of your organization rests on the strength of its people. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
As leaders, we want to work to promote potential, not just performance. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Humility is usually a better indicator of potential than misplaced confidence. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Centered leaders don’t produce followers. Centered leaders create leaders. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
“It’s not what you do occasionally that makes your organization successful. It’s what you do consistently. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Self-absorbed leaders produce resentful followers. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The key to growth is not doing more, but doing more of what really matters. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
You can have control, or you can have growth, but you can't have both. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Healthy systems never happen by accident. They are created. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
The biggest issue with communication is the illusion that it has taken place. |
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| Craig Groeschel |
Our importance isn't a reflection of who we are, but of who we empower. It's not what happens in our presence that determines our effectiveness, but in our absence. |
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