Character is contagious.

A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.

Being willing to listen to others and let them speak into our lives is a critical attitude leaders must have. It is not weakness to get good advice - it is strength to seek it out.

Challenges in life always seek leaders and leaders seek challenges.

Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.

Every great leader has incredible odds to overcome.

To be accountable means that we are willing to be responsible to another person for our behavior and it implies a level of submission to another's opinions and viewpoints.

The enemy doesn't warn its target. Emergencies do not make appointments, and the greatest battles of life are often surprises.

If today's churches, companies and organizations want to be thriving tomorrow, they have an obligation to coach and mentor the new generation of leaders.