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Chapter 7: Build the reputations of your critics
Leadership Principle #7: When you build up your critics, they tend to put you down less. "'What was I able to do compared to you?' When he said this, their anger against him subsided." – Jdg 8 …
| Leadership Principle #7: When you build up your critics, they tend to put you down less. "'What was I able to do compared to you?' When he said this, their anger against him subsided." – Jdg 8:3b I was shocked when I found out a colleague had … |
 | Someday, you know, you won't be famous any more. Oh...you're not famous now? Well, let's put it this way, someday, whatever you thought was special about your abilities and gifts will seem a lot less special to everyone, including you. The nature of … |
| Leadership Principle #6 When you retire, it should be all about your successor. It's been about you long enough. "'I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you.'" – Joshua 1:5 Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries … |
| Leadership Principle #5 There is no need to rely on manufactured fanfare or high-tech presentations to motivate people. Leaders should simply tell stories."'You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.'" &ndash … |
| Leadership Principle #4The leader who constantly trains his or her people also builds their spiritual strength, which multiplies the effects of their skills and resources. "'We can't go up against the people because they are stronger than we are … |
| Leadership Principle #3: Productivity increases when organizations celebrate core strengths, reduce non-core operations, and eliminate distractions. "'These are … the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred … |
| Leadership Principle #2 Because external forces control the birth, death, and resurrection of dreams, leaders shouldn't dwell on what might've been. "…It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness … |
| This is the first post in a series of chapter summaries from Leading from the Lions' Den: Leadership Principles from Every Book of the Bible. Leadership Principle #1:Creative leaders coax the best thinking out of individuals before calling a … |
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While most new leadership books proudly promote themselves as the antidote to previous thinking, Leading from the Lions' Den takes pride in drawing its wisdom from ideas that have been available for a very long time in the unchanging Word of God. Here, author Tom R. Harper expounds upon one surprising principle from each of the Bible's sixty-six books. Each concept goes toward explaining human nature, which, when understood, is the foundation of business success.