Leader Quotes by Andy Stanley

Leaders fix things that are broken.

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Leaders love progress.

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God uses broken-hearted leaders.

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Leaders are made one response at a time.

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The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

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Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

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If your leadership isn't all about you, it will live beyond you.

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There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

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Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

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Leaders make things better and that requires change.

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Broken-hearted leaders change things that go beyond their generation.

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The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

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A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the…

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The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

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Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.

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Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

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Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

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The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

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In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you…

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Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

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A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight…

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Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for…

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Acknowledging weakness doesn't make a leader less effective. On the contrary, in most cases it is simply a way of expressing that…

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To be the best next-generation leader you can be, you must enlist the help of others. Self-evaluation is helpful, but evaluation from…

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“Striving for balance forces a leader to invest time and energy in aspects of leadership where he will never succeed. It is…

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“Leadership is not always about getting things done “right.” Leadership is about getting things done through other people…When a leader can’t find…

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“Simply recognizing the need for change does not define leadership. The leader is the one who has the courage to act on…

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Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have…

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“Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else. Admitting a weakness is…

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“To ensure that we are leading with our feet firmly planted on the soil of what is, we must live by the…

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As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called.…

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Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.

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Uncertainty in a leader is always magnified in the heart of the follower.

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Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

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Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

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We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

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There is an inexorable correlation between leadership and change.

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Every local church has a leader but it seems so few local churches are being led.

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Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else.

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Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to…

— Andy Stanley