James Hunter Quotes

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• It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.
• ...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the…
• Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.
• Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.
• Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.
• Power people are generally threatened by authority people...
• There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.
• A rut... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.
• ...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?
• Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about…
• Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.
• Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.
• INTENTIONS - ACTION = SQUAT
• INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL
• Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if…
• we must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.
• Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.
• (A manager) once confided in me she liked to picture in her mind's eye that every employee was wearing one of those sandwich billboard signs.…
• Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your…
• You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

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