A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization not as it is, but as it should be. Jack Welch

Poise is just being yourself. John Wooden

Excuses are the crutches of the uncommitted. A.B.Barnard

The greatest gift you can give someone is your own personal development. Jim Rohn

All great achievements have one thing in common- people with a passion to succeed. Pat Cash

"Accountability is hard. Blame is easy. One builds trust, the other destroys it."-Simon Sinek

“The moment you walk away from the rules, you walk away from this team. In Detroit, we don’t make emotional cuts. We make cultural decisions. That’s how you protect the pride.” Detroit Loins

Brave leaders are never silent around hard things. Brené Brown.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. Peter Drucker

Maturity is the ability to stay focused on the right stuff in critical moments. Nick Saban #maturity

Leadership is really a form of temporary authority that others grant you, and they only follow you if they find you consistently credible. Pat Summitt

If we are not disappointed from time to time, we are not attempting anything new or bold or significant. Brendon Burchard

“Most of us want adversity to go really quickly. It will be tough for a half a day and then we’re done. This is what life is about. You don’t get to control the length of adversity. All you get to do is control your attitude and your focus and just work to change it,” Kara Lawson

Great character is forged in challenge. You have to choose between comfort and strength. Embrace the difficulty, for it is the cost of growth. You cannot want strong character and a easy life. The price of one is the other.

“You can’t lead people you don’t connect with. You can’t challenge people who don’t trust you. Connection isn’t a bonus in leadership—it’s the foundation that makes accountability possible.”Bhrett McCabe

A good sign of how secure you are is what it takes to offend you. If it takes a lot to rattle you, that’s a sign of internal strength. Build that. Dr. Henry Cloud

A safe place is not minus conflict. Safety means we can have conflict and nobody’s in danger of being shamed silenced or fired. Dr. Tim Elmore.

Tolerance is often mistaken for kindness. In leadership, it is usually deferred responsibility. What leaders repeatedly allow becomes the real standard - because it was left unchallenged. Teams don’t rise to written policies. They adjust to what leadership tolerates.

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