A crisis doesn’t change the need for quality communication, just the timing of it.

Bureaucracy widens relationship gaps. Authenticity reduces relationship gaps.

If you’re in a hurry, by default you are not a good leader.

Authentic leaders give the gift of relationship.

The greater the influence, the greater the necessity to cultivate patience and humility.

Here’s a sure fire way leaders can be certain they continue to experience an exodus: respond inappropriately when people leave.

Leadership may truly trust their people, yet if they aren’t engaged and present the end result will be mistrust.

Find those who are headed in the same direction as your goals. Connect with them. Accept their guidance. Pass it on.

Confidence increases in proportion to lack of fear.

Never lose the ability to truly see your people.

The more rigid leaders become (think micromanagement) the less learning and growing occurs.

The best leaders give.

Authentic leaders separate emotion from action in order to enact a patient response.

Authentic leaders work to become self-aware of their faults and then fill positions on their team with those who can compensate.

Leaders have everything to do with why employees leave or stay.