Lead . . . for God's Sake! Quotes

“Everybody wants to blame everybody else but no one wants to take responsibility for their own role in causing the problem!”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“Coach, leadership in its simplest form is influence. In business, sports, or whatever, you’re constantly either influencing or being influenced in some way or another.”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“Right from the get-go, each of us has to come to grips with who we are in the eyes of our Creator, not just who we are in the eyes of the world. And this takes some real soul searching.”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“Your day is full of choices . . . what to eat, where to go, how to talk, all kinds of things like that. Most of those choices involve a kind of choice within the choice: Do I simply choose what I want, or do I consider what’s best for others while I consider what I want? When you choose what’s best for others first, you’re choosing to be selfless. Choose what you want without considering others and, obviously, you’re being selfish.”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“The best leaders’ legacies produce what Jesus called ‘good fruit,’ lived out through others way after they themselves have gone by the wayside. But everything starts with selfless thinking. Will I lead for my reasons or for the benefit of others? Remember, making the choice to lead for the benefit of others means your leading from the heart, with love. Prioritizing relationships.”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“Coach, anything—let me say it again, anything—we pursue that causes a deterioration in the relationships God designed for us, like the relationship with him, or the relationship within our commitment of marriage, is a selfish, unhealthy, and, yes, greedy pursuit, even if that pursuit comes from within the church building.”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership

“Pacing the locker room floor nervously before the game, Coach considered what he and Joe had talked about earlier that week. He knew it was time for a new approach, and Joe’s methods had made sense, despite the challenge they posed to his own thinking about leadership and his purpose in life. He prepared”
― Todd G. Gongwer, Lead . . . for God's Sake!: A Parable for Finding the Heart of Leadership