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Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs is one of the most powerful books on church leadership I have ever read.  As defined by the author, an Axiom is a” “Leadership Proverb, a short, memorable phrase to communicate convictions and beliefs.”  Reading this book will challenge and change you and make you a MUCH better leader.

I have always been a fan of Bill Hybels, and I consider him one of my mentors.  I have attended several Leadership Summits and heard many of these Axioms before.  Much like Killing Cockroaches, Axiom is written in a very short, compact style that made it VERY easy to read and digest more easily.

There is an amazing amount of truth and wisdom held in these 76 quick, pithy leadership proverbs and if you lead in the for-profit or non-profit sectors, you would do yourself, and your organization a HUGE benefit to read, study, meditate, and teach through Axiom.

QUOTABLES

• “Whole VISIONS live or die on the basis of the words the leader chooses fo articulating that vision.”
• “You will never take big hills without making bold moves.”
• “Leaders traffic in idea creation.”
• “What you value in your [organization] must be raised up, taught about, and celebrated on a regular basis.”
• “Good leaders call out high commitment from people.”
• “Someday you will finish the assignment God has you pursuing right now…  My sincere desire is that [you] will finish well for the sake of the One who called us and sustained us all the way to the end.”
• “We are in the highest-stakes battle in existence on the broadest battlefield of engagement ever imagined.  Those we lead within the faith deserve our most competent, confident efforts.  And Christ’s instructin to reach the rest demands them.”