Jeff Henderson Quotes about Leadership

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.

Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent

Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

Listen more than you talk.

Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems.

I eat "NOs" for breakfast.

I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.

What's it like to be on the other side of me?

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.

We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions.

If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.

Excellence Matters. Excellent people. Excellent vision. Excellent marketing. Excellent strategies.

Excellence is a signal to God that we are going to dig our ditches but if You don't make it rain, all of this is a waste of time.

The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren't keeping pace with the problems they're trying to survive.

Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.

I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?

Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.

I want you to be a connoisseur of great questions? Here's one - what would we do if we had no money?

I love everybody but I don't have to hire everybody.

If you don't have an emotionally healthy staff you won't move forward as an organization.

The church should train the Ritz Carlton on how to serve people.

For profits think, "We've got to find that finest talent available, pay them what they're worth, and put them into their daily solutions. " Apply the Who to the What.

Non-profits find the very best Who and put them on their Boards because they don't want to pay them.