Quotes about Engagement

Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

Life is like a sewer - you get out of it what you put into it.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

Jesus never says to the poor: 'come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: 'go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

When a group of intelligent people come together to talk about issues that matter, it is both natural and productive for disagreement to occur. Resolving those issues is what makes a meeting productive, engaging, even fun.

every organization must contribute in some way to a better world for some group of people, because if it doesn't, it will, and should, go out of business.

Commitment is a function of two things: clarity and buy-in

The only way for people to embrace a message is to hear it over a period of time, in a variety of different situations, and preferably from different people. That's why great leaders see themselves as Chief Reminding Officers as much as anything else. Their top two priorities are to set the direction of the organization and then to ensure that people are reminded of it on a regular basis.

Direct, personal feedback really is the simplest and most effective form of motivation.

a leader's first priority is to create an environment where others can do these things and that cannot happen if they are not having effective meetings.