“What does it mean to tie yourself to another person — to link your success or failure to another person’s passions, fears, strengths, and weaknesses? That is what leadership is all about.”
“By now I was starting to understand the incredible gift of mentors. I knew that I needed them and I was beginning to suspect that I might be able to pass this gift on to others.”
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“One of society’s significant needs is the continuous development and maturation of its leaders. Based on many years of mentoring and being mentored, I believe this give-and-take relationship is the most effective way to guide people with leadership gifts toward their potential.”
“Mentoring is above all a work of love, which at its best is a two-way exchange.”
“An important aspect of the mentor’s responsibility is to be diligent in guiding discussion away from ‘What shall I do?’ and toward ‘Who do I intend to be?’”
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“Walter Wright has been paying attention to the nature of leadership for a long time and offers timely and seasoned help. He has thought, taught, prayed, conversed, and read widely and deeply in and outside the Bible on the nature of leadership and has worked what he has learned into his own life.”
from the foreword by Eugene Peterson