Tremendous Tracey

Outstanding leadership isn’t about easing standards for comfort. It’s about calling people to more than they thought possible. It’s about standing firm when the easy way says, “Let it slide.”

Moses knew it. Machiavelli knew it. Steven Sample knew it. And deep down, we know it too. So let us never forget: when leaders soften the standard, organizations decay. But when leaders raise the bar, they ignite transformation.

Moses might have dealt with more thumbsuckers, bellyachers, and backbiters than anyone else in Scripture. A journey from Horeb to the edge of the P...