Introduction
1. Jeffrey Krames, “So Many Leadership Books, So Few Leaders” (blog post), December 8, 2008, http://jeffreykrames.com/2008/12/08/so-many-leadership-books-so-few-leaders/.
2. I owe this insight to Tim Elmore, Habitudes (Atlanta: Growing Leaders, 2004), 1. Richard Nixon’s presidency illustrates the iceberg principle. Politically, his achievements as president were in some ways remarkable. Personally, his vices eventually sank him.
3. James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987), 16-17.
4. See Habitudes for more on this insightful analogy.
5. Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012), 169.
6. Deuteronomy 17:20 (NLT).
7. Paul Borthwick, Leading the Way (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), 19-20.
8. Galatians 5:22-23.
9. Cited in Dan Rogge, “Building Better Relationships,” The Canadian Champion, January 25, 2008, http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/MPL/MPL002508662pf_0278.pdf.
Chapter One: The Key That Always Fits
1. Mark Sanborn, The Fred Factor (Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook Press, 2002), 108.
2. www.christianhistorytimeline.com/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps153.shtml.
3. David E. Ireland, Letters to an Unborn Child (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1974).
Chapter Two: The Key to a Happy Team
1. Victor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Boston: Beacon Press, 2006), 86.
Chapter Eight: The Key of the Velvet Glove
1. Philip K. Howard, The Death of Common Sense (New York: Random House, 1994).
2. John Wooden, They Call Me Coach (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004).
Chapter Nine: The Key of the Even Keel
1. James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994), 79.
2. Karen S. Peterson, “Why Everyone Is So Short-Tempered,” USA Today, 18 July 2000.
3. http://preachingtoday.com/illustrations/search.html?type=keyword&query=“Self-control” Italics added.
4. “Interview with Rubel Shelley,” Abilene Reporter-News, 18 May 2000.
5. John Wooden, “Pyramid of Success,” www.coachwooden.com.
6. Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive (New York: Harper and Row, 1966), viii.