It is devilish. The simple answer is, it works. We've been taught how to create a growth climate, how to cast a vision. We know that growth breeds more growth, and stinking thinking brings decline. So we let our vision leak into our reporting.
Leaders are dealers in hope.
It seems like good leadership. Announcing growth will breed more growth. So, we take a short cut. Exaggeration sounds like good leadership. It might be good leadership, but it is poor Christianity.