Weigh carefully the demands upon you. If something is critical to the accomplishment of your vision, you must make sure that it is among your first priorities. New priorities often create fear in the leader. This fear then leads to procrastination, waste of resources, or loss of critical timing. Sometimes it is the fear of your own inability, fear of the reaction from your Board or from major donors, fear of failure.
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
To maximize your results you must first minimize your risks. To create maximum results, focus on your strengths and build your leadership team with people who have strengths in your areas of weakness. Thanks for being an effective leader. To provide resources for mentoring and train the world's emerging young leaders for significant service and the development of others.