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Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., and chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. The bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Axiom, Holy Discontent, Just Walk Across the Room, The Volunteer Revolution, Courageous Leadership, and classics such as Too Busy Not to Pray and Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels is known worldwide as an expert in training Christian leaders to transform individuals and their communities through the local church. Hybels received a bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity College in Deerfield, Ill. He and his wife, Lynne, have two adult children and one grandson, Henry. Bill Hybels es el fundador y pastor principal de la Iglesia Comunitaria de Willow Creek en South Barrington, Illinois., y presidente de la junta de la Asociacion Willow Creek. Es autor de mas de veinte libros exitosos, entre los que se encuentran Axioma, Divina Insatisfaccion, Simplemente acercate a ellos, La revolucion de los voluntarios, Liderazgo audaz, y clasicos como Muy ocupados para no orar y Como ser un cristiano contagioso. Bill Hybels es reconocido mundialmente por capacitar a lideres cristianos en cursos de entrenamiento que buscan transformar a los individuos y sus comunidades mediante la iglesia local. Tiene un titulo en Estudios Biblicos y un doctorado honorario de Estudios Teologicos de Trinity College de Deerfield, Illinois. el y su esposa, Lynne, tienen dos hijos adultos y un nieto.

Winning leaders have winning points of view---succinct, practical, portable leadership proverbs that help them arbitrate decisions and rouse troops to action. In Axiom: The Language of Leadership, Bill Hybels reveals eighty God-given, from-the-gut truths that continue to raise his game and his vision, thirty-plus years into his local-church leadership experience.

Foreword   Henry Cloud, PhD     9
Introduction     11
Vision and Strategy
Language Matters     17
Make the Big Ask     21
You're Always in a Season     24
Explosive Growth Equals Dramatic Meltdowns     27
Vision: Paint the Picture Passionately     29
Bold Move     32
An Owner or a Hireling     34
Hire Tens     38
The Fair Exchange Value     40
The Value of a Good Idea     42
Build a Boiler Fund     46
Take a Flyer     49
Vision Leaks     52
Values Need Heat     54
The Dangers of Incrementalism     56
Six-by-Six Execution     58
Only God     61
Plus-Side/Minus-Side     63
Institutionalize Key Values     67
This Is Church     68
Teamwork and Communication
The Three Cs     75
Never Say Someone's No for Them     78
First Tested     80
DNA Carriers     83
No Eleventh-Hour Surprises, Please     86
How Are You Doing ... Really?     88
Get the Right People around the Table     91
Know Who's Driving     93
Speed of the Leader, Speed of the Team     94
Pay Attention to Greetings and Goodbyes     96
Deliver the Bad News First     99
The Tunnel of Chaos     101
Just Say It!     104
Disagree without Drawing Blood     106
Umbrella of Mercy     108
Help Me Understand     110
Leaders Call Fouls     112
Real-Time Coaching     115
Just to Be Clear     117
Give Me an A, B, or C     120
Keep Short Accounts     123
We Got to Do This Together!     126
Activity and Assessment
A Blue-Sky Day     131
The Bias toward Action     134
Performance Buys Freedom     137
Sweat the Small Stuff     139
Doable Hard versus Destructive Hard     142
Develop a Mole System     145
Is It Sustainable?     147
Don't Screw Up     150
SOSs     152
Facts Are Your Friends     155
Find the Critic's Kernel of Truth     159
Every Soldier Deserves Competent Command     161
Brain Breaks     164
Speed versus Soul      166
Did We Do Any Learning?     168
Create Your Own Finish Lines     169
Let's Debrief     172
Pay Now, Play Later     174
Are We Still Having Fun?     175
Never Beat the Sheep     177
Personal Integrity
Obi-Wan Kenobi Isn't for Hire     183
What Life Are You Waiting For?     187
Lead with All Diligence     190
To the Core of My Being     192
Always Take the High Road     194
Read All You Can     196
Lead Something     198
Arrive Early or Not at All     200
I'd Never Do This for Money     201
We Need Us All     203
Excellence Honors God and Inspires People     206
Admit Mistakes, and Your Stock Goes Up     209
Fight for Your Family     212
Finish Well     214
Acknowledgments     217
Notes     218