Leaders are often looked upon for many things.  They are looked up to for inspiration, guidance, direction, and so much more.  But possilby one of the most overlooked areas that a leader is looked up to is for HOPE.  Where there is hope there is a future, and one of the greatest gift a leader can pass to their followers is HOPE.
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In the 1940’s Nazi Germany was threatening the entire civilized world and Adolph Hitler was intimidating his neighbors.  As Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of Britian, was cowering in the corner his predecessor, Sir Winston Churchill, was preparing to redeem his country.
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After the war, Winston Churchill was once asked by a reporter what his country’s greatest weapon was against Hitler’s Nazi regime. Without skipping a beat, he said: “It was what England’s greatest weapon has always been - hope.”
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John Maxwell teaches us that a leader must acheive the buy-in from their followers in regards to the vision.  But what gives the vision it’s power is simply the Hope it gives back to its followers.

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