{"id":5100,"date":"2016-02-23T05:37:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2016-03-06T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T15:23:10","slug":"the-character-crisis-that-can-chase-people-away-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/23\/the-character-crisis-that-can-chase-people-away-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Character Crisis that can Chase People Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I’m in Florida with my Willow Creek Association teammates, along with several hundred U.S. Summit host pastors. This is the official launch of the 2016 Global Leadership Summit season, but it is also something far more than that.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In reconnecting with these leaders this week, it has reminded what can be accomplished when you have leaders rooted in the highest caliber of character. To a person, the leaders represented at this gathering embody a strength of character that is helping to drive the GLS movement to astonishing heights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And it has raised a question with which every leaders must contend:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u201cWhat character traits are the biggest obstacles for leaders to overcome?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps the best answer to this question I have ever heard came from Bill Hybels, who addressed this very issue in a leadership coaching session last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bill talked about two qualities in leaders that will chase people away.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cPeople can\u2019t stand dishonesty in their leader.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Bill talked about this, in my own notes I jotted down that the real danger is rarely in the telling of bald-face lies. For most leaders dishonesty seeps in through the most subtle of statements and actions. Some of the most common include:<\/p>\n