Rather than dragging it out into six years’ worth of leadership-advice-blogging, which would inevitably get picked up by Random House, who would publish a best-selling book series, which would lead to 225 days a year on the motivational speaker circuit and then spin-off to a consulting empire where he would teach thousands of people the secrets of How to Not Suck as a Leader, Bradley J. Moore sums up very succinctly the secrets of leadership in six bullet points.

Bradley J Moore writes, "I tend to get caught up in 'What’s Next.' The next big exciting deal or promotion or position or recognition. It’s like I can’t function without having some huge ambitious goal looming on the horizon, calling out to me, luring, pulling and compelling me towards some 'better' future." Now he's wondering what's excellent about that?

Vision and planning are first steps in business thinking and action planning. But Dan Wooldridge wonders if they should be when considered from a biblical perspective.

You don't have to be Jack Welch and you don't have to be responsible for the well-being of a giant corporation to make your mark as a leader. Part II from Jim Hancock

Solomon West explores how Jesus framed his work through a potent and surprising mission statement (hint: it doesn't begin and end with a guy in the end zone waving a John 3:16 poster).