How to handle opposition -- Defining your mission statement -- Calling the crowd -- Guard your heart -- The power of a rebuke -- Jesus' global plan -- The strategy of secrets -- Setting leadership priorities -- Timing matters -- Style, substance, and sympathy -- Setting the standard for excellence -- Moments of compassion -- Know your resources -- The joy of order -- Beginning with gratitude -- Handling challenges to your leadership -- A floating seminar -- Beware of rising yeast -- Managing the big picture -- A focus on focus -- Calculate your actions -- On the road again -- The disciples' final exam -- True confession -- How to dispense news -- Preparing for the hard times -- Tough love -- Speaking to inspire -- Cultivating loyalty -- Bold leadership -- Why intimacy is important -- The power of outside affirmations -- Lingering on the mountaintop -- Control the flow of information -- The freedom to fail -- Call forth faith -- Only by prayer -- The inner circle -- The servant leader -- Children are welcome here -- The "not invented here" syndrome -- How to dispense rewards -- The millstone warning -- Take up your axe -- Worth your salt -- Marriage and leadership -- Overprotecting the leader -- The truth about flattery -- Leading versus managing -- Total commitment -- The royal order of servants -- Take time for people.