“Too many influencers feel confident they can say or do whatever they wish and face no consequences. These are not good leaders, but they are leaders nonetheless. Good leaders need to be aware of this tendency and be willing to speak up about it. The damage done can be catastrophic and permanent. People have committed suicide because an influencer trashed them, demeaned them and maligned them in front of others…” J Loren Norris

”The one thing which is a greater cause for employees to depart from a company or organization faster than a paycheck too small is lack of appreciation. If leaders cannot learn to say and demonstrate their gratitude for their team they will not have a team to lead for very long. The law of the picture says team members who are shown appreciation will also show appreciation to the rest of the team and to customers as well. Try GRATITUDE as a Christmas bonus for your team this year.”  J Loren Norris

“What were you thinking? Or sometimes we should ask ‘Were you thinking?’ Leaders often find themselves in an infinite feedback loop where the ideas, actions and attitudes of the past are the driving factors for tomorrow. The only way to break this cycle is fresh, new thinking. Thinking which challenges the status quo is crucial. Thinking which invites input but resists opinionated criticism is key. Thinking which inspires dreams, motivates team members and mitigates risk is the job of leaders.” J Loren Norris

“The many faces of leadership don’t all look the same. Influence can be tricky, lopsided, uncontrollable and unpredictable. Outside influence can derail the best organizations, disrupt the most solid family, destroy the strongest nations. Watch every word you say and every action you take, because someone else is watching too.” J Loren Norris

“Leaders have blind spots. Sometimes they are harder to find when we are looking for them in ourselves. The mirror, the journal and our self talk will all lie to us. If you want to see what you need to work on for your own personal and leadership growth, watch this video and follow the instructions. It might make you angry, but it will change you too.” J Loren Norris

​“Communication is a prime directive of great leadership. Communication in itself is not the power, what’s communicated is. Whether informing with truth worthy of making major decisions or misleading and manipulating people, both are forms of communication. The real power rests in a leader who stays and conveys truthfully informed data on a regular, open and honest basis. Don’t use your platform to drive an agenda. Communicate truth so people can take wise and informed action. That is leadership influence.” J Loren Norris.

“Be honest with yourself and your team. You know there are people on your team who do not belong. They have no desire to contribute to the success of the group. They seem determined only to sabotage and disrupt. They don’t want anyone to grow beyond the group or taste success they have not. They will not lead nor be lead. It is time for you as a leader to ask yourself and perhaps the rest of the team, ‘Is the friction and resistance from this individual making us better or just a horrible distraction?’ Then decide if it’s time to orchestrate a necessary ending.” J Loren Norris

“Leadership demands clarity and consistency otherwise those following live in confusion. Regardless the size of the group you lead, if you cannot or will not express clearly and then live by your own convictions, you cannot expect anyone else to. Simple ideas like: keep your word, show up on time, respect one another, focus on the task at hand and not the drama at home. These are expectations which are hard to enforce if they are never expressed or held valuable by leaders.” J Loren Norris

“We do the world a disservice and our selves a great deal of injustice when we try to view the America experiment through the lenses of globalism, socialism, Marxism and self loathing. Why? Because there are people the world over who seek to break free from the tyrants and dictators who enslave them and the most enduring bastion of true personal Liberty is The USA. Should we surrender the helm of this great American ideal, people will suffer who a welfare check could never help. Money won’t fix many of the problems people must live through in other nations, only someone willing to fight with them and for them for freedom will help.” J Loren Norris

“If you measure the success of your leadership solely on the volume of people or dollars under your direction, you will fail to find the fulfillment and purpose of your life. Leading well the people closest to you will be significantly more rewarding. When your inner circle experiences the integrity of your leadership in the darkest and brightest moments your influence. Will be profoundly deeper and longer lasting.” J Loren Norris

“It is near impossible, but without a doubt impractical to personally LEAD a large group of people. Great leaders lead strong in small groups of influencers who expand that influence in the same manner. Trying to have hands on action while driving the overarching vision and direction requires an extreme form of tyrannical micro management. If you want to have great influence, focus on deep and meaningful impact in small, concentric circles of influence then allow that to ripple throughout the organization.” J Loren Norris

“We don’t always get to choose who we lead. Promotions, new hires, attrition all effect who is on the team. While we don’t always get to choose who we will lead, we do get to choose how. We also get to choose how committed we will be to the system, the process and the team which was there before vs the change and transformation we deem to be necessary.” J Loren Norris

“One of the biggest challenges for leaders who are human is to live with a strict rule for justice. Why?? Because humans build relationships, create bonds, share likenesses and affinities with specific people. This makes leading with equal treatment a matter of significant discipline, awareness and integrity. Justice also demands compassion when circumstances would give rise to an exception to treatment different from historically applied.” J Loren Norris

​“Leaders who change direction with the whims of social pressure reminds me of a plastic bag on the wind - random, unpredictable and uncommitted. Leadership requires grit, backbone and determination especially when the right decision is unpopular. If you don’t have the guts to stand against the tide of foolishness driven by popular opinions of the day.” J Loren Norris

“If you believe the headlines, the sound bites, the Twitter news feed or TikTok is a solid source of information all on its own, YOU ARE NOT FIT TO LEAD! Do some more research. Read the entire article and then read all the citations (if there are any). Many times you will find the headline was misleading at best, deceptive and corrupt at worst. If you are a person of influence you are responsible to be better informed.” J Loren Norris

“No one wants to be lead by manipulation, coercion, or corruption. No one wants to be lead in a way that violates their conscience, offends their sensibilities or contradicts their core values. No one wants to be lead to mimic someone else’s greatest accomplishments at the expense of their own identity or success. If you lead, keep this in mind and lead others the way you wish to be lead.” J Loren Norris

​“Many would be leaders, even those with great influence already, feel the need to speak to the world in words of racism, climate, sustainability, future globalist participation in terms of compliance. These leaders often speak the ‘proper’ words but abandon their course in actions and deeds. If you are not sincere about your commitment to transformation, SHUT UP! If you are sincere about your commitment to transformation, then speak with integrity and reveal your true colors with transparency so others can determine your actual worth as a leader not a propagandist.” J Loren Norris

”If you have influence you have obligations! Don’t let the world’s views steal your children’s mindsets, history and future outlook. Trust me, the next generation has been fed a string of lies, the likes of which will challenge your worst imagination, darkest fears and disbelief. You must speak truth. Do your homework. Dig into history. Read old books. Don’t trust search engines! Educate and empower todays youth. NOW!” J Loren Norris

“A leader without a vision is like a bicycle with out a pedal, it might move randomly or coast downhill but taking action will be extremely challenging and gaining momentum to tackle the hills will be near impossible. Motivating a team with that sort of restriction is also near impossible. A good leader knows what moves each member, knows what actions they need to take and what success looks like individually and collectively.” J Loren Norris

​“If you have spent the majority of your adult life studying one field of interest, chances are you have forgotten more than most people will ever know about that topic. Leadership is one of those fields. If someone drops a nugget of observation on you, remember they have likely studied and practiced it for years and their intent is to save you some headaches.” J Loren Norris

​“The limit to authority is built into the relationship to those being lead. If you are leading or ruling or managing or influencing people, you are accountable to ensure every decision is to the mutual benefit of those you lead. If the only beneficiary of your decisions, policies and rules is you, you are a tyrant. STOP IT!” J Loren Norris

​“The darkness we operate in may be the lack of awareness, by choosing to ignore and remain blind OR it may be the environment where too many things are done in secret and intentionally hidden. Either way, leaders must be proactive about shining a light to reveal misdeeds, blind spots and other nefarious acts. Sometimes the light will reveal our own flaws. Too bad. Own it, correct it and keep shining the light!!” J Loren Norris

“It is sad but true that even the most diligent observer of facts, data and science can be misled by those with ill intent. Perhaps not always malevolent but manipulative and self serving in their limited use and application of their data. To be a great leader you must do your own contextual research and have an over the horizon perspective to intentions of those who are influencing you.” J Loren Norris

​“The first to speak is often believed, even when everything they declare is UNTRUE. Sadly, even when it is later PROVEN UNTRUE, the first declaration has the power of hangers on who want the declaration to be true. Truth itself has the trifecta expectation, it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth also has the magnitude of gravity, gravitas, that something internally which says your can defy truth all you wish, but one day it will reveal itself and expose your foolishness.” J Loren Norris

“”Flimsy theories WILL NOT STAND the test of time. I call them sand castle theories. They may look good for the moment, but the persistence of the waves of truth will wash them away. As soon as the landscape is cleared of the rabble, the new sunrise brings new beach goers and a new generation of young hopefuls to rebuild the castles of sand. These too will fall to the waves eventually.” J Loren Norris