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Why Strong Leaders Need Trusted Voices

Weekly Baseline | Week 4

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Chris Antonelli
Feb 23, 2026
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My faith shapes how I think and lead. These baselines draw from Scripture, but the practices are designed to strengthen anyone leading under real pressure.

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The Anchor for the Week

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)

Isolation does not just make leadership harder… it makes it incredibly risky.

Strong leaders are often decisive. But decisiveness without perspective can quietly become a liability. If you are making decisions in isolation, you are missing one of the greatest advantages available to you… perspective beyond your own.

Even experienced leaders can misread situations when past experiences, wounds, assumptions, pressure, or environment begin to narrow the lens.

The question is not whether you are capable of navigating on your own most of the time. The question is whether you have trusted voices around you when the waters get difficult.

Strong leaders need trusted voices. This week is an opportunity to examine and, if needed, strengthen your board of advisors.


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