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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Kalamazoo
Michigan
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