“One habit of transformative leaders is that they make creative friendships. This is not ’empire building’ — getting to know people in case you can use them later. It’s networking — genuinely investing in someone in anticipation that God will generate fruit from the peculiar combination of gifts of these specific people.”
Jason Byassee, senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church and a fellow in theology and leadership at Duke Divinity School, from a blog post titled “Habits of a networker”