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Read MoreFor senior leaders: Exchange 2013
Are you a senior leader in your organization? Are you looking for an opportunity to spend time in a small group with me and other top leaders? Join me this fall at Exchange, my favorite event of the year. For 2 1/2 days, an intimate group of high-level leaders will meet with me to exchange…
Read MoreHow Leaders Gain Influence: Actions
Influence doesn’t come to us instantaneously; it increases gradually. Nor does influence develop by accident. Instead, it grows as we purposefully take action to earn the trust and win the respect of others. In this post, I outline five actions essential for anyone aspiring to gain influence in their family, community, or workplace. 1) An…
Read MoreHow Leaders Gain Influence: Attitudes
A lot of people come to me confounded by their inability to drive positive outcomes in their organization. They have brilliant plans and excellent practices for leading their teams, and yet they are not experiencing success. How can these leaders be doing the right things but still be getting the wrong results? The reason is…
Read MoreI want to answer your leadership questions!
Want to contribute to my next book? A few years ago, I published the book Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. If you were a blog reader back then, you’ll remember that we all worked together here on the blog to fine-tune the content for that book. Many of you submitted stories on communication, which were featured…
Read MoreAll under one roof, starting in June 2013
Over the past four decades, I’ve spent a good part of my life working to grow and develop leaders, and the one thing I believe just as strongly today as I did forty years ago is that everything rises and falls on leadership. Leadership is the difference maker and the deal breaker. It’s how we…
Read MoreInfluence Insights from the Life of Jackie Robinson
“A life is not [significant] except in the impact it has on other lives.”~ Jackie Robinson The recent film, 42, tells the story of Jackie Robinson becoming the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. The talent, bravery, and poise he displayed helped to bring about the desegregation of professional sports in the United States.…
Read MoreMonitoring Motivation
“What’s my motivation?” That’s the question crossing our minds when the alarm goes off at 6:00 in the morning. That’s the question we pose to ourselves at the office when the clock rolls past 5:00 pm and there is still work needing to be done. At some point, all leaders must consciously face the “motive…
Read MoreWhere do we go from here?
How can I add value to you? That’s the question I’ve asked myself before every post on this blog. What can I offer you, my reader? How can I serve you and help you achieve your goals? I’ve been blogging here at John Maxwell on Leadership since 2009. In the past four years, I’ve tried…
Read MoreWhat is the right way to lay someone off?
At Leadercast a few years ago, I fielded a very timely question. During lunch, a young man asked, “How does a good leader handle layoffs? Especially when they need to lay off a good and valued employee?” Here’s what I believe: First, I don’t think a leader should ask others to make sacrifices until he’s…
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