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THE LEADERSHIP
HANDBOOK
BY JOHN MAXWELL
TRUTHS ABOUT THE TOPLaying down the skinny, dispeling myths
2
WHAT IT’S LIKE AT THE TOP
No One Ever Got
to the Top Alone
Few leaders are successful unless
a lot of people want them to be.
No leaders are successful without
a few people helping them.
Making it to the Top is
essential to Taking
Others to the Top
A leader’s credibility begins with
personal success. It ends with
helping others achieve personal
success.
Taking People to the
Top is more fulfilling
than Arriving alone
A boss says ‘Go’. A leader
says ‘Let’s Go’. The purpose
of leadership is to take others
to the top.
3
MUCH OF THE TIME, LEADERS ARE NOT AT THE TOP
Good leaders who remain connected with their people stoop ---
that’s the only way to reach down and pull others up.
4
LEAD ≠
LONELY
If it’s lonely at the top, you’re
not doing something right.
Some advice for lonely leaders.
5
1.
AVOID POSITIONAL
THINKING
Do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you.
6
“Leadership is relational as much as it
is positional. An individual who
takes a relational approach to
leadership will never be lonely.
7
2.
REALIZE THE DOWNSIDES
OF SUCCESS & FAILURE
Success can be dangerous – so can failure.
8
SUCCESS AND FAILURE : DON’T GO INTO EXTREMES
Success: You start to separate
yourself from others you view as
less successful. “I don’t need to
see them”
Failure: You start to withdraw
from others. “I don’t want to see
them”
9
3.
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
ARE IN THE PEOPLE
BUSINESS
You must like people or you will never add value to them.
10
Want to be
a great
leader?
11
LOVE
PEOPLE
4.
BUY INTO THE LAW OF
SIGNIFICANCE
“One is too small a number to achieve greatness.”
12
“ No accomplishment of
real value has ever been
achieved by a human
being working alone.
13
14
Everybody
can be great
because
anybody can
serve.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
15
LEAD!
Take courage. You aren’t alone.

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John Maxwell's The Leadership Handbook

  • 2. TRUTHS ABOUT THE TOPLaying down the skinny, dispeling myths 2
  • 3. WHAT IT’S LIKE AT THE TOP No One Ever Got to the Top Alone Few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be. No leaders are successful without a few people helping them. Making it to the Top is essential to Taking Others to the Top A leader’s credibility begins with personal success. It ends with helping others achieve personal success. Taking People to the Top is more fulfilling than Arriving alone A boss says ‘Go’. A leader says ‘Let’s Go’. The purpose of leadership is to take others to the top. 3
  • 4. MUCH OF THE TIME, LEADERS ARE NOT AT THE TOP Good leaders who remain connected with their people stoop --- that’s the only way to reach down and pull others up. 4
  • 5. LEAD ≠ LONELY If it’s lonely at the top, you’re not doing something right. Some advice for lonely leaders. 5
  • 6. 1. AVOID POSITIONAL THINKING Do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. 6
  • 7. “Leadership is relational as much as it is positional. An individual who takes a relational approach to leadership will never be lonely. 7
  • 8. 2. REALIZE THE DOWNSIDES OF SUCCESS & FAILURE Success can be dangerous – so can failure. 8
  • 9. SUCCESS AND FAILURE : DON’T GO INTO EXTREMES Success: You start to separate yourself from others you view as less successful. “I don’t need to see them” Failure: You start to withdraw from others. “I don’t want to see them” 9
  • 10. 3. UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS You must like people or you will never add value to them. 10
  • 11. Want to be a great leader? 11 LOVE PEOPLE
  • 12. 4. BUY INTO THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE “One is too small a number to achieve greatness.” 12
  • 13. “ No accomplishment of real value has ever been achieved by a human being working alone. 13
  • 14. 14 Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 15. 15 LEAD! Take courage. You aren’t alone.