To be an effective leader, you have to be a really good listener. Leading by assumptions is a very negative thing. In the beginning, in my life, i wasn't really interested in listening to people. But when i started considering other people, immediately i saw my leadership begin to take a much deeper, more effective dimension than ever before.
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Episode #351: John Maxwell - The Laws Of Leadership (Follow Them & People Will Follow You)
John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, coach, and author who has sold over 20 million books. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books which have each sold more than one million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.
Notes:
- "Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." - Pat Riley
- The difference between 'best' and 'better'
- "Whatever is best for now... Tomorrow has got to get better. I always look at 'best' for a moment."
- "If you're not growing today, I have to talk about yesterday. I don't want to talk about yesterday."
- The great leaders:
- The importance of listening and asking questions:
- "I began to ask questions, invite people to sit down and talk." Shared learning and growing together...
- What John learned from Angela Ahrendts:
- "I aim to always give 60 and take 40. Always give more than you take."
- "Add more value to people than you take."
- Working with your team:
- "I put an idea in front of my team and say, 'make it better,' and they always do."
- Proactive: "If you're not proactive, you're reactive. I've never met a great leader who wasn't proactive."
- "Be unforgettable. Always be the first person to help."
- Action Attraction
- "The moment I move, I attract all resources because I'm moving."
- "I never draw people to me when I sit still."
- Keynote speaking preparation:
- "When I'm in the green room preparing, I'm thinking about the people in the audience. I begin to envision the people leaning in, taking notes, engaged. It helps me."
- The content you have will alone will not cut it -- "Connecting the content to the people carries the day. I want them to say, 'oh my gosh, he's talking to me.'"
- "The response of the people charges me up."
- Layered learning:
- Is your fence facing out or facing in? Are you growing? Or shrinking?
- Building a company? "I wasn't trying to build a company. It started in a garage. Each company was created just to help solve problems for people. --> Find a need, start a company, find a need, start a company."
- There are now over 30,000 John Maxwell coaches
- "I've always had the ability to take a problem and develop a resource for it."
- "I can smell an opportunity... And I can see it in people. I've always been quick to spot this."
- How to develop this skill? --> "You must seize the opportunities. Act quickly."
- Adaptability - "A person that lacks flexibility will mist a lot of opportunities."
- Peter Drucker did not make long range plans. He focused on seizing the moment.
- John's long range plan: "What I want for people is for them to do well and I want to help them do that."
- Life advice:
- Value people
- Continually grow
- Live very intentionally
