Maxwell Leadership Podcast

Characteristics of a Builder

Jan 22, 2025

Explore the remarkable traits that define effective builders in leadership. Discover how persistence and a results-driven mindset fuel their growth. Learn the importance of embracing uncertainty and taking risks to inspire others. Understand the relationship between culture and adaptability for overcoming challenges. Delve into the contrasting approaches of builders and producers, highlighting decision-making and project prioritization. Transform your leadership style by adopting a builder’s mentality and continuously striving for improvement.

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Quick takeaways

Builders thrive on a results-driven mindset, always seeking new goals while learning from both successes and failures to foster continuous improvement.

Embracing uncertainty and risk-taking allows builders to navigate challenges confidently, inspiring a culture of innovation and adaptation within their teams.

Deep dives

The Essence of Builders

Builders are defined primarily by their love for results, which fuels their motivation and passion for progress. They revel in seeing tangible changes and achievements, often boasting about the transformations they have orchestrated within their teams or organizations. This drive for results goes beyond mere numbers; builders are excited by growth and what comes next, pushing them to continuously evaluate and improve their endeavors. If someone displays a keen interest in tracking and enhancing metrics, it is likely they possess this fundamental characteristic of a builder.

Intro

2min

The Builder's Mindset

8min

The Essence of Building Effective Leadership

4min

Embracing the Builder Mindset

16min

The Builder's Mindset: Embracing Production Over Results

4min

Embracing the Builder Mindset

3min

All great companies and organizations have great builders! In this episode, John Maxwell is sharing characteristics of a builder so that you know what they look like and so that you can become a builder yourself.

After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede talk about these characteristics and offer you practical ways to apply them to your life and leadership.

Key takeaways:

Never be satisfied with yesterday; it ended last night.

When people believe in the leader, they believe in the vision.

When you build up builders, everything begins to compound.

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Characteristics of a Builder Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Builder and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”

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