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3 Things Every Leader Needs to Thrive

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Sep 12, 2025

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Jon Gordon

Join Jon Gordon, a renowned author and speaker on leadership and teamwork, as he shares invaluable insights with John Maxwell and Mark Cole. They discuss the three essentials every leader needs to thrive, including the importance of having a clear mission to combat burnout. The conversation emphasizes the power of teamwork, collaboration over competition, and the significance of tracking success while seeking meaning. Learn how consistent self-investment and building supportive relationships can transform your leadership journey.

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INSIGHT

Mission Creates Focus And Purpose

John Maxwell says humans were born to live with a mission that guides intentional action and focus.
A clear mission protects against distractions and expands as you focus on it.

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ADVICE

Start By Serving Someone Else

If you don't have a mission, start asking reflective questions and take intentional actions to add value to others.
Join someone else's meaningful mission as a practical way to discover and develop your own purpose.

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Teams Are Living, Purposeful Organisms

Jon Gordon frames teams as living organisms centered on connection and shared purpose.
Isolation weakens leaders while relationships and belonging energize and empower them.

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Dynamic Leadership Conversations and Upcoming Insights

02:52 • 4min

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Finding Focus through Mission

06:24 • 10min

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The Power of Teamwork in Growth

16:47 • 14min

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The Power of Scoreboards in Leadership

30:20 • 10min

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The Power of Consistency and Investing in Leadership

40:14 • 5min

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Life’s Greatest Lessons Are Learned From Our Losses

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In this book, John C. Maxwell shares insights from nearly fifty years of leadership experience. He outlines eleven elements that constitute the DNA of learners who succeed in the face of problems, failure, and losses. These elements include humility, reality, responsibility, improvement, hope, teachability, adversity, problems, bad experiences, change, and maturity. Maxwell emphasizes that evaluated experience is the best teacher and that learning from losses requires discipline and the right mindset.

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The Will to Succeed

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The One Truth

Elevate Your Mind Unlock Your Power Heal Your Soul

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3 things every leader needs, 2 longtime leadership experts, 1 can’t-miss bonus episode of the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. In this episode, John Maxwell joins Mark Cole (live!) for a powerful discussion with author and speaker Jon Gordon. You’ll discover the three key elements that every leader needs to thrive and succeed in their journey.

Key takeaways:

We were born to do something that's beneficial on purpose.

When leaders come together to learn from each other, everyone grows.

Track your success, but be driven by significance.

This November, John Maxwell and Jon Gordon are coming together to invest in high-performing leaders and their teams. Learn how you can join them for a day of leadership training and networking at ADayWithJonAnd.com (that’s right – ADayWithJonAnd.com!)

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