Maxwell Leadership Podcast

Many leaders think that leadership flows in one direct: from top to bottom. But if leadership is influence––nothing more, nothing less––then leadership can flow from bottom to top and from side to side. That’s called leading across. Leading across means leading your colleagues, your peers––people you don’t have positional leadership over. In today’s lesson, John Maxwell is going to teach the 7 phases of the leadership loop, which every leader who wishes to lead across must embrace. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole will be joined by Chris Goede to discuss what they’ve learned as they’ve embraced these principles to lead across within the Maxwell Leadership organization. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Leadership Loop Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Loop and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: The 360° Leader by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST for 15% off at checkout this week only) 25 Ways to Win With People by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST for 15% off at checkout this week only) 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST for 15% off at checkout this week only) Becoming a Person of Influence by John C. Maxwell Winning With People by John C. Maxwell Relevant Episode: Leading Difficult Personalities Shop the John Maxwell Online Store  

One of our favorite events at Maxwell Leadership is our biannual International Maxwell Conference (or IMC) in Orlando, Florida. As you may have heard, this year we’re opening the first day of IMC to the public for the first ever Personal Growth Day. John Maxwell will be there plus Mark Cole and Becky Bursell, along with many other speakers who will help you sharpen your skills and equip you to create powerful, positive impact in your life.  We would love to see you there on Aug 29, which is just around the corner. So, we wanted to give you a taste of Personal Growth Day by pulling this lesson from the opening session of a previous IMC. In this talk, John Maxwell paints a leadership picture of the impact that can occur when a leader believes in their people. If you would like to learn more about attending Personal Growth Day go to MaxwellLeadership.com/PersonalGrowthDay now and register! Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “When the Leader Believes in the People Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/LeadersBelieve and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” This episode is sponsored by BELAY––the incredible organization revolutionizing productivity with their virtual assistants, accounting services, social media managers, and website specialists for growing businesses just like yours. Get BELAY’s latest ebook, Delegate to Elevate, for free, and learn how to reclaim your time. Just text the word MAXWELL to 55123 for your free copy today! References: Watch this episode on YouTube! Register for IMC’s first ever Personal Growth Day Relevant Episode: The Greatest Gap in Life Shop the Maxwell Leadership Online Store

When facing a problem or an obstacle, great leaders try to understand the problem before making a decision. A leader’s ability to gain new perspectives around an issue is a characteristic that separates leaders who succeed from leaders who get stuck where they are. That’s because perspective is key to understanding problems. This week, John Maxwell is going to teach you ten tools for gaining a new perspective. Then, for the application portion of the episode, Mark Cole is joined by Becky Bursell to discuss the ways they challenge themselves daily to stay sharp and maintain an objective perspective to serve their teams and the Maxwell Leadership organization. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Ten Tool for Gaining a New Perspective Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Perspective and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube Register for Live2Lead! Register for IMC! Download the new C.L.E.A.R. app by Maxwell Leadership The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek Relevant Episode: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Relevant Episode: The Power of One More with Ed Mylett

Podcast family, we are so excited to have our good friend Tim Elmore back on the podcast to talk about his new book, A New Kind of Diversity. Tim is an expert in leading different generations and teaching others how to create healthy works environments in multigenerational teams despite the gaps that often come with age differences. If you recognize Tim Elmore’s name, that’s because he was on our podcast back in August of 2021. Not only is Tim one of our thought leaders, he is one of our stellar main stage speakers at our Live2Lead annual leadership conference in Atlanta, GA––one of the largest leadership events in the world. Click here to register for Live2Lead! In this episode, Tim is going to share what’s in his new book, which releases in October, and how we can create healthier, collaborative work environments that close the gap between generations of working professionals. Instead of our regular PDF worksheet that we offer each week, our BONUS resource for this week is the New Kind of Diversity free leadership assessment, which will help you understand your own awareness off generational diversity within your own organization. Visit NewDiversityBook.com to take the assessment and to pre-order the book! References: Watch this episode on YouTube NewDiversityBook.com Register for Live2Lead! Register for IMC! Relevant Episode: Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership with Tim Elmore

Last week, we discussed the three E’s of developing leaders. You may remember one of those E’s was Equipping. The only way to grow your organization is to equip people. That’s why it’s important to develop a strategy for equipping those you lead. So, today John Maxwell is going to teach you four ways to equip people.  After John’s lesson, Mark Cole will be joined by Chris Goede to discuss what they’ve gleaned from their own experiences equipping others and how they have discovered that equipping others is both a challenge and a benefit. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Four Ways to Equip People Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Equip and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST at checkout for 15% off this week only) Relevant Episode: Motivation: How Leaders Inspire Effort

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. As John Maxwell reminds us in this lesson, leadership is more caught than taught. So, today John is going to teach on embracing the three E’s of Developing Leaders. This is a great lesson for anyone who wants to build a winning team of people who can take their organization to the next level.  After John’s lesson, Mark Cole––CEO of Maxwell Leadership––will be joined by Traci Morrow to discuss how they develop leaders within Maxwell Leadership and what they’re learning along the way. Developing leaders isn’t always easy, but it sure is fulfilling! So let John, Mark, and Traci help guide the way in this impactful episode! Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Three E’s of Developing Leaders Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/developing and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube Sign up for our first ever Personal Growth Day in August! Download the new C.L.E.A.R. app by Maxwell Leadership The Leader’s Greatest Return by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST at checkout for 15% off this week only) Relevant Series: Why John Wooden’s Team Won

Have you ever felt stuck between where your organization needs to go, and your people’s reluctance to go there? We have a great lesson for you today about how to inspire change. Change is a difficult thing for both leaders and followers. But leaders are tasked with inspiring those they lead to adapt to an ever-changing world. This lesson from John Maxwell will cover 5 ways you can inspire and motivate your team to step into the future of your organization. Maxwell Leadership, in fact, has been going through some of its own changes this year. So, for the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole to be joined by Becky Bursell to talk about how we are using these principles to inspire our own teams to carry us into a brilliant future. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Five Ways to Inspire Change Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/InspireChange and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube Download the new C.L.E.A.R. app by Maxwell Leadership Know What You’re FOR by Jeff Henderson (Use code PODCAST at checkout for 15% off this week only) Relevant Series: The Law of Connection The Maxwell Leadership Online Store

Podcast family, we have a special bonus episode for you today! Not only is Mark Cole joined live by John Maxwell for this discussion, but our good friend Don Yaeger has invited Scott Drew, coach of the Baylor Bears Men’s Basketball team, who won the NCAA Division I Championship in 2021! Don and Scott have recently written a book together entitled The Road to J.O.Y. which is packed full of leadership and coaching lessons that, when embraced, can equip any leader to make their team a championship team! Join Mark, John, and Don, as Scott tells his story of leading an underdog team to victory through leadership, connection, courage, and faith.  Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Road to J.O.Y. Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from this discussion. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/ScottDrew and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube The Road to J.O.Y. by Scott Drew and Don Yaeger Download the new C.L.E.A.R. app by Maxwell Leadership Sign up for our first ever Personal Growth Day in August! Shop at the Maxwell Leadership Online Store

In today’s episode we’re talking about the greatest gap in life. That’s the gap between “I should” and “I did.” John Maxwell calls this the procrastination gap. Today John is going to talk to you about this gap and when good timing becomes procrastination. Then he’ll teach you the 3 P’s that stop procrastination. Once John is done with his lesson, Mark is joined again by Chris Goede as they discuss the ways in which they apply these principles to their own leadership within the Maxwell Leadership organization. Our BONUS resource for this episode is “The Greatest Gap in Life Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Gap and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube Attitude 101 by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST at checkout for 15% off this week only) Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell The Maxwell Leadership Assessment Train your team with a 5 Levels of Leadership Workshop The Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast Relevant Series: Building a Diverse Team

Most people believe that success is an event or a destination, or that it simply means being in the right place at the right time. Some people even believe that success is way out of their reach. However, as John Maxwell points out in this episode, success is for anyone who knows their purpose in life, grows to the maximum potential, and sows seeds that benefit others. In this lesson, John will teach you exactly how to do these three things so you can begin or continue your success journey with confidence. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow join to discuss why leaders must be able to answer these questions for themselves and lead others to do the same. When we “know, grow, and sow” we allow ourselves to create powerful, positive change in our organizations and in our world. Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Success is for Everyone Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Success and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” References: Watch this episode on YouTube How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST at checkout for 15% off this week only) Relevant Episode: Why My Life if Compounding Relevant Episode: Episode 200: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future Download CLEAR by Maxwell Leadership The Maxwell Leadership Online Store