Leadership Limitations: Can You Lead Everyone? (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
Do you think great leaders have the ability to lead anyone and everyone? The answer may surprise you. You see, there are factors that limit how far others are able to go and how far we, as leaders, can take them. Today, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow begin a new series on Leadership Limitations. In part one, John Maxwell will teach the four major factors that determine the limitations of the people we lead. Next week, in part two, John will teach on the five factors that determine how far we, as leaders, can take our people. Our BONUS resource for this series is the “Leadership Limitations...
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The Wise Leader
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
This week, we’re talking about a word that often comes to mind when we think of leadership. And that word is “wisdom.” As Sandra Carey says, “Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” So, in today’s lesson, John Maxwell is going to share his own thoughts on wisdom, and what it really means to be a wise leader. Plus, he also shares some thoughts on wisdom from Benjamin Franklin. Once, John is done with his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss John’s lesson, the role that wisdom plays in their leadership, and what it...
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Discover Your Working Genius with Patrick Lencioni
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
Podcast family, the way you think about your own leadership strengths and abilities is about to change! That’s because in today’s episode, Mark Cole is joined by his and John’s long-time friend Patrick Lencioni. Pat is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 12 books, which have sold over 7 million copies, and have been translated into more than 30 languages. As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with...
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We Is Better than Me
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell says that 1 is too small of a number to achieve greatness, and he’s absolutely right. If you want to achieve anything big, you need others. That’s where the power of teams lies. This week we’re talking about how we is better than me. In this lesson, John Maxwell shares 6 reasons why team effort is superior to individual effort. Some of these may seem obvious to you, but others may be newer and more challenging. That’s why, after John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Becky Bursell will help you navigate John’s lesson and how to apply it to your own leadership. Our BONUS resource...
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What to Do Next with Jeff Henderson
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
Podcast family, we are beyond excited to share this week’s podcast with you. That’s because over the past couple years, millions of people are quitting their jobs and asking, “What do I do next?” It’s been called the Great Resignation. And it’s why Maxwell Leadership is so excited about the new book from one of our very own thought leaders, Jeff Henderson. Jeff’s new book is called What to Do Next: Taking Your Best Step When Life is Uncertain. Today, Mark Cole and Jeff dive into what inspired this book and how it will equip leaders like you to move confidently into the future. ...
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The Leadership Loop
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...
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When the Leader Believes In the People
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
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...
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Ten Tools for Gaining a New Perspective
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
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...
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A New Kind of Diversity with Tim Elmore
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
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...
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Four Ways To Equip People
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
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...
info_outlineLast 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.”
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