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Title: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership |
| Author: John C. Maxwell | |
| Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers | |
| Categories: leadership, business management | |
| Pages: 234 | |
Overview: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is a book that describes the fundamental laws of leadership that John C. Maxwell has observed in his thirty plus years of experience in the field. He explains leadership in 21 chapters that use quotations narrative examples to illustrate the main point of the chapter. He has several stories about his personal life as a pastor and how leadership has affected him directly as well as many insightful looks at our great leaders (such as Theodore Roosevelt and Harriet Tubbman). Overall, this book exemplifies the laws of leadership and describes them in an easy to understand, straightforward manner. |
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| Key Points | |
| John Maxwell, a church pastor and renowned leader, believes that the definition of leadership can be found. Through his book he attempts to explain what he has learned in several key thoughts here are some to get you started on what he has to say from his book outline: | |
| - Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness. |
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| - Leadership develops daily, not in a day. | |
| - The true measure of leadership is influence. | |
| - It takes a leader to navigate a course. | |
| - When the real leader speaks, people listen. | |
| - Trust is the foundation of leadership. | |
| - People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves. | |
| - Leaders evaluate everything with a leadership bias. | |
| - Who you are is who you attract. | |
| - Leaders touch a heart before they ask a hand. | |
| - A leaders potential is determined by those closest to him. | |
| - Only secure leaders give power to others. | |
| - It takes a leader to raise up a leader. | |
| - People buy into the leader, then the vision. | |
| - Leaders find a way for the team to win. | |
| - Momentum is a leader's best friend. | |
| - Leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. | |
| - A leader must give up to go up. | |
- When tolead is as important as what to do and where to go. |
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| - To add growth, lead followers -- to multiply, lead leaders. | |
| - A leader's lasting value is measured by succession. | |
Reviews |
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| "Our nation and its institutions are crying
out for leaders. John Maxwell.. shows us the true path to leadership
through the application of timeless principles supported by the
bedrock of personal character." |
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| Other Recommendation | |
| Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard | |
| The 17 Essential Qualities Of A Team Player by John C. Maxwell | |
| The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership by Steven B. Sample, Warren Bennis | |
| Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1 2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation by Robert I. Sutton | |
| References | |
| - Amazon.com - Barnes and Noble |
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| - John C. Maxwell. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, 1998. | |
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