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LEADERSHIP 101. THEORIES BY JOHN C. MAXWELL. The Law of Lid. Leadership ability is the lid that determines a persons level of effectiveness . The lower the ability to lead the lower the lid of ones potential. The higher the level of leadership the effectiveness of the person.
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LEADERSHIP 101 THEORIES BY JOHN C. MAXWELL
The Law of Lid • Leadership ability is the lid that determines a persons level of effectiveness. • The lower the ability to lead the lower the lid of ones potential. • The higher the level of leadership the effectiveness of the person.
How to grow as a leader (the 4 phases) • Phase 1: I don’t know what I don’t know • Phase 2: I know what I don’t know • Phase 3: I grow and I know it starts to show • Phase 4: I simply go because of what I know • This wont happen in a day it takes time “to lead tomorrow you need to learn today”
Fighting Your Way Up • Becoming a great leader is a daily routine the preparation is key to succeeding. • You may start off as a poor leader but if your determined you will be a great leader. • You have the potential you just need to grow the skill. Champions don’t become champions in the ring-they are merely recognised there – Joe Frazier
Become Disciplined • No matter how gifted you are as a leader you will never reach your maximum potential without the application of self-discipline. • Challenge and eliminate your excuses • Remove rewards until the job is done • Stay focused on the results
The Pareto Principle: The 20/80 principle • Twenty percent of your priorities will give you eighty percent of your production if you focus on your very top priorities. • Things like time, counselling, products, reading, job, speech, donation, and leadership affect the production output for us.
What are you? Leader vs follower Leader • Initiate • Leads makes calls • Spend time planning • Invest time with people • Fill your calendar with priorities Follower • React • Listen waits for someone to make calls • Lives day to day reacting to problems • Fills calendar by requests
Don’t over prioritize • Don’t overwhelm yourself so that you become paralyzed • Only keep the top important priorities • Don’t let these make you lose track of your end multiple goal
Developing Trust • Three qualities that a leader must have to be successful is competence, connection and having goof character • Having good character is what makes trust possible so you must always project your character in a positive way • You must also show respect to further earn trust and build your character
Efficiently casting a vision • Vision starts from within us • Vision draws on your history • Vision meets others needs • Vision help you gather resources
The 5 myths of leadership • The management myth • The entrepreneur myth • The knowledge myth • The pioneer myth • The position myth
The 5 levels of leadership • Level 1: people follow because they have to • Level 2: permission- people follow because they want to • Level 3: people follow because of what you have done for something • Level 4: people follow because what you have done for them • Level 5: people follow because of who you are and what you represent
Conclusion • Law of lid • Learn today to lead tomorrow • Self discipline is key to success • 20/80 principle • Don’t over prioritize • Developing trust and character • Vision • The 5 levels of leadership