Maxwell is a 1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the 1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. Maxwell influences Fortune CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell. Skip to content. Enlarge Book Cover. No matter what arena you are called to? New readers as well as longtime fans of Maxwell and the original book won't want to miss out on this one.
About John C. Maxwell John C. Maxwell is a 1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the 1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. Maxwell influences Fortune CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.
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I need to work out their strengths and work on their weaknesses I must give them myself I must give them ownership I must give them every chance for success. That vision becomes the energy behind every effort and the force that pushes through all the problems.
With vision, the leader is on a mission and a contagious spirit is felt among the crowd until others begin to rise alongside the leader. Unity is essential for the dream to be realized. Long hours of labor are given gladly to accomplish the goal. Individual rights are set aside because the whole is much more important than the part.
Time flies. Because the leader has a vision! Start early Start small Start now Organize your life Welcome responsibility Accept accountability Develop Integrity Pay now, play later Become character driven instead of emotion driven. View all 10 comments. Oct 17, Mary Bellus rated it did not like it. I was asked to read this book for work, so I trudged through it, otherwise I would have tossed it by about the halfway point.
I feel like this book could be condensed into one chapter of simple tips and advice. Another thing that may seem like nitpicking but it really bugs me , is the amount of typos strewn throughout this book, especially in the last third of it. It makes me wonder if the proofreader got just as tired of reading this as I did, and gave up near the end. Oh, and if GoodReads would let me, I'd give this less than one star.
Mar 22, Selena rated it really liked it. Maxwell from NetGalley for my honest review. A wonderful book for personal and professional development. A book to help develop the leader within yourself as well as learning to be a better leader. Nov 02, Robin Bridge Four rated it liked it Shelves: audio-challenge , reads , library-love , professional-life. This is an okay book on leadership. I think he wrote another one called 2. The quote above was my favorite of the book and my best take away.
I think this book has a lot of good suggestions and ideas to think about. Failing to keep people informed Still overall many things throughout seemed more common sense than anything else. Maybe in a larger company but if you staff is ten people it seems a little outrageous that two of those people are doing most of the work. I recommend listening to the audio as you get the meat of the book without all the little drawings.
I do wish he had more first-hand examples, everything is this is very broad stroked without specific working examples. Jun 12, John rated it it was ok. I feel great ambivalence towards this book. I was swept up by the first third of it. By the middle I was harboring some nagging doubts. By the end I was seriously irked. Let me start out by saying that there is, in fact, a great deal of valuable content within these pages, and I don't want to throw out the baby with the bath water.
But it's a small baby in a big bath. The problem is not that Maxwell doesn't offer useful, pragmatic insights into leadership; he does. It's not that he doesn't suppor I feel great ambivalence towards this book. It's not that he doesn't support his assertions with relevant, frequently pithy quotations; he does.
Where Maxwell stumbles is on numerous fundamental assumptions which underlie the initial desire to write a book such as this. The central flaw which runs throughout this work is the implication that Maxwell's approach to leadership represents the singular correct approach. This assumption, in turn, gives birth to several others. Written, ostensibly, from a Christian perspective, I would suggest that Maxwell has lost sight of what is, arguably, one of the central and most fundamental passages in the New Testament, the Sermon on the Mount.
What emerges from Maxwell's pen is a guidebook on how to most successfully conform to the things of this world, not how to love one another. In other words, he takes it as a given that the world view under which we all labor is without flaw, whereas the essence of the Christian ethic is that we live in a broken world which we are commissioned to improve upon selflessly, to the fullest extent possible.
Maxwell comes from a long line of similar thinkers who insist that anything other than "the power of positive thinking" is an affront to all that is good and noble in this world.
This general philosophical bent describes a bee-line to such dubious schools of thought as the "prosperity gospel" and the "law of attraction," both of which certainly seem true to those who both believe in them and experience good luck. Maxwell would have us believe that luck is a fiction, which is a cruel requirement to foist upon one's fellow beings.
To take a few examples, Maxwell asserts that great leaders should hire only "the best" people. But who is to say who those best are? By what measure are we to judge? Well, apparently he would exclude anyone with so-called "personal problems. So, seemingly, Maxwell advocates the hiring of people who exist in a state of delusional denial. Or, perhaps, who are simply clever and convincing liars. It certainly makes the reader wonder what Maxwell's own closet contains.
Elsewhere he makes the point that, "Continued success is a result of continued improvement. But aside from that question, Maxwell posits something which is, in point of fact, an impossibility.
Improvement is a form of growth and, as such, cannot be continual. No system can grow forever and at all times. When we exercise to build strength, we do not -- we cannot -- flex our muscles unremittingly.
We must flex and then relax, flex and relax, flex and relax. Germination precedes growth and, more to the point, is absolutely, strictly necessary. As to the strong implication, reiterated throughout this book, that a "positive attitude" is a prerequisite for living a successful, and, what's more, a morally acceptable, life, I would counter that this is not compatible with Christian teaching as found in the Bible.
I know there are many, many Christians -- pastors and theologians among them -- who insist that the Bible supports this point of view, but I stand by my conviction. I would refer readers, particularly, to Ecclesiastes , as well as countless passages throughout the book of Job.
Jesus was plagued by doubts and sorrow at various points throughout the New Testament. And the Old Testament prophets, generally acknowledged as the harbingers of the coming Messiah, express so-called "negativity" and discontent over and over and over again.
Let me be clear: I do not advocate a gloom-and-doom view of the world, but, rather, a balanced and realistic view which, I believe, is entirely in line with Christian teaching. I could raise many more objections to Maxwell's work.
It is poorly organized and vague in the extreme. Maxwell's text is frequently repetitive, too. In several instances passages are repeated, verbatim, in their entirety.
His reliance on snarky quotations and anecdotes is at first amusing and sometimes insightful, but wears thin quickly. The result is a feeling that Maxwell has simply stirred together a huge collection of platitudes in more or less random sequence without adding much by way of his own original thought or giving us the benefit of his unique experiences in life.
Finally, the veracity of the author himself is drawn into question when he asserts that, in addition to functioning as lead pastor to a large church and heading an organization devoted to educating leaders, he also, purportedly, makes public appearances per year.
The end pages list no less that 38 books he's written, which may provide more than a little insight into why this particular volume seems half-baked and perfunctory. My best advice if you want to develop leadership skills? Put down the books, stop shelling out for seminars and summits, stop listening to the "experts," and do, do, do. View 1 comment. Apr 10, Philip Meinel rated it really liked it Shelves: leadership.
Effectiveness is the foundation of success. It will not allow our lips to violate our hearts. Rockefeller, Jr. Integrity is what we really "20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production" "Efficiency is the foundation for survival.
Integrity is what we really are. The one who influences others to lead others is a leader without limitations. Apr 01, John Funderburg rated it really liked it.
Good principles and takeaways here - especially for someone like me who is relatively new to leadership. Aug 11, Aline rated it it was amazing Shelves: personal-development , , non-fiction , favorites. I finished it and instantly started reading it from the beginning again! It's not only for leaders, it's also helpful for navigating your everyday life with more purpose.
I especially liked the chapters about self-dicipline and priorities. Jun 08, Alex Schmidt rated it it was amazing Shelves: personal-development. Such a great book! Feb 12, Deborah rated it did not like it Shelves: books-never-to-read-again.
I thought I would follow my first addition to goodreads Poisonwood Bible with a review of the book that is currently making me roll my eyes and scribble snarky comments in the margins.
Might as well hit both ends of the spectrum, for there is little to recommend this book. Maxwell has a great command of Reader's Digest-type anecdotes. Unfortunately, and no matter how witty, they rarely support his argument. He quotes, but never cites, pulls unsubstantiated statistics from thin air in attempts to prove a point.
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