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The Three E's of Developing Leaders

The Wise Leader Sep 21, 2022

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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 truly looks like to "live skillfully."

Our BONUS resource for this episode is "The Wise Leader Worksheet," which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Wise and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."

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Relevant Episode: Success Is For Everyone

The 6 Types of Working Genius Book

Discover Your Working Genius with Patrick Lencioni Sep 16, 2022

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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 executives and their teams. We can say personally, our team at Maxwell Leadership is better because of Pat and the rest of our friends at The Table Group.

In this episode Pat shares about his new book The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team, which releases at the end of September. This book is a companion to the impactful assessment Pat and his team created last year, The 6 Types of Working Genius. If you want to understand yourself and your team better in order to be healthier and more efficient, be sure to pre-order The 6 Types of Working Genius, and take the assessment!

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. To get started on reclaiming your time, BELAY is offering an exclusive VIP promotion to our podcast listeners. Just text the word MAXWELL to 55123 to claim this offer!

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The 6 Types of Working Genius Assessment

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We Is Better than Me Sep 14, 2022

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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 for this episode is the "We Is Better than Me Worksheet," which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/We and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."

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What to Do Next with Jeff Henderson Sep 07, 2022

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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.

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the "What to Do Next Worksheet," which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Next and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."

References:

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The 360° Leader by John C. Maxwell (use code PODCAST for 15% off at checkout this week only)

The Leadership Loop Aug 31, 2022

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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:

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

When the Leader Believes In the People Aug 24, 2022

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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."

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Relevant Episode: The Greatest Gap in Life

Ten Tools for Gaining a New Perspective Aug 17, 2022

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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."

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The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

Relevant Episode: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Relevant Episode: The Power of One More with Ed Mylett

A New Kind of Diversity with Tim Elmore Aug 10, 2022

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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.

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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!

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Relevant Episode: Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership with Tim Elmore

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Four Ways To Equip People Aug 03, 2022

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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."

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