John C. Maxwell Quotes on Leadership

John C. Maxwell Quotes on Leadership:

• 'People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care' - John C Maxwell
• 'Change is inevitable, growth is optional' - John C Maxwell
• 'Life is 10% what happens to me, 90% of how I react to it' - John C Maxwell
• 'Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less' - John C Maxwell

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• 'If we are growing, we are always going to be outside our comfort zone' - John C Maxwell
• 'We cannot become what we need, by remaining what we are' - John C Maxwell
• 'When the real leader speaks, people listen' - John C Maxwell
• 'Trust is the foundation of leadership' - John C Maxwell
• 'Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course' - John C Maxwell
• 'Leadership develops daily, not in a day' - John C Maxwell
• 'Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand' - John C Maxwell
• 'Momentum is a leader's best friend' - John C Maxwell
• 'Leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment' - John C Maxwell
• 'To add growth, lead followers - to multiply, lead leaders' - John C Maxwell
• 'A leader's lasting value, is measured by succession' - John C Maxwell
• 'The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence need to be' - John C Maxwell

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More John C. Maxwell quotes on leadership:

• 'Personal organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership' - John C Maxwell
• 'You can find smart, talented, successful people who are able to go only so far because of the limitations of their leadership' - John C Maxwell
• 'The only thing a title can buy is a little time--either to increase your level of influence with others or to erase it' - John C Maxwell
• 'Becoming a leader is a lot like investing successfully in the stock market. If your hope is to make a fortune in a day, you're not going to be successful' - John C Maxwell
• 'As long as a person doesn't know what he doesn't know, he doesn't grow' - John C Maxwell
• 'No matter how much you learn from the past, it will never tell you all you need to know for the present' - John C Maxwell
• 'If the leader can't navigate the people through rough waters, he is liable to sink the ship' - John C Maxwell
• 'It's difficult balancing optimism and realism, intuition and planning, faith and fact. But that's what it takes to be effective as a navigating leader' - John C Maxwell
• 'Major barriers to successful planning are fear of change, ignorance, uncertainty about the future, and lack of imagination' - John C Maxwell
• 'It's not the size of the project that determines its acceptance, support, and success. It's the size of the leader' - John C Maxwell

John C Maxwell quotes on leadership are attributed to the writings of John C Maxwell, predominantly from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (1998).

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Who moved my cheese (Short Review) - Dr. Spencer Johnson

'Who moved my cheese' by Dr. Spencer Johnson is an easy and enjoyable read about dealing with change. Four people are moving through a maze looking for cheese. They find some cheese, and they all enjoy the benefits of the cheese at Cheese Station C. Eventually the cheese at Cheese Station C runs out. Two of them decide quickly to move on and look for more cheese. The other two experience the feelings of disappointment and denial about there ever being more cheese at Cheese Station C. Well, it outlines the feelings many of us have when we are faced with change. Some of us wander around in self-pity wondering when we'll ever get back to the way things were. Others realise the cheese has moved, and so they change to compensate for the changing environment.
(Worth a read - Thanks KM for the headsup!)
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'And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him...' (Colossians 1:21-22). Holy and blameless. Praise God.
Was looking a little at Leviticus recently. Not a book we touch all that often right? You know the main theme of the book of Leviticus, and referenced 152 times? Holiness. Must be important to God!
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The 21 Irrefutable laws of leadership - Law no. 4 - 'The Law of Navigation' - Anyone can steer the Ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. It helps to step back occasionally and ask the question, 'Where are we headed?' and 'How are we getting there'. I've found, if you don't ask this question every now and then, you merely DO, DO, DO and you never chart the course. You might end up in a place you never wanted to be. Ask God what his vision is for your church, or for your life. 'Where do you want me to be in 5 years time!?'
'A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do' (Leroy Eims)
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Lord, help us to cope with change. To run with it. To embrace it. Help us Jesus to be a holy people. Purified from all sin. Set free from all addictions. Fullness of life.
We also pray God that we will be able to chart the course ahead of us. To not just 'go with the flow', but to consider the future and where you want us to be. We love you Lord, and choose to follow you in all we do. In the name of Jesus. Amen!