Several weeks ago I had the pleasure to hear John Maxwell speak on ‘The Leader’s Greatest Return’ (soon to be a book out in January 2020), at the ‘Live to Lead’ Conference (a live stream program) in Columbia, SC. Over the next few weeks I look forward to share with you what I learned about leadership, and especially coaching individuals and teams, which is my expertise as well. Here we go!
Big Hint / Idea from Alysia
As you go through these articles, mark up items you would like to share with your teams; using John Maxwell’s technique of A.C.T. / mark items with what you want to:
Apply – to the work you do / how you lead
Change – how you do things now / in the future
Teach — others / pass on the information / techniques
Part 1
John Maxwell spoke about and mentioned that his new book will include these suggestions:
Developing Leader Thoughts:
Grow Your Leaders – Grow Your Organization
He talked about the ‘Law of the Lid’ which means what ever you decide your level of leadership is (let’s say you consider yourself on the scale of 1 to 10 being a ‘5’ rating, then you will only expect your leaders to be up to a 5 – as good as you) – when you do not put a ‘lid’ on how high a rating you and your leaders could go – you have removed the ‘lid’.
You then rise the potential for yourself and for your team and your organization, and you all grow!
People Over Value Their Dream and Under Value Their Team
As a Leader, you are only as good as the people around you. So, help the people around you dream big, value each contribution from each person, and value what the team as a whole does; their strengths and productivity. Tell them you value them / their work.
The Leader’s Greatest Return will help you develop a Leadership Culture
John talked about Mark Miller of Chick-fil-A and their Leaders Made Here program – where they teach beyond basic skills and have a system of training all to be leaders, in every part of their jobs.
Leadership Culture:
“Leaders are routinely and systematically developed, and you have a surplus of leaders ready for the next opportunity”. Mark Miller of Chick-fil-A Leaders Made Here program.
That says to me, we can have a different mindset, when you start by suggesting that individuals can be leaders at all levels of an organization.
Next week I’ll outline John Maxwell’s presentation of the chapters of the new book.