Today is a very special episode because, for the first time ever, today’s lesson will be brought to you by one of our very own Maxwell Leadership Thought Leaders, Jeff Henderson! Jeff is going to share how vision is a team sport and how you can grow your people from simply benefitting from the mission to participating in the mission of your organization. The more vision-carriers you have, the more vision-casters you have! So, be sure to listen and learn how you can take your organization to the ...
Jan 25, 2023•37 min
Did you know that growth is the only guarantee that tomorrow will be better? Whether you’ve heard John Maxwell say that 1 time or 1,000 times, it’s true! How can you be better tomorrow if you don’t grow today? In this episode, John Maxwell shares the Law of Intentionality and challenges us to close the growth gaps in our lives. He also, provides you with an intentional growth plan that you can begin to implement immediately after you listen to this episode! After John’s lesson, Mark Cole will be...
Jan 18, 2023•47 min
Whenever we’re faced with problems and challenges that we’ve never navigated before, we need to leverage our most creative thinkers. But creativity can’t just be turned on with the flip of a switch. To harness creativity, you have to create a climate in which it can thrive. So today, John Maxwell shares seven tips on how you can promote a climate for creative thinking in your team or organization. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about some of the ways they promote creativity...
Jan 11, 2023•38 min
Happy New Year, podcast family! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and we hope you’re excited for all that this year holds for you. The New Year always brings with it big ambitions, big dreams, and big change! And much of that change starts with you , the leader. So, we wanted to start this year off right by hearing from John Maxwell about personal change. You see, you cannot give what you do not have. Before you can make big change in your organization, your family, or your commun...
Jan 04, 2023•34 min
As you will learn in this lesson, values determine the foundation of your team. That means whatever you hope for for your team, organization, family, or community all starts with what you value! In this lesson, John Maxwell will share the vital role values play in your organization. You’ll even hear the original values of John’s organization. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about those values, how they have evolved into our values today, and how they serve the organization a...
Dec 28, 2022•40 min
If you’ve been listening to the podcast over the past few years, you know that we like to do something special for our listeners on our Christmas episode each year. This year, we’re doing it again! One of our thought leaders, Tim Elmore, released a new book called A New Kind of Diversity . We even had a conversation with him about it back in August. Recently, Tim released the audio book version of his book, and we’d like to gift you with chapter one, read by Tim himself! We can’t wait for you to...
Dec 21, 2022•37 min
Last week we learned that great teachers know it’s all about the student. They even know their students as well as their material. In this episode, John continues his lesson on how great leaders are great teachers and offers two more tips on how to become a better guide for the people you lead! For the application portion of the episode, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss creating a safe environment for students to learn, and the important roles that passion and purpose play when it comes to bein...
Dec 14, 2022•38 min
The best teachers show you where to look without telling you what to see. This week we’re starting a new series on how great leaders are great teachers where John Maxwell offers tips on how leaders like you can improve your ability to teach and be a guide for those you lead. In the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss John’s lesson and how they currently apply it within their own teams. They offer some practical application as well, so you don’t want to miss thi...
Dec 07, 2022•38 min
As John Maxwell says often, “Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.” That means that leaders never arrive. They never cross a finish line because they’re continually trying to grow beyond who they were yesterday. John has some helpful reminders in this lesson about practices we can put into our own lives to enhance our day-to-day journey of growth. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole will be joined by Traci Morrow to offer some practical application to help you apply this lesson to your own li...
Nov 30, 2022•41 min
As most of you know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the U.S. In fact, if you’re listening to this episode on the day it releases, today is one of the biggest travel days of the year. That’s because many people are traveling to gather with friends and family to spend time celebrating the things they’re grateful for. Well, this holiday got our podcast team thinking about what it takes to gather great people around you. And we’ve come up with a great lesson from John on 9 tips for attracting top playe...
Nov 23, 2022•38 min
When your people understand the vision, it gives them direction and confidence. These are two critical elements if you and your team want to create powerful, positive impact. In this lesson, John is going to talk about the two ways your vision needs to appeal to your people: emotionally (that deals with the heart), and logically (that deals with the head). For the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole is joined by Traci Morrow to discuss the importance of transferring vision to their te...
Nov 16, 2022•40 min
Last week, we talked about how resistance is inevitable, and how to leverage your team through resistance. This week, John Maxwell concludes his lesson and offers seven new ways to handle resistance in your organization, your team, and your life. For the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole and Becky Bursell will help you navigate this impactful lesson by John and offer ways to apply this to your own life and leadership! Our BONUS resource for this series is the “How to Handle Resistan...
Nov 09, 2022•37 min
Today we’re talking about something that every leader has experienced, is currently experiencing, and will experience throughout their life. We’re talking about resistance . One fundamental law of physics says that movement creates friction. So, if you’re a growing leader, a leader who is creating powerful, positive change, then you will experience resistance as well. But, as Jon Kabat-Zinn says, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” The same goes for resistance––it’s inevitable...
Nov 02, 2022•35 min
It’s leaders like you who help us make an impact in our world. So, it’s our joy each and every week to have you learn and grow with us as leaders. This week, we get to learn from an incredible first-time guest on the podcast, Liz Wiseman! Liz is a world-renown researcher and best-selling author of the book Multipliers . She teaches leaders and executives all around the world to sharpen their skills and transform their organization. Liz is also the CEO of The Wiseman Group where they help transfo...
Oct 26, 2022•40 min
Today, we’re talking about Motivation. Leaders who are skilled at motivating their people have higher employee retention, see more success in their businesses, and have teams that believe in their vision. That’s why John Maxwell is going to share three things you need to embrace to become a leader who motivates. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss how they use these principles to motivate their own teams. Our BONUS resource for this episode is “The Leader Who Motivates Worksh...
Oct 19, 2022•38 min
Great leadership rests on a great irony––to lead you must serve. To be first, you must be last. This week, we have a necessary, yet uncomfortable leadership conversation with our good friend, Andy Stanley, about his new book, Not In It to Win It . This conversation is unique because it’s the first of its kind on the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. That’s because this episode is geared toward leaders, specifically church leaders, who have found themselves poorly navigating the current, often volatile...
Oct 12, 2022•36 min
This week, we continue our series on Leadership Limitations! Last week, in part one, John Maxwell shared the four major factors that determine the limitations of the people we lead. This week, in part two, John will teach on the five factors that determine how far we as leaders can take our people. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole will be joined again by his amazing co-host, Traci Morrow, as they dive into John’s lesson and offer some ways that you can apply these principles to your own life and l...
Oct 05, 2022•44 min
Do you think great leaders have the ability to lead anyone and everyone? The answer may surprise you. You see, there are factors that limit how far others are able to go and how far we, as leaders, can take them. Today, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow begin a new series on Leadership Limitations. In part one, John Maxwell will teach the four major factors that determine the limitations of the people we lead. Next week, in part two, John will teach on the five factors that determine how far we, as lea...
Sep 28, 2022•36 min
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 ...
Sep 21, 2022•35 min
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...
Sep 16, 2022•36 min
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 ...
Sep 14, 2022•34 min
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 t...
Sep 07, 2022•42 min
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 ...
Aug 31, 2022•40 min
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 ...
Aug 24, 2022•42 min
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...
Aug 17, 2022•35 min
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 stella...
Aug 10, 2022•35 min
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 ...
Aug 03, 2022•42 min
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. As John Maxwell reminds us in this lesson, leadership is more caught than taught. So, today John is going to teach on embracing the three E’s of Developing Leaders. This is a great lesson for anyone who wants to build a winning team of people who can take their organization to the next level. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole––CEO of Maxwell Leadership––will be joined by Traci Morrow to discuss how they develop leaders withi...
Jul 27, 2022•38 min
Have you ever felt stuck between where your organization needs to go, and your people’s reluctance to go there? We have a great lesson for you today about how to inspire change. Change is a difficult thing for both leaders and followers. But leaders are tasked with inspiring those they lead to adapt to an ever-changing world. This lesson from John Maxwell will cover 5 ways you can inspire and motivate your team to step into the future of your organization. Maxwell Leadership, in fact, has been g...
Jul 20, 2022•40 min
Podcast family, we have a special bonus episode for you today! Not only is Mark Cole joined live by John Maxwell for this discussion, but our good friend Don Yaeger has invited Scott Drew, coach of the Baylor Bears Men’s Basketball team, who won the NCAA Division I Championship in 2021! Don and Scott have recently written a book together entitled The Road to J.O.Y. which is packed full of leadership and coaching lessons that, when embraced, can equip any leader to make their team a championship ...
Jul 15, 2022•33 min
