John Maxwell often says , “ T he best thing a leader can leave people is a legacy. ” In this episode, John will be sharing 3 pictures that will help you develop a legacy culture for your team and organization. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow sit down to talk about what John has shared and give you practical ways t o apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: “ There is no success without a successor. And the most important thing you can do is leave a legacy. ” — Peter Druc...
Mar 12, 2025•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leaders and business owners – tired of working around the clock to grow your organization? In this bonus episode of the Maxwell Leadership podcast , John is sharing 3 questions that will help you move from linear to exponential expansion – all while getting some hours back in your day. After his lesson, Mark Cole is joined by BELAY CEO Tricia Sciortino to help you turn these questions into practical time-saving strategies to leverage in your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: Growth is happ...
Mar 07, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every leader worth following builds their leadership on 3 key qualities. In this episode, find out what they are as John Maxwell shar es a lesson on the foundation of great leadership! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow help you to practically apply what you ’ ve learned to your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: Character is essential to who you are. Commitment separates the doers from the dreamers. The best generosity comes when you give in a way that has no strings attached. Ou...
Mar 05, 2025•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast If leadership is influence , the n relationships are the foundation of leadership. What can you do to win with others and grow your relationships? In this episode, John Maxwell shares a lesson on 5 ways that you can do just that! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to offer you practical ways that you can apply what you ’ ve learned to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: Relationships are the foundation of leadership. Look for the best in others. Let people know that you ne...
Feb 26, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast What would you attempt if you knew you would get a positive return on the failures you encounter ? In this episode, John is sharing a lesson on how you can powerfully shift your perspective on failure in your life and leadership! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow sit down and give you practical application for what John has shared. Key takeaways: Success and failure belong together. On good misses, I make adjustments . On bad misses, I make excuses. There are no shortcuts to success. ...
Feb 19, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast It ’ s one thing to have a lot of followers, but it ’ s much better to develop leaders! In this episode, John Maxwell is sharing a lesson on how to successfully create other leaders in your business or organization. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss what John has shared and offer you practical ways to apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: It takes a leader to know a leader. Leader s know the value of developing other leaders. To add growth, lead followers. To mul...
Feb 12, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, John Maxwell dives into how he became a world-class leader and offers practical steps for you to become one too! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow sit down to talk about what John has shared and help you to apply it to your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: - You don’t lead for what it benefits you. The only reason to lead is to benefit others. - If you can’t lead a few, you’ll never be able to lead many. - If you keep doing the right thing every day, someday yo...
Feb 05, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Maxwell often says that a great leader serves others! In this episode, he’s sharing 3 things that serving others has taught him throughout his leadership journey. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to talk about servant leadership and how you can apply what John has shared to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: - Leaders add value to others by serving them. - One of us is not as smart as all of us. - The moment I started valuing people, I found that fulfillment com...
Jan 29, 2025•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast All great companies and organizations have great builders! In this episode, John Maxwell is sharing characteristics of a builder so that you know what they look like and so that you can become a builder yourself. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede talk about these characteristics and offer you practical ways to apply them to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: Never be satisfied with yesterday; it ended last night. When people believe in the leader, they believe in the vision. When...
Jan 22, 2025•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast When John Maxwell was a freshman in college, he learned 3 questions from a professor that have shaped the way he leads today. And he’s sharing them with you in this episode! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson discuss these questions and help you apply them to your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: - What do you cry about? - What do you sing about? - What do you dream about? Our BONUS resource for this episode is the 3 Questions to Become a Better Leader Worksheet, which include...
Jan 15, 2025•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast As John Maxwell says, “Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.” Today’s lesson from John is all about how you can help your people cultivate the character of a winner in their own lives and leadership! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to talk about what John has talked about and offer you practical ways to apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: If you become better on the inside, you ’ ll become better on the outside. If you become bigger on the inside, you...
Jan 08, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy New Year, podcast family! For a lot of us, the beginning a new year means setting new goals and chasing more dreams — and this episode will help you do just that! John Maxwell is sharing a lesson from his book , Put Your Dream to the Test , that will help you reach the dreams and goals that you’ve set. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to talk about the questions John has shared and give you practical ways to apply them it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: T...
Jan 01, 2025•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Merry Christmas and happy holidays, podcast family! As the year is coming to a close , we wanted to do something extra special for you and take some time to look back on a few of your favorite lessons from John Maxwell in 2024. Let’s reflect on what we’ve learned and look forward to what’s to come! Key takeaways: The heart of leadership is serving others. Motivation gets you started; habits keep you going. Leaders develop daily, not in a day. Goals are nothing without action. Take the next step ...
Dec 25, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Whether you’re leading in difficult times or in the best of times, this episode is one that will encourage you and give you the energy you need to keep going! In this episode, John Maxwell shares 4 powerful statements that will inspire strength and resilience in your leadership. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about these 4 statements and give you practical ways to apply them to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: All great works and all great successes are a result of str...
Dec 18, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are a few key questions that John Maxwell asks when he’s beginning to develop leaders, and he’s sharing them with you in this episode! You can ask them of yourself to develop yourself as a leader, and then you can ask them of your people to develop them as well. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede talk about these questions and help you to apply them to your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: Whatever you do well, that’s where you’re going to get your return. Awareness is an i...
Dec 11, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is it that effective leaders do that gets them “out of the people pile?” In this episode, John Maxwell answers that question and shares 4 things that great leaders do well! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss how you can take what you’ve learned, apply it to your life and leadership, and set yourself apart as a leader. Key takeaways: - Leaders live what they say. - Leaders know the way, go the way, and show the way. - Leaders constantly lift up their people. Our BONUS resou...
Dec 04, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast What does it take to have a growth environment? John Maxwell answers this question in today’s episode and gives helpful advice on how leaders can create an environment of growth in their own lives and businesses! After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss some practical ways to apply what you’ve learned to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: - We play to the level of the people that lead us. - Encouragement is oxygen for the soul. - Growth is happiness. Our BONUS resource for th...
Nov 27, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast To lead successfully, reach your potential, and leave a lasting legacy , you have to live intentionally! In this episode, John Maxwell will help you figure out how to create your life by choice, not by chance. After John ’ s lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to give you practical ways to apply what you ’ ve learned to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: The best way to improve your life is to live an intentional life. Your relationships are key to your success. There ’ s a diffe...
Nov 20, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leaders lift others! And in this episode, John Maxwell shares a list of five things that will help you answer the question, “How do I lift others?” After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about how you can apply what you’ve learned to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: People that live a fulfilling life value people and they add value to those people. Greatness begins on the inside first. When you lift others, you lift yourself. When you lift yourself, you must intentionally lift...
Nov 13, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast All leaders have two things in common: they see more, and they see before. In today ’ s episode, John Maxwell is going to give you 4 takeaways that will help you to learn how to expand your leadership vision so you can equip your team for the big picture! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to have a conversation on how you can apply what John has taught to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: All leaders see more than others see and they see before others see. Leaders sh...
Nov 06, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Being able to recognize problems and see them as opportunities for success is transformational for leadership! In today ’ s episode, John Maxwell teaches on how to define problems and use them to grow as individuals and as leaders. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow share some of their takeaways and help you apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: Problems are essential to your success. Most opportunities come disguised as a problem. Problems don ’ t let you stay the same....
Oct 30, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Looking to become a more effective leader and add more value to others? This episode is packed with leadership insights and personal growth strategies! John Maxwell, renowned leadership expert, shares two of the final four principles that will help you grow both personally and professionally. By focusing on these key areas, you’ll improve your leadership skills, make a greater impact, and see positive changes in your life. After John’s lesson, leadership experts Mark Cole and Chris Robinson brea...
Oct 23, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, leadership expert John Maxwell shares the first two of four transformative lessons that can significantly improve your life and leadership. Drawing from his years of experience and learning from leaders ahead of him, John reveals actionable insights to elevate your personal growth. Following John's lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson discuss the valuable leadership principles they've learned from John and their own leadership journeys. They also offer practical tips that you ca...
Oct 16, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Your mindset shapes your success in life and leadership! In this episode, world-renowned leadership expert John Maxwell delves into why mindset matters and reveals practical steps to help you become a leader who thinks with clarity, effectiveness, and purpose. Learn how shifting your thoughts can transform your leadership approach and impact. After John's insightful lesson, leadership coaches Mark Cole and Chris Goede break it down, offering actionable strategies for applying these principles to...
Oct 09, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast What you focus on expands, so learning how to develop an abundance mindset is vital to leading effectively and successfully! In today’s episode, John Maxwell is going to show you what thinking abundantly looks like so you can master this critical skill . After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to discuss John’s teaching and help you to apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: We don’t see what is ; we see what we are prepared to see. What you appreciate , appreciates,...
Oct 02, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Some of the best advice that John Maxwell has received throughout his leadership journey has been from his father, and today, he’s sharing that advice with you! In this episode, John is passing on some of the most transformative insights from his own mentor on success and adding value. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss what stood out to them and give you practical ways to apply it to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: - Value people. Believe in people. Unconditionally lo...
Sep 25, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda! In this episode, John Maxwell shares 5 things that help you make your goals a reality when you do them daily. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about the power of these 5 to-do list items and help you to apply them to your life and leadership Key takeaways: - The dream is free, but the journey isn’t. - To be successful, you have to take action every day. - No one has ever quit their way to the top. Our BONUS resource ...
Sep 18, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast As John Maxwell shares in this episode, “The most effective way to grow an organization is to grow the people in it.” But how can you do that in your organization and with your people? John answers that question in today’s lesson by giving 7 different practices of growing people so that you can begin developing those around you. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede discuss those practices and provide you with practical ways that you can integrate them into your life and leadership. Key ta...
Sep 11, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In order for transformation to take place, you must first know what it looks like. In today’s episode, John Maxwell shows you the 6 pictures of transformation so that you can visualize it and bring it about among those you influence. After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about these 6 pictures and help you to apply them to your own life and leadership. Key takeaways: The first step of doing anything is to have a clear grasp and understanding of what it is that you ’ re doing. When pe...
Sep 04, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast As John Maxwell says, “A leader that can communicate maximizes his or her leadership potential.” Communication is a multiplier of potential. That means today’s lesson from John on becoming an effective leader-communicator will help you exponentially increase your impact! After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to talk about what they’ve learned and give you practical ways to apply these insights to your life and leadership. Key takeaways: - The way to maximize your leadership positi...
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