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21 Irrefutable Laws 21 Irrefutable Laws of LEADERSHIP of LEADERSHIP Follow them and they will follow Follow them and they will follow you you John John Maxwell Maxwell Thomas Nelson Publishers Thomas Nelson Publishers 21 Irrefutable Laws 21 Irrefutable Laws of LEADERSHIP of LEADERSHIP Follow them and they will follow you Follow them and they will follow you John John Maxwell Maxwell Thomas Nelson Publishers Thomas Nelson Publishers Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice •• We each have differing gifts within the We each have differing gifts within the body of Christ but we are all leaders body of Christ but we are all leaders •• Lead with all Diligence Romans 12:1 Lead with all Diligence Romans 12:1--88 When there is moral rot within a When there is moral rot within a nation, its nation, its Government Government topples topples easily . easily . But with wise and knowledgeable But with wise and knowledgeable leaders, there is stability. leaders, there is stability. Proverbs 28:2 Proverbs 28:2 Everyone has the Everyone has the Potential to become a Potential to become a Leader Leader Leadership ability Leadership ability determines a determines a person person’’s level of s level of Effectiveness Effectiveness 1. Law of the Lid 1. Law of the Lid •• Your leadership Your leadership ability ability -- for better for better or worse or worse –– determines determines your your effectiveness effectiveness and and your your potential potential impact in your impact in your organization organization •• To reach the To reach the highest level of highest level of effectiveness, you effectiveness, you have to raise the have to raise the lid on your lid on your leadership ability. leadership ability. •• Leadership ability Leadership ability determines a person determines a person’’s s level of effectiveness. level of effectiveness. –– The higher you want to The higher you want to climb the more you climb the more you need leadership need leadership –– The greater the impact The greater the impact you want to make you want to make –– the the greater your influence greater your influence needs to be needs to be •• Leadership ability Leadership ability is is the the LID LID that that determines determines a person a person’’s s level of effectiveness. level of effectiveness. Law of the Lid Law of the Lid Success without Leadership Success without Leadership 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEADERSHIP ABILITY SUCCESS DEDICATION Level of Effectiveness Success with Leadership Success with Leadership 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LEADERSHIP ABILITY SUCCESS DEDICATION Law of the Lid Law of the Lid Good leaders will look for Good leaders will look for Lid Lifting experiences Lid Lifting experiences to grow in their to grow in their leadership capacity leadership capacity –– Seek Seek opportunities to opportunities to grow your leadership grow your leadership –– Search Search for opportunities for opportunities to improve to improve organizational structures organizational structures and procedures and procedures –– Seize Seize opportunities to opportunities to create greater create greater efficiencies and to assist efficiencies and to assist others in lifting their lids others in lifting their lids Law of the Lid Law of the Lid Every leader faces Every leader faces obstacles, challenges, obstacles, challenges, tests, and trials. tests, and trials. –– Ineffective leaders Ineffective leaders will will wait wait to see what happens during to see what happens during these times these times –– Effective leaders Effective leaders will will act act by by seizing the moment and will seizing the moment and will rise to the challenge. rise to the challenge. •• It is a leader It is a leader’’s choice to s choice to change and grow change and grow –– Effective Leaders Effective Leaders (True Leaders) (True Leaders) will admit mistakes or will admit mistakes or shortcomings. shortcomings. –– Ineffective Leaders Ineffective Leaders (Positional Leaders) (Positional Leaders) do not acknowledge do not acknowledge shortcomings or shortcomings or mistakes for fear people mistakes for fear people will perceive them as will perceive them as ineffective and/or ineffective and/or weak. weak. Blamed American Blamed American people for the people for the recession recession told us to get use told us to get use to having to having less less Gave us a vision Gave us a vision for the future and for the future and spoke to the spoke to the greatness greatness of America of America Law of the Lid Law of the Lid •• Ineffective Ineffective-- Positional Positional Leaders: Leaders: –– Title of a leader Title of a leader but but without without trust trust or or rapport rapport from from their followers their followers •• They do not seek They do not seek to grow! to grow! Law of the Lid Law of the Lid Effective Effective--True True Leaders: Leaders: –– Take time to build Take time to build relationships relationships In your leadership In your leadership have you been a lid have you been a lid lifter? lifter? Law of the Lid Law of the Lid •• Every Leader has Lids Every Leader has Lids –– Titles and positions do Titles and positions do not eliminate them not eliminate them –– The issue is not do The issue is not do you have Lids but you have Lids but what are you going to what are you going to do about them do about them •• What are the What are the Lids Lids leaders face? leaders face?