5 Levels of Leadership
5 Levels of Leadership
LEADERSHIP
JOHN MAXWELL
JOHN MAXWELL
• An American author, speaker and pastor who has written many
popular leadership books particularly;
– The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
– 5 levels of Leadership
LEVEL 1 : POSITION
• People follow you because they HAVE to.
• BOSSES but never LEADERS
• Appointed
LEVEL 2: PERMISSION
• The Leader begins to influence people with
relationship, not just position
• Feelings are a big factor
• People follow you because you CARE for them
LEVEL 3: PRODUCTION
• Results
• Impact on the organization
• “Good leaders always make things HAPPEN.”
LEVEL 4: PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
• The emphasis is on personal and corporate
productivity
• Leaders on level 4 invest their time, energy, money
and thinking into GROWING OTHERS as leaders
• Thinks of others’ personal development
• “MENTORSHIP”
LEVEL 5: PINNACLE
• Creating a LEGACY of leadership in the
organization they serve
• Status is based on a foundation of RESPECT
21 IRREFUTABLE
LAWS OF
LEADERSHIP
JOHN MAXWELL
• Law #1 – The Law of the Lid – “level of effectiveness”
• Law # 2 – The Law of Influence – “the true measure of leadership is
influence, nothing more and nothing less”
• Law #3 – The Law of Process – “Leadership Develops daily, not in
a day”
• Law #4 – The Law of Navigation –”A good leader is focused,
controlling your direction is better than be controlled by it”
• Law #5 – The Law of Addition – “leaders add value by serving
others”
• Law #6 – The Law of Solid Ground – “trust”
• Law #7 – The Law of Respect
• Law #8 – The Law of Intuition – “leadership requires evaluating
everything with a leadership bias”
• Law #9 – The Law of Magnetism – “ who you are is who you
attract”
• Law # 10 – The Law of Connection –”leaders touch a heart before
they ask for a hand”
• Law # 11 – The Law of the Inner Circle – “a leaders potential is
determined by those closest to him”
• Law #12 – The Law of Empowerment – “only secure leaders give
power to others”
• Law # 13 – The Law of the Picture – “people do what people see”
• Law #14 – The Law of Buy-In – “people buy into the leader, then
the vision” “people buy into the leader’s vision”
•Law #15 –The Law of Victory – “unwillingness to accept defeat”
•Law #16 – The Law of the Big Mo – “momentum is a leader’s best friend” “when you move, don’t
stop” “momentum getting built up”
•Law #17 – The Law of Priorities – “leaders understand that activity is not necessarily about
accomplishment”
• Law #18-The Law of Sacrifice – “ a leader must give up to go up”
•Law #19- The Law of Timing –”when to lead is as important as what to do and where to go”
•Law #20 – The Law of Explosive Growth – “add growth, lead followers” , “to multiply, to lead
leaders”
•Law # 21 – The Law of Energy – “lasting value”