The 5 levels of leadership byJohn Maxwell

John Maxwell’s The Five Levels

of Leadership

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Based on the talk by: JOHN C. MAXWELL• American author, professional

speaker and pastor

• Recognized by American Management Association as #1 among the Top 30 Leaders in Business for 2014

Over 1 million copies sold

“LEADERSHIP IS NOT A NOUN, IT’S A VERB…

IT’S ACTION, IT’S

MOVEMENT”

LEVEL NO. : THE POSITION LEVEL

RIGHTS

PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO !!

PEOPLE DON’T “LIKE” TO HAVE TO FOLLOW

PEOPLE….

BECAUSE THEY “HAVE” TO FOLLOW PEOPLE!!

DOES POSITION MAKE ONE A

LEADER??

NOOO !!

IT’S A

MISCONCEP

TION

UPSIDE OF LEVEL 1 DOWNSIDE OF LEVEL 1

People begin to

DEFINE AND SHAPE

themselves as a

LEADER

People forcefully following you will give

you the LEAST amount of

their ENERGY, EFFORT & MIND

LEVEL NO. : THE PERMISSION LEVEL

RELATIONSHIPS

PEOPLE NOW BEGIN TO FOLLOW YOU BECAUSE THEY WANT TO !!!

Because now….You have the ability to CONNECT with people

NOW YOU ARE A SUPERVISOR THAT PEOPLE LIKE..THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT!!

Relationships with

people are the

foundation of

leadership

Leadership is INFLUENCE, and you

cannot influence somebody that you

ANTAGONIZE !!

3 things which leaders do extremely well to be a RELATIONAL LEADER!!

THEY LISTEN WELL

They take all their leadership cues by

walking slowly through the CROWD

and listening

They Constantly OBSERVE where their People are & what are they DOING

THEY ARE LEARNING !!

In this 3-step Process, Leaders develop an Attitude of SERVANTHOOD

They now know how to serve they do serve they love to serve

LEVEL NO. : THE PRODUCTION LEVEL

RESULTS

PEOPLE NOW BECOME EFFECTIVE

AS A LEADER BECAUSE THEY

PRODUCE!!This is the PROBLEM SOLVING

level of Leadership

Leaders begin to gain CREDIBILTY at this level

They model things for their people which they

want to see because now they PRODUCE!

What’s Your Credibility Score?????

What’s the LAW OF MAGNETISM??

WE ATTRACT WHO WE ARE, NOT WHO WE WANT!!

Who you are

as a leader is

who you

attract on

your team

MANAGERS solve problems

while LEADERS create

MOMENTUMwhich solves 80% of the

problems

LEVEL NO. : THE PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL

People Now Begin

to Understand the

Most Appreciable

Asset Of the

Organization : It’s

People!

They Commit Themselves to Develop the People Of their Organization

REPRODUCTION

A company grows by growing it’s

people

When it’s people increase their capacity to do more work and

TO ACCOMPLISH

HOW DOES A COMPANY REALLY GROW??

3 thoughts on Developing people

80% of the success of “Equipping People To Be Successful Is In The

Front Door” on who you bring in!!

#1 RECRUITMENT

The ability to not

only bring the right

person in the front

door but also put

him in the “RIGHT

PLACES” !!

POSITIONING#2

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE vs. SUCCESSFUL LEADERS

They have find their niche and they stay and work on that sweet spot

Successful people have discovered what they’re good at!!

Successful people position themselves well

Successful leaders discover what other people are good at !!

Successful leaders position their other people well

#3 TRAINING

– STEP PROCESS FOR TRAINING AND EQUIPPING YOUR PEOPLE

I Do It

• Reproduce what you know

I Do It And You Are With Me

• Mentoring & coaching by observing the leader and being with him/her

You Do It And I’m With You

• Help people to get better, fine tuning by watching & tweaking them

5

LEVEL NO. : THE PINNACLE LEVEL

RESPECT

Because Of Your Qualities, Because Of What You Have Earned With So Many For So Long!

It takes a ‘long’ time to get to this level

PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!

Leadership is an always ongoing, always learning and growing process

People Are on Different Levels With Different People

HOW TO APPLY THIS TO YOURSELF??

• Understand at what level you are with each person you lead

• This tells you how to lead each and every one of them

• People always see a leader through the 5 levels of the grid

• The commitment level is higher, the higher you go with your people

• Different people react differently since they’re at different levels with you

LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE, ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE!&

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INCREASE THAT INFLUENCE WITHIN YOURSELF

GOING FURTHER….

A Quick Recap

PositionRightsPeople follow because they have to

PermissionRelationshipsPeople follow because they want to

ProductionResultsPeople follow because of what you have done for the organization

People DevelopmentReproduction

People follow because of what you’ve done for them

PinnacleRespect

People follow because of who you are and what you represent

CREDITS• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwXeg8ThWI John Maxwell The 5 Levels of Leadership

• http://www.johnmaxwell.com/ The John Maxwell Company

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/11/15/the-20-people-skills-you-need-to-succeed-at-work/

The 20 People Skills You Need To Succeed At Work

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/12/19/top-10-qualities-that-make-a-great-leader/

Top 10 Qualities That Make A Great Leader

Please view the original talk at the following link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwXeg8ThWI

Prof. Sameer MathurIndian Institute of Management LucknowMarketing Professor: August 2013- Present

McGill UniversityMarketing Professor : July 2009 – July 2013Carnegie Mellon UniversityPh.D. in Marketing : August 2003 – June 2009

These slides were created by Juhi Saxena , PGP30027 ,

IIM Lucknow , as a part of MBA course “Personal

Branding” (www.MBASkills.in) taught by Prof. Sameer

Mathur

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