1. THE LEADERSHIP
HANDBOOK
BY JOHN MAXWELL

2. TRUTHS ABOUT THE TOPLaying down the skinny, dispeling myths
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3. WHAT IT’S LIKE AT THE TOP
No One Ever Got
to the Top Alone
Few leaders are successful unless
a lot of people want them to be.
No leaders are successful without
a few people helping them.
Making it to the Top is
essential to Taking
Others to the Top
A leader’s credibility begins with
personal success. It ends with
helping others achieve personal
success.
Taking People to the
Top is more fulfilling
than Arriving alone
A boss says ‘Go’. A leader
says ‘Let’s Go’. The purpose
of leadership is to take others
to the top.
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4. MUCH OF THE TIME, LEADERS ARE NOT AT THE TOP
Good leaders who remain connected with their people stoop ---
that’s the only way to reach down and pull others up.
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5. LEAD ≠
LONELY
If it’s lonely at the top, you’re
not doing something right.
Some advice for lonely leaders.
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6. 1.
AVOID POSITIONAL
THINKING
Do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you.
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7. “Leadership is relational as much as it
is positional. An individual who
takes a relational approach to
leadership will never be lonely.
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8. 2.
REALIZE THE DOWNSIDES
OF SUCCESS & FAILURE
Success can be dangerous – so can failure.
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9. SUCCESS AND FAILURE : DON’T GO INTO EXTREMES
Success: You start to separate
yourself from others you view as
less successful. “I don’t need to
see them”
Failure: You start to withdraw
from others. “I don’t want to see
them”
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10. 3.
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
ARE IN THE PEOPLE
BUSINESS
You must like people or you will never add value to them.
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11. Want to be
a great
leader?
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LOVE
PEOPLE

12. 4.
BUY INTO THE LAW OF
SIGNIFICANCE
“One is too small a number to achieve greatness.”
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13. “ No accomplishment of
real value has ever been
achieved by a human
being working alone.
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14. 14
Everybody
can be great
because
anybody can
serve.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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LEAD!
Take courage. You aren’t alone.