It's Tuesday at 2:00pm! (PST Time: I live and work from Southern California)
LEADERSHIP QUOTES
I'm going to spend a few weeks looking at some great quotes. Over the past few weeks we've looked at quotes from Genghis Khan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ghandi, Steve Jobs, Avot de Rabbi Natan, Abraham Maslow, Stephen R. Covey, Seth Godin, Patrick Lencioni, Brené Brown and John Lennon. You can read these posts HERE.
The format for this season is the following:
#1) LEADERSHIP QUOTE: I'm going to share a quote with you. I'd like to encourage you to think about it, respond to it, process it. You can stop here, or go to Section 2.
#2) A LITTLE BIT DEEPER: I'm going to share a couple of thoughts that come to my mind when I think about the quote. Just a short reaction from me. You can stop here, or go to Section 3.
#3) DEEPER STILL: I'm going to share something I've found from someone else: A quote, some tips, a challenge, a thought....
#4) RUSS' LIST: I'll continue to share some links, ideas, books or products that I think some of you might benefit from.
Russ
LEADERSHIP QUOTE:
"To add growth, lead followers - to multiply, lead leaders." John C. Maxwell
What does this stir up? Either write me HERE or comment at the end of the blog post HERE.
A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:
I just spent a week in a room full of leaders from different parts of the world. We held our 2021 Leader Mundial Leadership Summit, and when I saw this quote from Maxwell, it really resonated with me.
I used to value growth. Sometimes that was measured through attendance or participation, sometimes it was just dynamic growth and maturity, and sometimes it was short-lived with no real lasting results.
When I shifted my leadership focus to identifying leaders that wanted to multiply, wanted to lead, wanted to grow and leverage everything, I was able to see and experience the power of multiplication.
This is difficult though, because often we need to validate our work by having large numbers that are attending our seminars or taking our courses or reading our books.
The reality is that when we invest in the RIGHT leaders, our influence grows and is multiplied. Impact is difficult to measure because it's so explosive and so expansive.
I believe we should do both, and different strategies call for a different focus.
However, looking at a room full of leaders last week and hearing story after story of the impact they are having through training, coaching and equipping other leaders has been inspirational!
Who are you investing in? What does multiplication or leverage look like in your life, in your role, in your leadership?
DEEPER STILL:
There's a simple illustration of this in and through the life of Jesus and the Disciples. He chose 12 to invest in. He chose 12 that shouldn't have been invited to the room, but He saw leadership potential in each of them and invited them to the table.
These 12 journeyed with Jesus and then were empowered to multiply into the far corners of the world.
The multiplication worked and continues to compound over and over again.
I want to challenge each of you to consider who you're multiplying your life into. Think of ONE person that you would consider a leader, and intentionally talk about what multiplication could look like, or does look like. Continue pouring into followers, but identify some leaders that you can invest in, realizing it's a multiplication process.
Things I'm Reading, Listening To and Watching This Week:
John C. Maxwell: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
Bruce Hornsby Essentials is an incredible playlist on Apple Music. I love his piano, some great songs, and his recent move towards more jazz and bluegrass.
Guy Raz with How I Built This does a fun interview with Cory Cotton and Tyler Toney from Dude Perfect. I just enjoyed listening to their story of success and fun!
I've been listening to this podcast from Christianity Today entitled: "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill". It's an interesting story of Mark Driscoll and the church, Mars Hill. I haven't been listening to it from a place of judgement, but it's caused me to think deeply about integrity, about accountability in my life, and about my ego. While the story is troubling, it's challenge me personally to ask some tough questions. I'm not sure how you'll be challenged, but it's an intriguing lesson in leadership from history.
After months of very limited travel, I was finally able to take my iPad Pro for a spin on the road. It worked great (I switched from a MacBook Pro to an iPad this summer) and one thing I really enjoyed was the Magic Keyboard that provides a great keyboard, easy connectivity and ease of use. It works for me!