10 Traits Successful Leaders Possess
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered how you can find potential leaders? Do you want to know if you have potential leaders on your team? Then this episode is for you! This week, John C. Maxwell shares 10 traits that successful leaders have in common so that you have a picture of what a leader looks like and can identify them on your team.
After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to talk about these traits and give you practical ways to apply what you’ve learned to your life and leadership.
Key takeaways:
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To be successful, you have to love what you do.
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“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” — John Wooden
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It’s wonderful when the people believe in their leader. It’s more wonderful when the leader believes in the people.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the 10 Traits Successful Leaders Possess Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/SuccessfulLeaders and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | Our podcast is all about adding value to leaders who will in turn |
| 0:17.0 | multiply value to others. If you're wondering what a successful leader looks like, |
| 0:21.6 | if you're wondering how you can be a successful leader looks like. If you're wondering how you can be a |
| 0:23.8 | successful leader, let me tell you something. I think John Maxwell, after 50 years of |
| 0:28.5 | leadership, is qualified to talk about today's podcast session. In today's session, John's going to talk about |
| 0:35.6 | ten traits successful leaders possess. And I'm going to tell you, again, I've just already |
| 0:42.2 | said this, but I've watched John, not only develop leaders, but assess leaders. |
| 0:47.0 | I've watched John not only instruct leaders, but learn from the best leaders in the world. |
| 0:54.0 | And so today, I can't wait for you to hear what John is going to teach us |
| 0:58.8 | on how to identify characteristics and cultivate characteristics in our leadership. |
| 1:04.4 | After John's lesson, my co-host, Chris Gody and I will be sitting down to give you practical ways |
| 1:10.8 | that you and us can apply what we've learned to our life and our leadership. |
| 1:16.0 | Don't miss out on the bonus resource or the option to watch this episode on YouTube. |
| 1:22.0 | Go to Maxwell Podcast.com |
| 1:25.0 | forward slash successful leaders |
| 1:28.0 | to access these resources. |
| 1:30.0 | Okay, grab a pen, grab a paper, |
| 1:32.0 | grab a mirror, because a paper, grab a mirror, |
| 1:33.4 | because John Maxwell is going to teach us on 10 characteristics. |
| 1:36.8 | Here is John Maxwell. |
| 1:39.8 | What are the ten traits that successful leaders have in common? |
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