A book summary highlighting the 21 laws by John C. Maxwell

1. 21 Irrefutable Laws of
Leadership
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30332) | Dorian Barthelemy (IEP16012) | Caclin Emeline (IEP16011)

2. About the book
• Collection of what Maxwell identified as
absolute qualities of effective leaders
• Encourages readers to assess their own
leadership strengths and weaknesses
• Book provides readers a quick reference to
improvement areas
• 21 “laws” to leadership that are universally true
no matter where one may lead in any culture or
society

3. The la of the lid
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4. Sucess without leadership
Sucess with leadershipDick and Maurice Ray Kroc

5. 2 |THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

6. MYTHS
about
LEADERSHIP

7. 3 | LAW OF PROCESS

8. ANYBODY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A LEADER
NO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

9. I DON’T
KNOW
WHAT I
DON’T
KNOW
I KNOW
WHAT I
DON’T
KNOW
I GROW
AND KNOW
AND IT
STARTS TO
SHOW
I SIMPLY
GO
BECAUSE OF
WHAT I
KNOW
LEADERSHIP GROWTH

10. COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT

11. 4| LAW OF
NAVIGATION

12. AMUNDSEN
THE WINNER
SCOTT

13. A LEADER IS A NAVIGATOR !!
SEE
the
trip
ahead
DRAW
on past
experience
LISTEN
to what
others
have to
say
EXAMINE
the condition
before
making
comments
MAKE
SURE
their
conclusions
represent
both faith
and fact

14. NAVIGATION STRATEGY
A llow time for acceptance
H ead into action
E xpect problems
A lways point to the successes
D aily review your plan
P redetermine a course of action
L ay out your goals
A djust your priorities
N otify key personnel

15. When the Real Leader Speaks, People Listen
• Leader can be easily recognized from one group
of people by the influence he exerts over the
group
Seven key areas that cause leaders to step
forward:
• Character
• Relationships
• Knowledge
• Intuition
• Experience
• Past Success
• Ability
5 | LAW OF E. F. Hutton

16. • Trust as the Foundation of Leadership
• Role character plays in creating a solid ground
• How the government lose popular support by
their actions?
6 | LAW OF Solid Ground

17. 7 | LAW OF
RESPECT
“People naturally follow leaders
stronger than themselves”

18. “when people respect you as a
person, they admire you ”

19. 8 | LAW OF INTUITION
“people are intuitive in their area of strength ”

20. “Intuition is the hardest leadership skills because it has a lot to do
with natural aptitude for seeing all of the factors at once ”

21. “They know the
situation before they
have all the facts ”

22. 09 | LAW OF MAGNETISM
“ Who you are
is who you attract ”

23. Why does like attract like?
Attitudes
Personality
TraitsMannerisms
Peer Group

24. 10 | LAW OF CONNECTION
“ …touch a heart before
you ask for a hand…”

25. Build Relations
Not Networks!

26. 11 | LAW OF INNER CIRCLE
“ [your] potential is determined
by those closest to you”

27. 12:LAW OF
EMPOWERMENT
Only secure leaders
give power to others

28. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick
good men to do what he wants done

29. 13:LAW OF
REPRODUCTION
When the leaders show the way with the
right actions, their followers copy them
and succeed

30. Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God.
Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith

31. 14. The Law of Buy-In
The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the
leader and then the dream
People follow worthy leaders who promote worthy causes they can
believe in.
People buy into the leader first, then the leader’s vision

32. Law of buy in causes people to take one of four actions:-
1. Look for another leader when they do not buy into the leader or
the leader’s vision
2. Look for another leader when they do not buy into the leader but
buy into the vision
3. Seek to change the vision when they buy into the leader but not
into the vision
4. Support the leader and the vision when they buy into both

33. 15 - The law of victory
"What is our aim ? I answer in one word :
Victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of
all terror, victory, however long and hard the
road may be : for with our victory, there is no
survival.“
Winston Churchill

34. Unity of vision
Three components of victory
Diversity of skills
A leader dedicated to victory and raising players to their potential

35. 16 - The law of Big Mo
Momentum Is a Leader's Best Friend

36. TWO KEYS
Motivation
Preparation

37. 17.
THE
LAW
OF
PRIORITIES

38. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE DOING MORE DOESN’T
AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT WE’RE BEING SUCCESSFUL
AND ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION
PARETO PRINCIPLE
THE THREE R’s :
• What is RECQUIRED
• What gives the greatest RETURN
• What brings the greatest REWARD

39. YOU HAVE TO
GIVE UP TO GO UP
18. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE

40. SACRIFICE IS AN ON-
GOING PROCESS,
NOT A ONE TIME
PAYMENT

41. 19 | LAW OF TIMING
“ When to lead is as important as
what to do and where to go”

42. SUCCESSRESISTANCE
DISASTER MISTAKE
RIGHTTIMING
WRONG ACTION RIGHT ACTION
WRONGTIMING

43. 20. The Law of Explosive Growth
To add growth, lead followers. To multiply, lead leaders
Leaders who attract Followers Leaders who develop Leaders
Need to be needed Want to be succeeded
Develop the bottom 20% Develop the top 20%
Focus on weaknesses Focus on strengths
Treat everyone the same Treat individuals differently
Grow by addition Grow by multiplication

44. TRUE
LEADERS
DON’T
CREATE
FOLLOWE