452: How to Motivate Leaders, with John Maxwell

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

John Maxwell: The Leader’s Greatest Return John Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than thirty-one million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. He is the founder of The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, organizations that have trained millions of leaders from every country of the world. He is the author of the new book The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders*. In this conversation, John and I discuss his work to develop leaders and the distinctions between motivating followers and motivating leaders. We also explore the seven key motivations of leaders that John has uncovered. Key Points Successful people have discovered what they are good at. Successful leaders discover what other people are good at. “I didn’t have any sudden big hits early in my career. I wasn’t a home run hitter. My secret was to get up to bat every day and just try to get on base consistently.” -John Maxwell “You can have everything in life you want if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want.” -Zig Ziglar The Seven Motivations of Leaders: Purpose: leaders want to do what they were created to do. Autonomy: leaders want the freedom to control their lives. Relationships: leaders want to do things with others. Progress: leaders want to experience personal and professional growth. Mastery: leaders want to excel at their work. Recognition: leaders want others to appreciate their accomplishments. Money: leaders want to be financially secure. Resources Mentioned The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders* by John Maxwell Book Notes Download my highlights from The Leader’s Greatest Return in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Ten Steps to Create a Recognition Program, with Michelle Smith (episode 80) Start With Why, with Simon Sinek (episode 223) The Scientific Secrets of Daily Scheduling, with Daniel Pink (episode 332) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	We all know at least a bit about how to motivate, but how do you motivate leaders?
0:05.4	The answer to that and more in this conversation with John Maxwell.
0:09.8	This is Coaching for Leaders episode 452.
0:13.0	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:17.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:26.3	This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac.
0:30.8	Leaders aren't born, they're made. And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:39.0	One of the words that comes up for all of us in leadership is the word motivation.
0:44.7	How do we motivate ourselves?
0:46.0	How do we motivate others?
0:47.6	And how do we motivate other leaders?
0:50.7	That's a question that we're going to tackle in today's conversation and who better for us to ask and learn from than John Maxwell.
0:59.2	John is the number one New York Times best-selling author, coach, and speaker who has sold
1:05.3	more than 31 million books in 50 languages. He's been identified as the number
1:11.2	one leader in business by the American Management Association
1:14.5	and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc magazine.
1:20.3	He is the founder of the John Maxwell Company, the John Maxwell Team, equip, and the John
1:25.2	Maxwell Leadership Foundation, organizations that have trained millions of leaders from every
1:29.6	country of the world. He is the author of the new book, The Leaders Greatest Return, Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders.
1:37.0	John, so glad to have you on the show.
1:39.0	Hey, thanks, Dave. It's a real joy to be with you and your listeners. I've been in for the last few days, very excited about helping the people that you help continually. So thanks for letting me be on the program with you.
1:50.0	Well, the pleasure is mine. I've been following your work for the better part of 20 years and
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