Fatal Flaws of a Leader (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In part one of this series, John Maxwell shares three of six fatal flaws of a leader. Whether you define the top as a professional position or a personal best, a leader who overlooks these traits will never make it to the top. John defines the first three fatal flaws of a leader as a lack of sensitivity towards people, a betrayal of trust, and the inability to develop people.
Mark Cole candidly shares three recent experiences that relate to each of these flaws, and he helps us see how they can play out in our everyday experiences if we’re not careful. Then Richard Chancy jumps in and provides a practical five-point plan for developing leaders. Mark and Richard end the hour with a challenge to use the next week to think through which fatal flaw we need to address. Then tell someone about it and take action!
Our BONUS resource for this series is The Fatal Flaws of a Leader Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Flaws and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Richard Chancy with the John Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | Today, Dr. Maxwell is going to be covering the fatal flaws of a leader. |
| 0:13.5 | This is part one of two parts we're going to cover the first three fatal flaws in this |
| 0:19.1 | episode. |
| 0:20.2 | If you'd like the show notes, go on over to Maxwell Podcasts.com, forward slash flaws, |
| 0:26.1 | click the bonus resource button and you can download the show notes. |
| 0:29.2 | Now here's Dr. John C. Maxwell. |
| 0:38.9 | Saw a cartoon a couple of years ago in the editorial page. |
| 0:41.9 | It was at, to be honest, Abraham Lincoln's birthday. |
| 0:44.6 | It was a picture of a log cabin and on top of the log cabin was a ladder and at the top of |
| 0:51.3 | the ladder was the White House. |
| 0:53.5 | It was just a little caption below the log cabin said the ladder is still there. |
| 1:00.2 | Now, it's a nice inspirational motivational piece that kind of basically said if you want |
| 1:04.6 | to, you can get to the top no matter what adversity you have, no matter where you've been |
| 1:08.2 | born, no matter what you've done, there's still room there. |
| 1:12.5 | If you really want it bad enough, you can go clear to the top. |
| 1:15.0 | When I saw that, it kind of made me feel real warm, made me feel good. |
| 1:19.1 | When I talk to leaders across the country and when I teach in leadership training, a lot |
| 1:23.9 | of them never make it to the top. |
| 1:25.5 | I want to talk to you about some fatal flaws in the leader's life that will keep that person |
| 1:32.8 | from making it where they probably should make it. |
| 1:35.9 | Now, before I give you those fatal flaws, there are certain factors that are really beyond |
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