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Maxwell Leadership Podcast

The Grounded Leader

Maxwell Leadership Podcast

John Maxwell

Business, Leadership, Education, Johnmaxwell

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

John C. Maxwell teaches you three qualities of a grounded leader. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss practical ways you can apply this lesson to your life and leadership.

Key Takeaways:

- Grounded leaders have a capacity for self-awareness and criticism

- Humble leaders revel in the accomplishments and potential of others

- Calling is when your purpose is greater than you

Our BONUS resource for this episode is “The Grounded Leader Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Grounded and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”

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Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that is intended to add value to you a

0:25.9

leader so that you will multiply value to others, those that you influence. My

0:30.9

name is Mark Cole and today John Maxwell is going to teach us. He's going to share

0:36.0

three qualities of a grounded leader. After John's lesson I'm going to come back

0:42.2

with a co-host that I can authentically say is a grounded leader.

0:48.0

Tracy Morrow and I will discuss some practical ways that you can apply this lesson both to your life and to your

0:55.2

leadership. Now if you would like to download the bonus resource for this

0:59.6

episode or if you would like to watch the episode on YouTube please visit

1:03.8

Maxwell Podcast.com forward slash grounded. Now grab a pen grab some paper

1:11.2

grab your digital device because John Maxwell is going to teach us how to be grounded in

1:17.2

our leadership.

1:21.4

The great leaders are grounded.

1:25.0

They have a foundation that makes them solid.

1:30.0

There is a solidness about leaders that last, not shallow, solid,

1:37.0

not shallow, solid, dependable.

1:43.0

Strong.

1:45.0

So I ask myself, what makes a grounded leader?

1:49.0

What makes a leader really have both feet on the ground, solid, an anchor, steadfast.

1:57.0

And as I have watched those leaders that are very grounded,

2:02.0

that seems to me there are three qualities that they possess.

2:07.0

And this lesson is all about those three qualities that will ground you as a leader. I've always said if you're going to go high it's

2:19.7

going to be dependent upon your foundation. We're talking now about your foundation now.

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