The Growing Leader
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Today, John Maxwell teaches three essential areas in which leaders need to grow and stretch in order to become the best leader for their people. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss practical ways you can apply this lesson to your own life and leadership.
Key takeaways:
- \xadGreat leaders have confidence in themselves and others.
- Courage is the willingness to let go of the familiar.
- People don’t follow titles, they follow courage.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Growing Leader Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Growing and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
This episode is sponsored by BELAY:
Leaders, stop trying to do it all yourself. The best leaders know their limits, operate out of their strengths, and set others up for success. Find freedom with BELAY - pairing you with vetted U.S. Virtual Assistants, so you can focus on what matters.
To help you get started, BELAY is offering Maxwell Leadership listeners a free download of their The Power of Productivity. This resource has everything you need to get started, grow, and succeed with your new VA. Just text MAXWELL to 55123 for FREE access.
References:
Watch this episode on YouTube!
Join the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team
Relevant Episode: How Leaders Make the Tough Call
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | and Hey, welcome back to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to leaders who multiply value to others. |
| 0:26.2 | My name is Mark Cole and today John Maxwell is going to teach on three essential areas where leaders need to grow and stretch to become the |
| 0:37.3 | best leader for their people. I've got to tell you I have listened to this |
| 0:42.4 | lesson multiple times and I've got to tell you every |
| 0:45.8 | time I listen to it it challenges me to lead and grow myself in a better way. |
| 0:52.1 | I am confident it's going to do that for you as well. |
| 0:55.2 | After John's lesson, my co-host Tracy Morrow and I will discuss practical ways that |
| 1:00.0 | you can apply this lesson to your own life and your own leadership. |
| 1:05.0 | If you would like to download the free resource we have for you, |
| 1:08.8 | you can go to Maxwell Podcast.com forward slash growing. You can also find the link there to watch |
| 1:16.7 | this episode on YouTube. We are here again to add value to you and John's going to do exactly that if you are a |
| 1:26.3 | leader that wants to grow take note here is John Maxwell. |
| 1:32.0 | The great leaders John Maxwell. |
| 1:36.0 | The great leaders are growing. They have a hunger that makes them |
| 1:41.0 | stretch. |
| 1:42.0 | A growing leader is a little wiser today than he was yesterday. He |
| 1:47.7 | never stops learning. He never stops reflecting. He's not afraid of change because he knows that growth is |
| 1:54.8 | dependent on it. He is more concerned about getting better than being perfect. |
| 2:02.4 | He is constantly looking to improve himself and the people around |
| 2:07.5 | him. So I sat down and I spent a great deal of time on this lesson because you know I wrote the |
| 2:14.5 | law 15 laws of growth I talk a lot about growth and let me give you a little bit |
| 2:19.6 | of my thought process before I teach it today I thought about the vitality that growth |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Maxwell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Maxwell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.