Quote

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

John C. Maxwell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
Tasks
Leader
Important
Good
People
Acquiring
Task
Keeping

More quotes by John C. Maxwell

Image
I do a lot of conferences, a lot of leadership training. For about six or seven years I've been making this statement - every time I make it, I can see people just kind of - it's just one of those light bulb moments.
John C. Maxwell
Image
You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.
John C. Maxwell
Image
We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Nothing is as hard as it looks everything is more rewarding than you expect and if anything can go right it will and at the best possible moment.
John C. Maxwell
Image
We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The leader's attitude helps determine the attitudes of the followers.
John C. Maxwell
Image
You've got to love your people more than your position.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Thinking is hard that's why so few do it.
John C. Maxwell
Image
To lead yourself, use your head to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person's heart before you ask him for a hand.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The key to your success, to my success, to everyone's success is determined by our daily agenda. What you and I do every day is either making us or breaking us, we're either preparing or repairing. So when somebody says, 'John, I want to be a success. Where do I start?' I say, It's very simple. Start with today.
John C. Maxwell
Image
No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be.
John C. Maxwell
Image
A leader is a reader.
John C. Maxwell
Image
It's easy to have a great attitude when things are going our way...It's when difficult challenges rise before us...that attitude becomes the difference maker.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?
John C. Maxwell
Image
If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.
John C. Maxwell
Image
A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Failure is not a one-time event it's how you deal with life along the way. Until you breathe your last breath, you're still in the process, and there is still time to turn things around for the better.
John C. Maxwell